Writing Exercises - Fictional Worlds

To feel pain;
To all that surround them.

Stay away,
For in my presence
You will only feel pain;
As I have in my own
Time and time again.

They bleed out
When I scratch
The blade across my skin,
When I hit the glass
So hard it breaks.

The blood pours
From your face and my fist;
I care no more,
This is it.

Face the demons,
You tell me?
I have faced them;
I have fought
And I have always lost.

Fight my demons,
See what there is to see;
For these demons,
Are much stronger than me...

Please
Kill me
So that from them
I may be free.
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What makes a writer?

December 12th 2008 06:31

I've gone over this before, but I was reading a thread on Forward Motion earlier and it's been a while, so I felt like writing about this topic.

What makes a writer in my mind is someone who loves to write. Someone who can't help themselves; they just need to do it like most people need to breath. Writing is a passion, writing is a love; when the going gets tough we still keep going. Writers love to do what they do, and are willing to work at it.

The first post in the thread that I was reading talked about plateaus, peaks. Milestones. The first plateau is where you want to write, but can't seem to finish a story; the first finished draft is a milestone. Editing, critiquing, taking critiques, all those things are milestones.

A writer is still a writer no matter where they are in this list of milestones, no matter what their current plateau is. 'Writers' are the ones who are willing to work to hone their craft, who are willing to learn new skills-not only willing to, but want to-and to experiment. (Says the girl who's never written outside her genre... um...)

Writers try to be the best that they can be and every major improvement is a milestone. With every finished story a writer improves; they learn more about the art of writing, learn more about themselves, their characters, their worlds. Writers learn more about themselves and their perceptions of the world around them through writing than most people ever really see.

I'm proud to be a writer-and I'm proud to try new things, to experiment. The workshop I'm working on preparing is a huge experiment right now, as I've never done anything of the sort; I'm working hard on the exercises (lies, I'm procrastinating... but it is hard work, when I'm working) and hoping that people will find them useful. Most of these haven't been tested, as I usually don't do extensive planning. The first time anyone will so much as look at these exercises other than me will be when the thing launches.

I'm still looking for writers of other genres to help with some non-genre-specific exercises; and I'm looking for people to do pep talks for the six week writing part. If you want to volunteer, please email me at diannalgunn@gmail.com.

And something else new that I'm trying is the 2YN, two year novel course over at Forward Motion. Check out the site here:

http://fmwriters.com/

I'm Litharukia on there (which is also my alias on WriYe and Nano and other such writing sites.) If you sign up, send me a message!

Thanks for reading.

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Prompt: Longing

December 10th 2008 16:44

Just a little thing before I head off to school (gulp).
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Longing

I long for you;
Your touch
The feel of your hands
As they move along
The delicate skin;

The feel of safety
Wrapped securely in your arms;
You are my demon
Of temptation.

I long for you;
Yet you are gone-
You have left me
Once again
To wither away

Dead in the mines
Dead in the fields
Dead anywhere I should go
For without you,
I am dead inside;

So tempt me,
Fill me with longing,
My demon,
My temptation,
All I can do
Is wish I could fight-

But the simple fact is
I long for you;
And until I am with you again
That longing
Will never end.
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A call for help

December 9th 2008 20:56

So I realized today that my writing exercises for the workshop are largely applicable to fantasy, and not so much to other genres. (I've never written any other genre, not my fault!) So I'm going to ask for a couple people to step up to the plate and write a few exercises for the following genres:

-Horror

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Possible Hiatus

December 3rd 2008 13:52

Because of my wrist-which I'm getting X-rayed today to see what's wrong with it-and the fact that soon I will be swamped with homework (I just missed a month of school), I may not be able to post for the next week or two. I will try to keep posting as regularly as possible, but it will likely slow down.

Thanks for your time and consideration. I want to say thanks to everyone who reads this-and especially everyone who comments

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Prompt: Why?

December 2nd 2008 21:10

Here goes. I'm going to be putting up an extensive list of sites by/for Nanoers soon, I'm just in a lot of pain right now so here's something short:
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Why

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Dear Daddy

November 28th 2008 11:58

After 3 years apart you'd think that every day wouldn't be quite this much pain.

Dear Daddy

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Prompt: Just Kill Me

November 27th 2008 11:51

A friend of mine-very close online friend-recently got dumped and may or may not live through the aftermath of the breakup, so here goes:
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Just Kill Me

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Prompt: Sudden Death

November 8th 2008 09:02

In an effort to write a last thousand words tonight, I had a friend give me a prompt... it was Sudden Death... and this is absolutely beautiful:

Sudden Death

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