{"id":392,"date":"2012-01-12T15:49:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=392"},"modified":"2012-02-15T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T15:15:39","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-january-12-2012-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; January 12, 2012 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Writers:<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">My apologies for the delay in this Email. A boxing match between comcast and my household occurred this week, making internet access an issue. And since my weekly notes on what to share with you were caught up in the cloud&#8230;I was a kept getting this to you sooner.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">I must revert to numbering the items this week to be sure that I don&#8217;t miss a news item for you.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">1. \u00a0Board meeting was rescheduled to Jan. 17th at 5:15 p.m. at Carriage Insurance. Feel free to attend: \u00a0topics of conversation = writing contest, word jazz, annual journal<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">2. \u00a0Don&#8217;t forget Friday&#8217;s Day Trippers will now appear at the Black Dog in Snoqualmie. Same time (9:30 a.m. until noonish), just a different location. We have another writing gathering at Toad&#8217;s in North Bend. So don&#8217;t worry we won&#8217;t stop supporting them. Come to Monday Midday Muse at Toad&#8217;s beginning at 11 a.m. until about 1 p.m. Hope to see you there.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">3. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwa.org\/displaycommon.cfm?an=6\">PNWA<\/a> contest and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books\/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=332264011\">ABNA<\/a> are upcoming. Get involved. There is also a ton of other\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pw.org\/grants?sort=asc&amp;order=Deadline&amp;apage=*&amp;perpage=*\">contests, grants and fellowships<\/a> available. Keep writing and Send It Out!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">4. \u00a0Need to know who plans are\u00a0participating\u00a0in Word Jazz (and thereby our annual journal). Please send me a message. Remember the writing prompt for both is: \u00a0\u00a0We\u2019re looking for at least three of these words to be in the prose or poem that you submit as members of SnoValley Writes!: \u00a0Three, Magic, Number, Valley, Anniversary, Coffee, Friends, Ashes, Determination, or Quest. There are no bonus points if you get all the words. But, feel free to challenge yourself.\u00a0No more than 1500 words. Any genre. Short Story, Poem, Essay or even one-act play! Go for it!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">5. \u00a0There should be a number five, yes? Things must be evenly bundled. Ha! Nothing is ever neat and clean entirely. Just the best we can humanly do. Which leads me to your prompt for the day: \u00a0&#8220;D<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">on&#8217;t write for fifteen minutes &#8212; talk for fifteen minutes. Into a recorder (most phones come\u00a0with them nowadays). Don&#8217;t just ramble: endeavor to tell a story. It can be a story you already\u00a0know or one you invent on the spot.&#8221; (This prompt brought to you by the fabulous author, Chuck Wendig and his book &#8220;500 Ways to Be a Better Writer.&#8221; You can find him at terribleminds.com Note: \u00a0He has writer&#8217;s\u00a0turrets&#8230;you&#8217;ve been warned.)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">6. \u00a0Now your Writing Zen for the Day:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">&#8220;The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.&#8221; ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau<\/span><\/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>Writers: My apologies for the delay in this Email. A boxing match between comcast and my household occurred this week, making internet access an issue. And since my weekly notes on what to share with you were caught up in the cloud&#8230;I was a kept getting this to you sooner. I must revert to numbering &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=392\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; January 12, 2012 Edition<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","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\/392","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}