{"id":283,"date":"2011-08-03T19:41:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T19:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=283"},"modified":"2011-09-09T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T18:30:29","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-aug-3-2011-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; Aug. 3, 2011 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten days from now we will, as a group, sit down to write a collective story &#8212; LIVE! In front of the community that has whole-heartedly embraced us. Our Write Now! event is being highly anticipated. It&#8217;s very exciting.<\/p>\n<div>Unfortunately, it is a mighty few who will be doing it. Although awesome by its own right, there are several voices that should be a part of this that are not. This makes me so disappointed. I believe in each and every one of you. Won&#8217;t you believe in yourself? Won&#8217;t you dedicate a few hours to the art that is deep within your soul and come out and write for a few hours? Add your individual voice and style to the project. If you don&#8217;t believe it can be done, I turn you to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openroadmedia.com\/authors\/the-novel-live-authors.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Hotel Angeline<\/a>. 36 authors wrote this one amazing book. So we can easily do the same.<\/div>\n<div>Specifically SnoValley Writes! needs participants for Write Now! at these times:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Friday, Aug. 12 from 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Saturday 4:45 to 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Sunday 1:45 p.m. to 3 p.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Three shifts folks. Three writers who are bound for greatness is all that is needed!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nYour prompt today is to take a chance. Take a chance and join in for the fun and focusing on your art for next weekend. The message from the group at large &#8212; and individually from myself &#8212; is your writing &#8220;someday&#8221; is today. There is no time like the present. Your voice will not be heard if you dont&#8217; take a chance.<\/div>\n<div>I wouldn&#8217;t want to imagine our world without the likes of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkchooselive.org\/2011\/06\/just-imagine-if-dr-seuss-quit-right-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Seuss<\/a>. I think the world &#8212; even just our valley here &#8212; deserves a chance to see\/hear\/read your words.<\/div>\n<div>**********<\/div>\n<div>Also regarding taking a chance, the SnoValley Writes! board is looking to replace the great gap left by the departing treasurer, April LaLande. Let me know if you&#8217;re interested and I&#8217;ll answer all your questions regarding what a great opportunity this is.<\/div>\n<div>And now your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&#8220;Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<\/p><\/div>\n<div>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#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\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten days from now we will, as a group, sit down to write a collective story &#8212; LIVE! In front of the community that has whole-heartedly embraced us. Our Write Now! event is being highly anticipated. It&#8217;s very exciting. Unfortunately, it is a mighty few who will be doing it. Although awesome by its own &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; Aug. 3, 2011 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":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-writing-prompt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","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=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}