Wednesday, July 8, 2015

HOMEWORK?!?!

Hi all! I've been asked to make a homework assignment, so here it is:

Tell me about your character (real, made up, major or minor, family pet, anything goes).
But don't make it a list.

I am curious about their happy place.

H-A-P-P-Y. Even if they are drooling and sedated in a padded cell, they must have had a moment of joy at some point in their lives. That moment / place / person / event that would be pure bliss. If they have 1,000 such moments, you may pick the one YOU like the most.

So here it is:


  • How (if at all) does / did your character prepare for this Happy Place (or did it just happen)
  • The first moment of their Happy Place was...
  • How did (or does) the Happy Place play out?
  • How or why must they leave this Happy Place?
  • What do they think of when they are on their way to the next 'place'?


Again, I don't want a list. Make it a scene. Play it like it is a TV, Movie, or event caught on someone's camera phone. Set the scene. Make us smell it, hear it, and see it (as your character does).

Post the scene below!

Yes... that means I have to do one as well...

Monday, June 22, 2015

Welcome!

This blog is dedicated to all those writers who have (or want to) visit the Monday morning Writer's Block at the W.J. Niederkorn library. I've made this for all of YOU! We all know the rules; play nice, be patient with each other, and keep the dialogues rolling!

Even though each of us has unique plans / genres / audiences for those words that we are going to wrestle with, we all have one thing in common: We are authors.

Also, I'm playing around with a signature code that will enable each of us to have an idea what you are currently working on. Granted, writing is like cooking; there are probably a number of different 'spicy' ideas in your mental cupboard. So the 'signature code' is more for what you are working on or concerned with today.

Here's the Signature's breakdown:

How Far Along Are You:
Searching
Plotting
Writing
Editing
Selling
Published (and back for the next book in the series)

Genre Type:
Non-Fiction (type)
Fiction (type)

Title:
None
(Working Title)

Book Type:
Poetry
Short Story
Children's
Young Adult
Novella
Biography
Novel
Series
etc...

Here's how the Signature Code might look:
Dave (Editing / Weird Fiction / Blocgarten / Series)