{"id":925,"date":"2014-10-15T20:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T20:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=925"},"modified":"2014-10-15T20:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T20:54:14","slug":"weekly-writing-prompt-oct-15-2014-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Prompt &#8212; Oct. 15, 2014 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brrrr!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Who turned off the sun?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I have a rule in our house that we won&#8217;t start using the firewood supply until the earliest Oct. 15. Here we are and I&#8217;m dangerously close to striking up a fire.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Instead, I threw on an extra sweater and am writing about hellhounds, in order to stoke the creative fires.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Today&#8217;s prompt is to go out there and find a contest or market to submit a piece of work to and then, gasp!, submit it. Do it, don&#8217;t be afraid. Every step you take allows you to learn, and grow.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t have an inventory of stories to choose from? Then you need to finish one! Get it done.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Need something to write about?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here&#8217;s a prompt:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Sally swore she saw a Zebra racing down main street&#8230;.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Go.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Write.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t stop until it&#8217;s done.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t forget: \u00a0Workshop on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the North Bend Library. I only have two RSVPs right now. Hopefully some of you just forgot.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And now your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOnly put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0Pablo Picasso<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brrrr! Who turned off the sun? I have a rule in our house that we won&#8217;t start using the firewood supply until the earliest Oct. 15. Here we are and I&#8217;m dangerously close to striking up a fire. 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