Author: Stephanie Orges

Stephanie is an award-winning copywriter, aspiring novelist, and barely passable ukulele player. Here, she offers writing prompts, tips, and moderate-to-deep philosophical discussions. You can also find her on and Pinterest.

Inspiration Monday: Undefeated

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Well, the pumpkin pie is gone, followed closely by the cheese ball. A new work week has begun, and my inbox is stuffed with Cyber Monday sales I won’t avail myself of. And just two days outside of NaNoWriMo, InMon is picking up again!

Like so:

DJMatticus

SAM

Evan and another

LLDFiction

 

The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

UNDEFEATED

SECOND BOOKMARK

FLASHLIGHT

NUNS WITH KNIVES

CALLIOPE

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post; I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

Holiday Archives: How to Get Close to Your Characters

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I hope you who celebrate Thanksgiving had a good one! For me, Turkey Day marks the beginning of the holiday season, which means I’m on soft hiatus till the new year. InMon will continue weekly as usual, but on Fridays, you’ll see links to some archived posts from years past. Hopefully they are fresh to you, or at least good reminders. Here’s this week’s!

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8 COOL WAYS TO GET CLOSE TO YOUR CHARACTERS

Image by Okko Pyykko.

People who aren’t writers don’t know the extent of background work that goes into writing a novel—how much plot, setting and character development we write that never appears on the published page.

This is a list of a few of those things. Read it!

Inspiration Monday: Extra Strength

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Computer crisis averted! Well, dealt with. I’m back and running with all the important files intact. I really can’t stress enough how important it is that you back up all your files. Preferably some kind of automatic backup you don’t have to remember to do. I use Evernote (free) for notes and Carbonite (not free, but worth it) for docs and everything else. If it worked for Han Solo, it’ll work for you!

In other news, veteran InMonster Kay Camden has just published her first novel. Go check it out.

And two lovely InMonsters have managed to create something this last week of NaNoWriMo!

DJMatticus

Chris

 

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

EXTRA STRENGTH

THE ONE WHO LIVED

BURROW

FARADAY

SUBSTITUTE PEOPLE

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post; I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

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Technical Difficulties: Crash

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My computer has crashed and I am still in the process of fixing it, therefore Friday’s post is hanging somewhere in the aether. Alack, alack.

With luck, everything will be up and running by Monday. If you don’t hear from me by then, know that I am still in good health and have not been abducted by pirates.

Thank you!

 

Inspiration Monday: Premember

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Just a couple of InMonsters this week – I’m guessing due to post-Voice Week exhaustion? Or maybe mid-NaNoWriMo busy-ness? No matter. I am glad you are still writing!

Meantime, I think you’ll find these two quite enough fun to tide you over till next time.

Chris

Evan

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The Rules

There are none. Read the prompts, get inspired, write something. No word count minimum or maximum. You don’t have to include the exact prompt in your piece, and you can interpret the prompt(s) any way you like.

OR

No really; I need rules!

Okay; write 200-500 words on the prompt of your choice. You may either use the prompt as the title of your piece or work it into the body of your piece. You must complete it before 6 pm CST on the Monday following this post.

The Prompts:

PREMEMBER

FAVORITE WIFE

SEA SAND

TELL THE TOOTH

SAWED OFF

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post; I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at bekindrewrite (at) yahoo (dot) com. (I do reserve the right to NOT link to a piece as stated in my Link Discretion Policy.)

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!