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    Erik Day
    • Dec 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Countdown to New Years

    As 2020 comes to a close, the Quill and Pint wants you to picture the final moments of the year and turn that into a scene. A little like...
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    Erik Day
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    Building a Worthy Opponent

    This is another deep dive into character construction, with an emphasis on the story's antagonist. Written as a stand-alone exercise, it w...
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    Erik Day
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Character History: The Pivotal Moment

    This is a deep dive into character construction. Written as a stand-alone exercise, and conducted as the 11/14/2020 writers' workshop, it...
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    Erik Day
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Humor II: The Tension Breaker

    This exercise is based on a request to explore how a writer can use incidental humor in the course of a narrative. For part one, check ou...
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    The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Absurdity. (Or how to infuse humor into otherwise humor-light times)

    For an absurd amount of time, we left the word Absurdity up on the screen at this week's writers' group. Perhaps we were making a recursi...
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    The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
    • Aug 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Food fight

    This week's writing prompt is inspired by group member Laura M., who suggested we try writing about food. Describing a meal can open a lo...
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    The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    A Sporting Chance

    Sports stadium Pandemic Now Is The Time Interpret those however they hit you. Is this the here-and-now; live sports in the time of a pand...
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    Erik Day
    • May 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Variations on a Theme

    We know a worn-out story when we see one: tropes become narrative traps and archetypes become stereotypes. But is the story itself worn o...
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    The Quill And Pint Writers' Group
    • Apr 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Follow the Map!

    Thanks everyone who joined today's online writers group! We had a lot of fun with this one! During quarantine we'll continue to host onli...
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    Erik Day
    • Apr 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    Locked down no more...

    Workshop Exercise: April 11, 2020 Journal Entry 43,297: Lockdown, day 907. All of my pens have run out of ink. All my paper is now the co...
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