Writing
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Lunchtime
Go to a public location and make a detailed report of what you see. The twist of the day? Write the post without adverbs. It’s cold as we take a seat outside the little café. Even though we’re sitting under an outdoor gas heater, there’s a distinct chill in the air. It’s winter in Melbourne,…
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In Defence of Reading: or how not to be a book snob.
Focus today’s post on the contrast between two things. The twist? Write the post in the form of a dialogue. ‘I’m not really a big reader.’ ‘Really? Why not?’ I ask. ‘Well, I dunno, it’s boring…’ ‘What sort of thing are you trying to read?’ ‘I tried some Dickens a while ago, but I…
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A Human Character
Today, you’ll write about a person you’ve met in 2014. In your twist, develop and shape your portrait further in a character study. The thing about meeting new people is that they either make no impression at all or they have a lasting impact on how you see yourself, live your life or how…
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The Runaway
In the lane behind my house, I found a letter. I looked around for who might have dropped it. The neighbours behind me, across the lane, have a 5 year old daughter and another one on the way. The letter must have been hers, but where had she run away to? As I held…
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Someone lost
Prompt: Write about a loss: something (or someone) that was part of your life, and isn’t any more. When I was in primary school I had two best friends, Sarah and Pauline. Sarah was a tall, gangly, auburn haired girl who was, as you might expect, terribly awkward. Sarah’s was the spitting image of…
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The view from here
As it creeps into winter here in the southern hemisphere I find myself fantasising about warm summer breezes. There is a little girl sitting on the bank of a fast flowing river. On her back are the marks of weeks worth of different tan lines across her shoulders and arms. She’s wearing a singlet…
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Swapping one challenge for another
April was the month of poems, May will be the month of photos. I started the National Poetry Writing Month challenge one day late, but managed to complete the month with 30 new poems under my belt. I’m the first to admit that their quality is not consistent in any way, there were days where…
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Watching Movies: Nymphomaniac
It’s been three days since I watched Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ Vol I and II. It has taken me this long to work out what I want to say, and even so I’m just hoping I’ll be able to make some sort of coherent statement about it by the end of this post. These two films,…
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Dudley
This is my contribution for Day 12 NaPoWriMo – maybe it’s a found poem, maybe it’s blank verse, maybe it’s comedy or maybe it’s just an exploration of what happens when you replace words with Dudley. Dudley Dudley outbreak in local school! New Dudley flavoured Tim Tams. Would you allow a Dudley in your house?…
Fleur Blüm 