{"id":726,"date":"2013-05-16T16:01:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=726"},"modified":"2013-05-16T16:01:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:01:03","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-may-8-2013-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; May 8, 2013 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Greetings!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For those that are unaware, SnoValley Writes! is coming up on its 5th anniversary. These\u00a0Writing\u00a0Prompts\u00a0are a little over 3 years in the running, I believe (feel free to check my math). There should likely be some sort of celebration in August. If you have ideas, throw &#8217;em at me. I just wanted you to put it on the radar. The celebration, may, however, not take place until September, since we normally go on Summer hiatus in August. At any rate, we&#8217;ve been chugging along a good while. We&#8217;re growing and slowly, so we can do it right.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Growing is the theme for this week&#8217;s\u00a0prompt, too. I want you to type or\u00a0write\u00a0at the top of blank document\/page the word Growing. Free\u00a0write\u00a0now for as long as you can schedule (20 minutes is ideal).\u00a0Write\u00a0a story,\u00a0write\u00a0an essay,write\u00a0a poem. Just\u00a0write.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t be afraid. Don&#8217;t worry about punctuation, flow, any of it. Just get the thoughts on paper.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>*********<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Work-Session Reminder: \u00a0May 14 at the North Bend Library at 6 p.m. We will be continuing our Do-It-Yourself MFA and this week&#8217;s lesson is on mining your life for material. We&#8217;ll be doing some very intense exercises, so come prepared to\u00a0write. You might just break a literary sweat.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>**********<\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t forget to check in at one of the\u00a0writing\u00a0cafes scheduled throughout the week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>**********<\/div>\n<div>And now your moment of\u00a0Writing\u00a0Zen:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And as imagination bodies forth<br \/>\nThe forms of things unknown, the poet\u2019s pen<br \/>\nTurns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing<br \/>\nA local habitation and a name.<br \/>\n&#8211; William Shakespeare (from A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream)<\/div>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nWhat did you\u00a0Write\u00a0today?<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\/<wbr>SnoValleyWrites<\/wbr><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers: Greetings! For those that are unaware, SnoValley Writes! is coming up on its 5th anniversary. These\u00a0Writing\u00a0Prompts\u00a0are a little over 3 years in the running, I believe (feel free to check my math). There should likely be some sort of celebration in August. If you have ideas, throw &#8217;em at me. I just wanted you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; May 8, 2013 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-726","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\/726","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=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}