Summer is still several months away, but can you almost taste it already? Capture the essence of the season by describing the taste of summer in your memory.
Republished and modified from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Month: March 2011
Daily Writers’ Fix: Touch
The cold paint cans in her hand, the texture of the wall or appliance serving as a blank canvas–your character is doing some home improvement. What emotions does she feel as she holds a can in her hand for the first stroke? Is she covering up past memories, good or bad? Is she starting a new phase of life? Is she reinventing herself?
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sound
Describe the sounds surrounding this tree.
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Smell
Catch of the day
Spend 15 minutes freewriting, using the sense of smell, photo, and phrase to get you started.
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sight
Who’s watching you from the outside?
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
What is your protagonist trying to escape from?
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Create a short story or poem using all of the following words. And don’t forget to share what you come up with by leaving us a comment!
Stowaway
Top ten
Luminescence
Vital signs
Too late
Ephemeral
Fleeting
Daughter
Grandma
Roses
Saffron
Broken mirrors
Smoke and mirrors
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Taste
It’s all about the weather. You hear it from the meteorologist on the TV, make small talk about it, complain when it gets too hot or too cold. Weather can set the tone for your scene, too. But can you write about the weather without actually saying “It’s cold”? For today’s Daily Writers’ Fix, think back to the coldest day of the year and imagine breathing in the chilly air through your mouth. What does it taste like? Describe it in a paragraph and see if you can use this sense to make your readers feel the chill without actually telling them it’s cold outside.
Modified from prompt originally published on Nooks & Cranberries in September 2010.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Touch
Tree climbing, fantasy tree houses, enchanted forests–everyone has a tree story. What’s yours? Return to your childhood and describe the feeling of bark on your hands as you climbed a tree. Or make a wildly enchanted forest seem believable by describing the feel of things your readers can relate to such as branches scraping one’s skin, fallen leaves crumbling under one’s feet, or the feeling of the sun shining through a break in the trees.
Republished from Nooks & Cranberries, September 2010.
