Tag: writing
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Free Verse Friday: How Beautifully You Fly
Welcome to Another Free Verse Friday I wrote this poem in just a few minutes. How fast can you write a free verse poem? The clock starts now. How Beautifully You Fly Butterfly, Butterfly, how beautifully you fly.With elegance and purity, you glide.You make spring and summer bright.Your multicolored wings bring light and peace.Each flap…
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Prompt Friday: Employee Correction
This Friday’s Writing Prompt Challenge For this week’s challenge, write your twisted version of this prompt. Let your imagination run wild. A boss is secretly drugging and brainwashing underperforming employees to fix their work behavior. Write the moment the HR manager realizes she is the next target for “correction.” Thursday, June 25, 2026 – 1:00…
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Free Verse Friday: Words of Agency
Welcome to Another Free Verse Friday. For today’s Free Verse Friday, challenge yourself. Set a timer for five minutes and see what comes out. Words of Agency As I get older, I think about all the dreams I want to come true.Living out my dreams inside my head. Hoping they gain agency. Envisioning all the…
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Memory Lost – Prompt Friday: A Crime You Can’t Remember
This Week’s Prompt Friday Challenge Write this scene: A news headline flashes across the screen—you’ve killed someone. You have no recollection of what happened. The police have you barricaded in your house. Who did you kill? And why? My Response to the Prompt I sat down on the sofa after a satisfying breakfast. Before I…
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An Old Poetry Style – Does It Still Exist?
I came across a poem I wrote in my early twenties. It plays with the idea of an acrostic, and it made me wonder… do people still enjoy this kind of poetry? Here it is: Below the riverbankElegant sunset ariseHigh above the riverbank the sun shinesInside the river swarm a school of fishNever before have…
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Free Verse Friday – The Author of Murder
We slay with sayings.Words cutting like knives.Blood spatter.Someone lying on the floor.A pool of blood.The plot thickens.Whodunit?Was it Jack, Bobby, or Johnny?Too many to choose—A red herring shows its face.Yet nothing falls into place. Join the Conversation Drop your verse in the comments. If you enjoyed this poem, follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest…
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3 Years to Publish My Poetry Book – What I Learned
The Journey to Self-Publishing For years, I dreamed of getting my work published. I decided to start with poetry, thinking it would be faster. I was wrong. Poetry books take just as much time—if not more. Finding the right poems for a cohesive collection is challenging. I wanted my poetry book to build my readership…
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Prompt Friday – Bloody
Write this scene:You are having a peaceful dinner at a restaurant when bullets start flying, and one shatters the glass you pick up to drink. My Response Crab Envy Marvelle, New JerseyApril 10, 2026 — 6:00 PM Sharon’s food had just arrived. She was pleased because she was starving after skipping lunch. Her stomach rumbled.…
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Free Verse Friday – Show Up
Show up when it’s tough.Show up when you have nothing to say.Show up when life gets too busy.Show up when doubt creeps in. Show up when only three words come out.Show up when everyone is telling you you’ll never make it.Show up when social media interaction is low.Show up when your family is driving you…
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Before I Knew I Was Writing a Thriller | Expanding a Story Into a Novella
When a Story Won’t Let Go Stories are always rolling around in my head—until one starts screaming louder than the others. That’s exactly how I realized I was writing a thriller without even knowing it. Has that ever happened to you? Revisiting Old Work After finishing my poetry book and preparing it for publication, I…