Bon Voyage [writing prompt]

by Joe Bunting | 26 comments

Some sad news today. Our longtime regular contributor, Sophie Novak, is taking a leave of absence from The Write Practice to visit her family in Macedonia and travel around the Balkans for a few months (she lives in Bath, UK).

At the start of January, another of our longtime contributors, Katie Axelson, left to travel through Central and South America for a year. She’ll be blogging here if you’d like to follow along.

Apparently, if you write for The Write Practice there’s a really good chance you’ll end up travelling the world. So that’s fun.

5 Creative Writing Prompts to Break Your Writer’s Block

by Guest Blogger | 34 comments

We all face a point in our writing careers when we feel the heavy weight of writer’s block crushing our muse. We all have moments where we want to write but can’t because nothing comes to mind. Well, nothing that we consider worthwhile that is.

Embrace the Present Moment Writing Prompt

by Marianne Richmond | 60 comments

During hectic times, I like to jump-start my creative writing practice with the Present Moment writing prompt to pull me back to today, to notice what is rich and savory about this. Very. Minute.

Flash Fiction: The Shortest Shorts

by Sophie Novak | 168 comments

Flash fiction has been the most widely growing fiction phenomenon in the 21st century, with its roots and great popularization in Canada and the US. The reason for the popularization of shorts is straightforward enough: people want fast bites in these dynamic and time-restrictive times.

What’s more important to pinpoint, though, is the superior nature of writing flash fiction. It’s condensed meaning in the shortest possible prose form. Microfiction is about lyrical writing. Just like in poetry, every word should have appropriate weight; bring that ‘magical’ element to the story.

Public Speaking [writing prompt]

by Joe Bunting | 37 comments

PRACTICE

Your main character must give a public presentation. Is he nervous? What is she going to say? How does he imagine the audience will act? How does the speech go?

Write about public speaking for fifteen minutes. When you’re finished, post your practice in the comments section. And if you post, be sure to give feedback on a few practices by your fellow writers.