The Quill And Pint Writers' Group Sep 14 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...
The Quill And Pint Writers' Group Aug 29 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...
The Quill And Pint Writers' Group Jul 27 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...
Erik Day May 9 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...
The Quill And Pint Writers' Group Apr 25 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...
Erik Day Apr 11 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...
Erik Day Feb 15 2 min Break the Pattern Establishing a Cycle – and Blowing It Up Real life, or at least most of it, is a series of patterns. Those patterns define our reality, o...
The Quill And Pint Writers' Group Jan 18 1 min Focused on a Dream What does it mean to dream? Unconscious journeys, waking escapes or a grand vision for the future, a "dream" has a different meaning to e...
Erik Day Jan 4 2 min Against Their Better Judgment We've recently touched on what happens when a character makes a decision that surprises the author. Usually, this inconvenient moment is w...
Erik Day Dec 28, 2019 2 min Showing the Feelings Holiday Emotion Exercise Ah. the Winter Solstice. The shortest day of the year, closing on the end of the calendar, and the time the worl...
