{"id":627,"date":"2012-11-14T15:53:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=627"},"modified":"2012-11-14T15:53:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:53:50","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-nov-14-2012-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt — Nov. 14, 2012 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings Writers:<\/p>\n

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Yes, it’s true,\u00a0Fifty Shades of Gray is up for a UK book award<\/a>. Crazy sauce. Everything I’ve seen from most everyone in the group (provided I’ve seen your work) is that you all write better than that. So get cracking, and get that work out the door. It does no one any good, it’s no honor to your hard work of telling the story, if it sits on your computer or holed up in a shoe box in the closet.<\/div>\n
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So let’s keep working on getting good habits as writers. That’s one good thing that\u00a0NaNoWriMo<\/a>\u00a0is good for — teaching you what it takes to finish something, how to schedule writing into your life, and allowing you the permission to do it.<\/div>\n
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Another good thing is doing this work through The Artist’s Way, both as a group and alone. We are finishing up Week Eight. Hopefully you’ve incorporated morning pages, artist’s dates and inspirational reading into your life. Also, inspirational reading — as I discussed with someone on Monday, does not mean that it has to be spiritual. I get inspiration from other novels, from non-fiction work, even blog posts. You decide what inspires you. OK? Good!<\/div>\n
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Here’s the Tasks for this week:<\/div>\n
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(from page 148-149 of The Artist’s Way)<\/div>\n

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6. \u00a0Ideal Day: \u00a0Plan\u00a0a perfect day in your life as it is now constituted, using the information gleaned from above<\/em>\u00a0(for your reference, that is last week’s exercises)<\/div>\n
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7. \u00a0Ideal Ideal Day: \u00a0Plan a perfect day in your life as you wish it were constituted. There are no restrictions. Allow yourself to be and have whatever your heart desires. Your ideal environment, job, home, circle of friends, intimate relationship, stature in your art form – your wildest dreams.<\/em><\/div>\n

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8. \u00a0Choose one festive aspect from your ideal day. Allow yourself to live it. You may not be able to move to Rome yet, but in a still-grungy\u00a0apartment you can enjoy a homemade\u00a0cappuccino\u00a0and a croissant.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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Check-In:<\/em><\/div>\n

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1. \u00a0How many days this week did you do your morning pages? (Have you been very tempted to abandon them?) How was the experience for you?<\/em><\/div>\n
2. \u00a0Did you do your artist date this week? (Have you been allowing\u00a0workoholism\u00a0or other commitments to saboatage this practice?) What did you do? How did it feel?<\/em><\/div>\n
3. Did you experience any synchronicity this week? What was it?<\/em><\/div>\n
4. \u00a0Were there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery? Describe them.<\/em><\/div>\n

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I ask that in the check-in part, you comment on our\u00a0SnoValley Writes! Blog<\/a>\u00a0part. That’s another task this week. Find three blogs — including SnoValley Writes! (so you really only have to find 2) and comment on them. They don’t have to be writing-centered, but do comment and send the writer of that blog a little virtual love.\u00a0
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Alright, time now for your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n
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“The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.” ~Stephen Nachmanovitch<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nWhat did you Write today?
\n~Casz<\/p>\n

Casondra Brewster
\nModerator\/Founder
\nSno Valley Writes!
\nHelping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
\nhttp:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org<\/a>
\nCheck us out on Facebook:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnoValleyWrites<\/a><\/p>\n

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
\nFalling, like dew upon a thought, produces
\nThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron<\/p>\n

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Greetings Writers: Yes, it’s true,\u00a0Fifty Shades of Gray is up for a UK book award. Crazy sauce. Everything I’ve seen from most everyone in the group (provided I’ve seen your work) is that you all write better than that. So get cracking, and get that work out the door. It does no one any good, … Continue reading Weekly Writing Prompt — Nov. 14, 2012 Edition<\/span> →<\/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-627","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\/627","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=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}