{"id":1070,"date":"2016-02-04T00:23:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2016-02-04T00:23:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:23:44","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-february-3-2016-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; February 3, 2016 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We are halfway through the winter duldrums and Spring is around the corner.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last week at the DayTrippers&#8217; Writing Cafe, one of our long-time members brought in work she created based on prompts I&#8217;ve given in this very weekly email. So, I thought I&#8217;d revisit some of those types of inspirational prompts this week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Illness has been part of my life for the last week, unfortunately. So, I thought I&#8217;d ask you to write a scene, poem, create an entire novel if you&#8217;re so disposed, turning illness into a good thing. Turn something that is typically negative and find a way to make it a positive plot point in a story. It could be in the past, present, future, here in the U.S. or abroad, or in outer space. Heck, put it on TALUS STAR BASE 5 (I just made that up). Just write until you find The End.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Okay, go!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As always don&#8217;t forget about our weekly write-ins (Little Si Cafe tonight at 6 p.m.; The Black Dog Arts Cafe on Friday at 9:30 a.m.) And don&#8217;t let the winter colds and flus get you!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Next workshop is February 20 at the North Bend Library at 10:30 a.m. See our Website for details.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And now your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"\">&#8220;Find a place inside where there&#8217;s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.&#8221;~<a class=\"\" title=\"view author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/authors\/j\/joseph_campbell.html\">Joseph Campbell<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\">\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nWhat did you Write today?<br \/>\n~Casz<\/p>\n<p>Casondra Brewster<br \/>\nModerator\/Founder<br \/>\nSno Valley Writes!<br \/>\nHelping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org<\/a><br \/>\nCheck us out on Facebook:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnoValleyWrites\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnoValleyWrites<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But words are things, and a small drop of ink,<br \/>\nFalling, like dew upon a thought, produces<br \/>\nThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.&#8221; ~ Lord Byron<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers: We are halfway through the winter duldrums and Spring is around the corner. Last week at the DayTrippers&#8217; Writing Cafe, one of our long-time members brought in work she created based on prompts I&#8217;ve given in this very weekly email. So, I thought I&#8217;d revisit some of those types of inspirational prompts this week. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=1070\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; February 3, 2016 Edition<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}