{"id":728,"date":"2013-05-16T16:01:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=728"},"modified":"2013-05-16T16:01:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T16:01:43","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-may-16-2013-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; May 16, 2013 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I may have jinxed myself on Tuesday night at the Workshop. I said that night that sometimes the weekly\u00a0writing\u00a0prompt\u00a0&#8212; scheduled for Wednesdays &#8212; sometimes doesn&#8217;t arrive until Thursdays.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wa, La! &#8212; your Ides of May issue.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/e\/330\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, better late than later, I say.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At any rate, those that missed Tuesdays Workshop, I think really missed some good stuff. I know, I know, I say that all the time, but it&#8217;s true. We learn so much from one another and attendees got to really learn lots from those attending.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Our next Workshop is May 28; so, I hope to see many of you there. Please be ready to hand out at least three copies of a chapter, some poems, a short story, an essay or article, for your fellow writers to critique and provide feedback. We&#8217;re going to be focused on that the next time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Your\u00a0prompt\u00a0this week?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A Promise: \u00a0Make a promise to either a) attend a\u00a0writer&#8217;s cafe (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?page_id=10\" target=\"_blank\">see the schedule here<\/a>), or the next Workshop before May 29.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you seriously, cannot make any of those, find a literary-centered event &#8212; a reading, a book signing, a book festival, whatever, and plan to attend.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Then tell me about your experience. Send me an email about your time at the\u00a0writer&#8217;s cafe, the workshop, the book signing, whatever.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There may be a response for further action, or there may just be a pat on the back. It&#8217;s a bit of Promise Roulette, if you will.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That&#8217;s it. Simple enough. I&#8217;m giving you permission to carve out time to be the\u00a0writer\u00a0you want to be. Now you just need to act.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now your moment of\u00a0Writing\u00a0Zen:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u201cTo gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Allen Ginsberg, Author<\/strong><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/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>I think I may have jinxed myself on Tuesday night at the Workshop. I said that night that sometimes the weekly\u00a0writing\u00a0prompt\u00a0&#8212; scheduled for Wednesdays &#8212; sometimes doesn&#8217;t arrive until Thursdays. Wa, La! &#8212; your Ides of May issue.\u00a0 However, better late than later, I say. At any rate, those that missed Tuesdays Workshop, I think &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=728\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; May 16, 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-728","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\/728","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=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}