Spain
PRACTICE
Write about Spain.
Write for fifteen minutes. When you’re finished, post your practice in the comments.
And if you post, make sure to comment on a few others.
PRACTICE
Write about Spain.
Write for fifteen minutes. When you’re finished, post your practice in the comments.
And if you post, make sure to comment on a few others.
In college I had a teacher who asked us to choose a photo. “Any photo will do,” she said.
Then write about it.
What emotions does it convey? What story does it tell? You can make it non-fiction; make it stranger than fiction.
If a picture tells a thousand words, how many words will you use in fifteen minutes to tell it’s story?
Here’s the photo:
“Family is like fudge: mostly sweet with a few nuts.” – Anonymous
The challenge is: how do you capture those nutty relations in writing?
Crowd scenes are the hardest to write. Throw together a crowd with years of shared memories, emotions, and tensions and you might as well just give up now.
Wait!