November Project
In honor of NaNoWriMo our theme for November is writing. For guidelines, please see The Rules. Remember that you should comment on this post with your links, including the title of the piece that you wrote.
Option One: Can You Picture That?
Use the following royalty-free photo to inspire an entry in any form - fiction, essay, poetry. Please copy the photo to your own server if you want to include it in your post.
Option Two: Poetry
Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. — Franz Grillparzer
Write a poem, in any form you choose, using that phrase as inspiration.
Option Three: Fiction
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
Write a short story, scene, or piece of flash-fiction about someone’s last six minutes of life.
Option Four: Timed Writing
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov
Take nine minutes (you have to use all nine, you can’t go over), and create a text picture, using your best “show don’t tell” skills. Any format (fiction, essay, verse) is acceptable; and it’s expected that your writing will be raw, so don’t stress about editing.
Option Five: Seven Things
In improvisation, one of our exercises is a game called “Seven Things,” in which we go around in a circle giving each other the challenge, “Give me seven things that [whatever]” We are not going to go around in a circle, here, but if you’re drawn to lists, this prompt is for you.
Give me seven of your favorite words. You don’t have to explain them, but it’s more fun for readers if you do.
Option Six: Pick Three
Pick at least three of the following eight words, and write a paragraph, scene, flash-fic, essay, blog entry or poem using them. It’s fine to change tenses, or pluralize if you have to, but please bold the words you choose.
howl, scrawl, barrage, perplex, entice, agitate, nonsense, debauchery
Don’t forget to comment on this post with the direct link and title of each piece you create. Happy Writing!
November 2nd, 2007 at 3:04 pm
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November 2nd, 2007 at 3:32 pm
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November 2nd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Here is my post for Seven Words:
http://beccasbyline.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-wonderful-words.html
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 am
For Option 1:
Muse Flash
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2007/11/muse-flash.html
sister AE
November 3rd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
I think we should be able to see the comments made by us and others. That makes interaction easier. Last time when I participated in October and visited most, none came to my blog for a return visit. For a writing network, that is not a good thing. Writers need each other’s support.
Visible to all comments might help us in that direction.
My two penny bit.
November 4th, 2007 at 6:03 am
Mine is up. I took option six. I used all the words.
Here is mine:
no one’s child
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-ones-child-cafe-writing.html
November 4th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Here is my post for Option Six:
http://beccasbyline.blogspot.com/2007/11/saving-daylight.html
November 4th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
I chose this post in honour of NANOWRIMO and because it suited the picture posted as a writing prompt HERE!
November 5th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Thanks for the inspiration. I was totally bereft of ideas for a blog entry today. I took the 7 Words option.
November 6th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Here’s my post for Option Four:Timed Writing
http://beccasbyline.blogspot.com/2007/11/change-of-seasons.html
November 6th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
This is for option three. I wrote this back in september but I really wanted to update the story every month and i never ended up posting the second chapter even though it’s pretty much finished. I think i’ll add a new chapter with every months entry here at cafe writing, but that’s an optimistic ambition.
November 12th, 2007 at 3:57 am
This time I took Option One and wrote this villanelle:
stonewalls enthrall
November 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Mine’s up; I chose (again) Option Five: Seven Things. Here’s my link:
http://www.fondofsnape.com/archives/2007/11/seven_is_my_fav.php#003302
November 16th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Hi there…I Googled for anton checkov, but found your page about November Project…and have to say thanks. nice read.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:31 am
This time I took option 2- poetry
Here:
http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2007/11/unlocking.html
November 21st, 2007 at 10:24 pm
please find my contribution here. The option I have chosen is “Seven things”
http://raysofthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/seven-things-that-makes-sense.html
November 25th, 2007 at 2:26 am
Here is my submission for Option 6: Pick Three
It is called The Knife of Winter
http://havingwrit.blogspot.com/2007/11/knife-of-winter.html
-sister AE
November 27th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Nicest panacea for writer’s block… :-)
Here’s my submission for Option One:-
Why I Need To Write…
http://abhinavtheauthor.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-i-need-to-write.html
And for Option Two:-
An Autumn Leaf And Other Things
http://abhinavtheauthor.blogspot.com/2007/11/autumn-leaf-and-other-things.html