31 Jan 2012
Post Scriptum – January 2012
January, as the etymologists amongst us will know, is named after the Roman god Janus, the god of beginnings, transitions, and endings. This month saw the beginnings of our year-long writing project; where we recommit to writing, and achieve great things with our craft. It also saw three new writers begin with Write Anything: Jessica Bockman, Matt Robb and Jennifer White. And it saw endings. Both [Fiction]... read more
30 Jan 2012
Hangin’ With the Raisin Girl
Are you one of those people who dig through your breakfast cereal, picking out the raisins and tossing them in the trash? Then I may not be your cup of tea. (Or bowl of cereal in this case.) I’m not a cornflake girl. And I don’t drink the Koolaid. I’m one of those people who don’t care if others staring because I laugh too loud. I don’t hide my love affair with... read more
30 Jan 2012
Eating Lightbulbs
This month all of our writers are introducing themselves (or as in my case, reintroducing themselves). And as annoying as these Hi-my-name-is-posts are to write, I must admit they are important. In the upcoming year each of us, both collectively and singly, will be offering advice. How to write. How to write better. How to write more often. Even how to change the structure of your life and habits so that... read more
29 Jan 2012
Spoken Sunday #52
Spoken Sunday Submission #52 for 29th January, 2012 For full details check the page. How To Play: 1. After you have submitted to [Fiction] Friday – or written a passage of around 600 words, record it. 2. On your blog, or audioboo site, post an explanation of your piece (if its a passage from a larger work) or ask readers for specific feedback about it – as well as a link to your recording. 3.... read more
28 Jan 2012
Shades of Our Characters
I’ve made an interesting discovery: I live too much in my “mom” voice. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Think of the way your mother talks to you, and in what ways it is similar to how friends’ mothers talk to them. It’s full of directive—of “do this” statements—and its emotion is often deliberate and specific: pride or consternation, pleasure or concern. We moms... read more
28 Jan 2012
The Strange Case of Writer Jekyll & Editor Hyde
“The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. ” James Matthew Barrie I could write about my genesis as a writer; of the koala in a green and gold tracksuit and the chalk-toting, guitar-slinging Ian Chambers who initiated me into the craft of story telling (and how given the hunger for words in Grade 5, I’ve never truly been sated and... read more
27 Jan 2012
Tips to fake out your inner censor when writing creatively
I prefer watching musical theatre to American football. Also, I’m repulsed observing women—particularly bridesmaids at weddings—drinking beer from a bottle. Both statements above are true. And both will cause readers to form some opinion of me. Yet, the first of the two statements is tenfold more difficult for me to reveal about myself to others. In early childhood we recognized the voice... read more
27 Jan 2012
[Fiction] Friday Challenge #244
PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE THE FINAL [FICTION] FRIDAY CHALLENGE! Next Friday (3rd Feb) we will be holding a get together for [Fiction] Fridayers, old and new, to share their favourite [Fiction] Friday story penned and read. If you are still in contact with writers who used to contribute to [Fiction] Friday but no longer do, please get in contact with them and invite them in to celebrate the end of an era... read more
