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Ruby Nickname:Ruby Duchess Hometown: Bay Area, CA Age: old enough GH Year(s) 2009 Completed Manuscript(s) 1 Genre(s): everything Started Writing: as a babe Day Job: teacher For Fun: write, of course! |
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Take a Quick Flight!Posted by Elisa Beatty Feb 21 2012, 12:01 am in creative writing games, creative writing prompts
A few weeks ago, I had fun with a great little prompt I found on a blog called Writing Forward. I loved the amazingly varied set of responses my students came up with (I’ll share my own below), so today I’m challenging YOU to take a quick shot at it. Start with the exact words written below, and keep writing for at least a few sentences. Don’t think–just do it. WITHOUT LOOKING AT ANYBODY ELSE’S FIRST, share yours in the comment trail below. (Then you can go back and see what other people did.) Ready? You’ll find the prompt after the jump. Embrace the Dragon!!Posted by Elisa Beatty Jan 20 2012, 1:01 am I love the fresh start that comes with any New Year (plus I live near San Francisco) so I always love celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year. This year, the Lunar New Year occurs on January 23, this coming Monday, with parades and other celebrations continuing through the next month. Even better, 2012 is YEAR OF [...] WOO-HOO!!! It’s the WINTER WRITING FESTIVAL WEEK ONE CHECK-IN!!!Posted by Elisa Beatty Jan 18 2012, 12:01 am The Second Annual Winter Writing Festival is really rocking, with the Ruby Sisters and well over two hundred friends writing their hearts out! Yesterday, we completed our FIRST FULL WEEK, so this is our first Check-In Wednesday. If you’re reading this on the Festival website (the blue site), jump on over to the regular Ruby [...] Get Your Heels in the Starting Blocks! Goal-Setting Advice for the Winter Writing FestivalPosted by Elisa Beatty Jan 10 2012, 12:01 am in inspiration, Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Winter Writing Festival, Winter Writing Festival The Festival starts tomorrow! The Festival starts tomorrow!! I’m so darned excited, I could spit. Not very ladylike, but true. One of my favorite parts of the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood’s Winter Writing Festival is the fact that you can set your own goals (see details here). But of course that means you need to think [...] What Were Your Favorite Romances of 2011?Posted by Elisa Beatty Jan 6 2012, 1:54 am It’s the New Year, a good time both for reflection and for looking ahead. That means it’s a good time for compiling “Best Of” lists. Today, I’m asking other Rubies and our readers to share some of their picks for “Best Romances of 2011” and also for “Most Anticipated Romances of 2012.” I’m not suggesting [...]
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I’m always looking for fun writing prompts for my Creative Writing students–anything to kick-start our creative energy at the start of class. I always write along with the class. (Even with all the serious long-term writing projects I have going on, diving in to something unexpected and random keeps my writing brain charged up and flexible.)