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"— Judy Reeves Many writers and bloggers seek out articles, prompts, and story starters to get their creative juices flowing. Do you need an idea or a writing prompt or two to get you going too? We've also listed recommended resources outside of our domain featuring more free writing prompts, story starters, daily writing exercises, visual art prompts, and writing topic generators. Writing & Photo Prompts, Tools, & Generators on Creativity Portal "Novels, short stories, flash fictions, memoirs, personal narrative and creative nonfiction, even poetry — all have found publication from their start as writing prompts.
" — Judy Reeves Take Ten for Writers Exercises Get creative with these exercises from Bonnie Neubauer's Take Ten for Writers! Seasonal and Holiday Prompts Be Creative! English 50 Exercises for Story Writers. English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers Basic Theory: What is a short story? As soon as someone delivers a definition, some good writer will write a story that proves the theory wrong. About the only thing we can say for sure is that short stories are short and that they are written in what we call prose. Some attributes, however, seem to show up more often than not. Short stories have a narrator; that is, someone tells the story; have at least one character in them; have some action occur (or perhaps fails to occur); take place somewhere; that is, there is a setting for the action; and someone either learns something or fails to learn something (theme).With these five characteristics in mind, we can create an almost endless supply of exercises to help sharpen our techniques of story telling.
Narrative Voice Twenty or so years ago, voice was the "rite of passage" into a successful writing career. If you've written a story in third person, try it in first. The Writing Café. Cure writer's block with writing prompts, exercises, generators & gizmos. 80 Journal Writing Prompts | TomSlatin.com. Thirteen Writing Prompts. [Originally published May 4, 2006.] Write a scene showing a man and a woman arguing over the man’s friendship with a former girlfriend. Do not mention the girlfriend, the man, the woman, or the argument. Write a short scene set at a lake, with trees and shit. Throw some birds in there, too. Choose your favorite historical figure and imagine if he/she had been led to greatness by the promptings of an invisible imp living behind his or her right ear. Write a story from the point of view of this creature.
Where did it come from? Write a story that ends with the following sentence: Debra brushed the sand from her blouse, took a last, wistful look at the now putrefying horse, and stepped into the hot-air balloon. A wasp called the tarantula hawk reproduces by paralyzing tarantulas and laying its eggs into their bodies. Imagine if your favorite character from 19th-century fiction had been born without thumbs. Think of the most important secret your best friend has ever entrusted you with.
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Go to top of page Continue on to Art Numbers » « Back to Gallery 3. Mixed Media Techniques: How to Make a Card Set Art Journal. Check out this review and giveaway of Margaret Peot’s Alternative Art Journals by Quinn McDonald, a writer and certified creativity coach. Here’s what she had to say about it: “The variety is big and interesting. The suggestions for alternatives are challenging so the book is suitable for beginners and advanced artists as well as those who like to flip through a book for ideas and head off on their own.” Here’s one of the techniques for mixed media journaling that Peot explores in Chapter Three: Card Set Art Journals You want to make art, but the days and weeks slip by, and other, “more important” things always seem to take precedence over your artistic journey.
Tie Together in Various Ways Your cards can be unified in any number of ways: by theme, by palette, by repeated imagery. Pick up a copy of Alternative Art Journals for more mixed media techniques, tips and ideas for journaling creatively. You may also like these articles: Art Journaling. Gratitude Art Journal Page Project by Vanessa Spencer. The Dyan Reaveley journal pages are functional and constructed with quality materials, fit to hold all your artistic musings no matter what medium you create with. Inspired by the colorful new book "Art Doodle Love", our Shoppe Manager Vanessa Spencer creates a vibrant journal page in her Dyan Reaveley journal with a pop of color and fun patterns.
She starts by stenciling the Diamonds Stencil design onto the left page with a bright purple paint, and then paints various parts of the two pages with the purple and a rich teal paint. "After drying, the paint appeared far too bright for me so I actually decided to do some 'covering up' with a few layers," says Vanessa. She glues down some torn vintage ledger paper on parts of both pages, then mixes some clear gesso with yellow acrylic paint and paints over the “brightness” of the other colors. The clear gesso mixture with the yellow acrylic paint (when dry) creates a really nice “tooth” for journaling, especially with a pencil. Words to Live By Journal Page Project by Vanessa Spencer. Creating art journal and memory pages is one of my favorite crafting activities.
I was inspired by the Grafix rub-onz and decided to try a journal page with a little whimsy without losing edge. First I painted my journal page from the Ranger Ink Dylusions Creative Journal with blue acrylic paint. I actually could have waited longer for the blue paint to dry because I stenciled over the blue with the Words to Live By Stencil and pink acrylic paint (using a brayer) and when I peeled the stencil back, I lifted the blue (which was not my intention.) However, I like how my little mistake revealed the raw paper and decided to leave it as is. Using the Grafix rub-onz, I was able to create my own unique rub-ons with a personal photograph and some text I typed up in a Word document. It’s very important to read the directions carefully on the Grafix rub-onz packaging and do a few tests first if this is a new product for you.
Personality types. Map: Sacred Poetry - I. In the clatter and clamor of our lives, we need ways to connect deeply with our souls. Whenever we feel depleted, poetry invariably refreshes and refuels us. Poets are cheerleaders for our spirits. They lift us up with their enthusiasm, and inspire us to go on no matter what. They notice things we overlook in our haste and hurry, and tutor us in the art of long looking. Poets recognize spiritual teachers all around us. This poetry is sacred. April is National Poetry Month and as fine a time as ever to salute and to savor the sacred poetry of some of our favorite poets.
. — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. A Quick Course in Creativity. By Paul McNeese This quick course in creativity is designed to give you a platform to stand on as we look at the various ways you can handle home, social and workplace situations, job-search details and career-path decisions. Let's examine what creativity might look like. Here are some of the ways in which creativity expresses itself. Perhaps the creative idea is one that mixes and matches items or ideas that haven't been combined in just this way before. A wonderful example of this comes from Anita Roddick, who founded the Body Shop, a chain of personal care products and stores. She combined the need to help underdeveloped countries earn income with the need to avoid destroying their resources and environment.
She built her business by using natural products produced by these countries. Or, perhaps the same item could be used in a different way. Perhaps you can take a new approach that works. OK, now it's time to examine the process of creativity itself. First, there's PREPARATION. 1. The Inspiration Board. Becky Higgins - Products. Creative Writing. Paintingherselfintobeing - Sheri's Blog. Border & Edge Patterns. Border & Edge Patterns Below is pictures and links to the blog with distructions for each of my Border & Edge Patterns. The border patterns are very useful when you are decorating a continuous space or panel. These patterns go around corners easily and will continue for as long as you need. The edge patterns make the outside of your shape a lot more interesting. They also will continue for as long as you like and go around corners easily.
Border Edge Distructions - HERE Catapilla Legs Distructions - HERE Coral Distructions - HERE Crest Distructions - HERE Deadwood Distructions - HERE Flames Distructions - HERE Heartbeat Distructions - HERE Heartly Distructions - HERE Hearts & Contours Distructions - HERE Hilly Distructions - HERE Inward Scallop Edge Distructions - HERE Jagged Edge Distructions - HERE Leaf Links - HERE Little Hearts Border Distructions - HERE Little Weeds Distructions - HERE Looped Edge Distructions - HERE Multi Distructions - HERE Outward Scallop Edge Distructions - HERE.
New Year Reading with Affirmations | KaleidoSoul. Here are the four cards I drew for my New Year Reading this week, and what they said to me about my journey into 2014. Note that I chose one card from each of the four suits in my deck, plus one card in the “Unknown” section. TIME IN A BOTTLE Committee Suit I am the one who feels worried and anxious about not having enough time. I am the one who wants to throw away all the clocks and never have to worry about time again. I am the one who believes I don’t have enough time to get everything done. My message to you about the coming year is this: I am an old, false belief that you inherited from society and your ancestors. You don’t need to buy into my energy any more! KRIPALU Community Suit I am the one who is a sacred holy place for you. DOLPHIN- 6th CHAKRA Companions Suit I am the one of great Intelligence who knows how to work AND I also know how to play and frolic and have fun with my friends.
PRAYER Council Suit Unknown CardUnknown Suit Just a note about affirmations! Brainstorming Literature. How to create and keep an art journal. By aisling d'art ©2006 Artist's journals are illustrated diaries and journals on any theme. An art journal can be a record of your daily thoughts, a travel journal, an exercise or diet diary, a dream journal, a place where you jot down your goals or to-do lists, or... well, almost any record that you'd like to keep in a book or notebook. They become "art journals" when you add any kind of illustration or embellishment to the pages.
These pages share ideas and tips for creating and keeping your own illustrated journal. How to create an art journal How I started my art journals - Early notes about how I work, from a 2001 email. Art journaling techniques How to collage in your art journals - A summary of the basics. Color basics for art and travel journals - An overview, preparing for my upcoming workshop and journaling tour.
Materials and supplies for art journaling Composition book art journals - Affordable, fun notebooks for all kinds of journals and diaries. Writing tips, prompts, and ideas. Collections – RubberMoon.