lobelia321: (ned kelly)
On to another writing assignment for Dean Wesley's Smith's "Writing into the Dark" workshop. The brief: Write 500-800 words (I wrote 601), with the trigger 'The Lost Face Restaurant', combining this with the last restaurant I was in. No genre, no action, just depth. Also, I wasn't allowed to think about it at all after having heard the prompt. So I dove straight in! Am loving these assignments; am also learning a lot. And remembering a lot of fic writing fun!


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Author's notes: Based on the restaurant I frequented yesterday with my son Alexander (who booked under the name of 'Alex' and whose name appeared in biro on an A-5 sheet of tacked-up paper). https://master-wei.com/
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I am going on holiday to Pefkos on the Greek island of Rhodes tomorrow! It is my first solo holiday in all the sixty years of my life on Earth. I've been on hols with others. I've been on research trips and conference trips by myself. But never on an actual beach holiday.

So I have to get All The Assignments done before I fly. Here's my latest assignment, this one from the follow-up course to Dean Wesley's Smith's Writing in Depth course, the Writing Into the Dark course. The brief: 500 words of an opening, no dialogue, no action, a character and a solar eclipse.

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Orig fic. Whoa.
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I'm going to do what I used to do in my LJ days of yore when stumped or brave or on a high: Type fic straight into the entry box. I've got to write 400 words. Topic: Nick or Nancy in a snowstorm (Dean Wesley Smith's instructions are rather binary here). Really clear setting and what character feels about it. No plot. No use of the word 'white'.

So here goes )
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Just when I thought it was getting easier... This week I again wrote two versions. Last week's I found easier. All three texts below the cut.

Assignment #3 )

Assignment #4 )

Assignment #4, version 2 )
lobelia321: (ned kelly)
I will attempt to do cut tags. In case they don't work: This is an exercise in describing 'Judy ran to the barn' without any plot, seen through Judy's mind; for the Dean Wesley Smith workshop 'Writing In Depth'. an exercise in describing 'Judy ran to the barn' without any plot, seen through Judy's mind; for the Dean Wesley Smith workshop 'Writing In Depth' )

There is meant to be a cut tag here. It says: An earlier attempt. How is this so hard?

An earlier attempt. How is this so hard? )

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