Learning To Write... Right!?!?!

I enjoy writing.. always have... but now I want to learn to write better. I picked up two books of writing exercises and will be working my way through both of them. This blog is where I will be posting my assignments. I am hoping for constructive criticism and critique, so please comment often and help me get better. Post titles will be the name of the exercise from the book... you can read the assignment descriptions from the books... links provided on the left.

Monday, June 7, 2010

I've entered a writing contest... you can help me win!

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I entered WAHumor’s Guest Post With the Most guest blogging contest this week and I need comments and tweets on my post in order to win. M...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

An Interesting Dilema

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I don't keep a "diary"... at least, not exactly.  I haven't kept a real diary since 7th grade.  You see in 7th grade someo...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

My thoughts on intelligence and writing...

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In my efforts to improve my writing, I have connected with many other authors, both online and offline and I've been amazed by the amoun...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Guest Blog - Humor

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I decided to try my hand at humorous writing when a friend was looking for a humorous article for her organizing blog.  She wanted something...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Westmont Writer's Group - Mystery Bag Assignment

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Last Thursday I went for the first time to a meeting of local writers at our library.  It was a neat experience to be in the room with other...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

What are you listening to?

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When I write I like to have a wide variety of music playlists at the ready.  A turn of the wheel and click of a button and my iPod delivers ...
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Assignment: Through the Senses - Part 1 of 7

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All 7 parts of this assignment require that I use no abstraction, no generalization, no summary, no analysis, and no interpretation.  I am s...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gone to happy place... be back soon!

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This post-it used to be one of my profile picture options on Facebook and MySpace.  Everytime I was leaving the computer behind for the week...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Assignment: Three Things That Stopped Me in My Tracks - Part 4 of 4

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In the last part of this assignment, I'm supposed to look back at the previous 3 seemingly unrelated posts and find some thread connect...
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Assignment: Three Things That Stopped Me in My Tracks - Part 3 of 4

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I haven't been able to escape it all day.  The earthquake in Illinois.  Between the reports on the local news, the conversations with e...
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