23 Feb 2012 by Dale Challener Roe

This Year’s Project is… Writing

I’ve been dreading this post. Why? Because I don’t like resolutions. This is where I fall in ranks with my fellow writers and announce my writing project for the year, and that feels an awful lot like a resolution: This year I resolve to write THIS much. It’s not that I don’t think trying to better myself, or challenge myself is a good thing. And it’s not that I think... read more

22 Feb 2012 by Jacqui Murray

Once-a-Year Blog Maintenace–Are You Up to Date?

For most writers I know, life zooms by with few breaks to pause, glance around at the surroundings and clean up the clutter and confusion that grows like mold from our everyday authorial life. The end of the calendar year was a good time to do that, when many of us were blogging less, posting almost nothing, and had less commitments and obligations than would fill our usual week. Have you seen those weeks?... read more

22 Feb 2012 by Devin Watson

Moving Images

Out of everyone in the WA pool I’m probably the one with the strangest project to announce. So far you’ve seen just about all of them, and you’ll be seeing a few more in the near future. I commend everyone on here for stepping up to the challenge put forth by Paul Anderson. [Insert applause] As you already know, I’m a film guy with his roots planted in the prose world who also... read more

21 Feb 2012 by Paul Anderson

Actually, My work is Awesome. YOU Just Don’t Get It.

Do you write? Do you write fiction? Do you let people read it? Do you let people on the internet read it? Then prepare yourself my friend for the bad review. There used to be two certainties in life: death and taxes. If you are a writer who posts work online, prepare for the third certainty: there will be people who dislike your work and will trash it quite publicly. On Twitter, in the comments to your... read more

21 Feb 2012 by Annie Evett

Sartre Burns Into My Heart

I am surrounded by unfinished writing projects; which I have realised has caused me no end of stress as I am the personality type who is a “finisher.” It’s with a great deal of gratitude to Paul for setting the Write Anything Project Challenge that I can commit to finishing at least one of these things. The History Early December last year, I committed to myself that 2012 would be my year;... read more

20 Feb 2012 by Jodi Cleghorn

PROMPTed #3 Almost Famous

PROMPTed is a weekly collection of writing prompts to inspire your writing week. The prompts are loosely grouped under a common theme and include a random line prompt, a photograph, a song/music video, a sensory suggestion and a famous quote. This week’s prompts are programmed by Deputy Editor, Jodi Cleghorn. (See below for more information on how to be a guest programmer of PROMPTed) Random Line... read more

20 Feb 2012 by Matt Robb

The 1400 Block of Patterson Street

Let’s take a leisurely stroll on the 1400 block of Patterson Street.  This is a key setting within my current work in progress, a story I’m shaping into a fictional novel of the literary or inspirational fiction genres. I know what you’re thinking—what gives?  The west side of the street is vanishing into a dense white fog.  And everything to the east is void of all texture and warmth, not... read more

19 Feb 2012 by Jodi Cleghorn

Form and Genre Challenge #3

The OULIPO Challenge For submission the week ending Sunday, 26th February. Challenge: To write an OULIPO styled poem. (Please note somewhere in your post the equation you used). Genre: Open Word Count: Open Submission Guidelines Submission are open for a 24 hours period every Sunday starting GMT(UCT) 00:01. Submissions are via the Mr Linky widget in a dedicated blog post on the Write Anything site every... read more