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.

Voice Week 2013: Tuesday

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I’m having minor server issues on this site today, so it may be going up and down as I work with my host to fix it. Meantime, the Voice Week site shouldn’t have any problems.

I think everyone’s voices are going swimmingly, don’t you? Here’s my second.

“Well, I probly knew him better than anybody, but we haven’t hung out much since he hooked up with Liz. You know how it is. But I was happy for him. I wish he’d told me when they broke up. Before he…you know. Maybe I could have talked him out of it. But am I shocked? Well, you gotta understand, Will was obsessed with Liz, even when we were kids. I never thought she was that into him, but, you know. So when they got together I was afraid it was gonna flop. But Will was just in heaven, you know. I was happy for him. So I didn’t say anything. I kind of blame myself, you know? I just wish he told me when they broke up.”

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Voice Week 2013: Monday

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First day of Voice Week! Going with a dialogue angle this year. Read everyone else’s voices here.

“They was out in the hall when they broke up. Ah heard the whole thing. Ah poke mah head outside the do’ when she was gone, he was leanin’ on the wall, lookin’ like he was about to cry. Ah aksed him, was he gonna be O.K.?—He was always a good boy, heppin’ me carry mah groceries up the stair.—An’ he look at me and he say, ‘Miss Emma? Ah was gonna marry that girl.’ An’ ah says, ‘Well ah guess you just gonna hafta marry some other girl. And that’s O.K.’ An’ he smile at me. He was sad, but ah jus don’t think that boy’d kill his-self. Had to much sense to be doin’ some foolish thing like that.”

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Who is it? Stick your thoughts in the comments.

A Few Things to Know About Voice Week 2013

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My Internet access will be spotty this weekend, but I want to make sure you have answers to any questions you might have about Voice Week. Here are some just-in-case answers to questions I anticipate you might have.

 

Inspiration Monday Postponed

InMon is postponed for Voice Week, so you’ll have two whole weeks to write InMon pieces from the October 28 prompts before I post more prompts on November 11.

Voices Linked Daily

All you Voice Writers have to do is post your pieces on your own blogs. Every day, I’ll visit your blogs to read, comment on and link to your pieces. I’ll reblog all the pieces on the Voice Week site, so everyone can go there to find links to all of them!

I Won’t Notice If You’re Late

We all live in different time zones. If you miss a midnight deadline, I will assume you’re on time in your time zone. In fact, I’ll probably still be linking well into Saturday. So don’t worry about it; just post when you can!

But What If…

Not sure you wrote exactly what I’m looking for? That’s okay. Everyone interprets the challenge a little differently, and it still turns out awesome! The important thing is that we all learn from each other. I guarantee we will.

If You Aren’t Writing for Voice Week

We still need you! Visit the Voice Writers, read and comment on their voices!

If You Still Want to Sign Up

You can, as late as Monday. Just leave a comment! I’ll get you on the list!

If You Signed Up, But Your Name Isn’t on the Link List

I may be waiting on you to send me a link to your blog. I should have already emailed you if this is the case. If you send it to me and don’t hear back for the next couple of days, don’t worry: I will have it taken care of on Monday!

Other Questions?

Ask me in the comments and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

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I’m confused.

Check out the rules

See answers to frequently asked questions

 

I need examples. How did Voice Week go last year?

Read last year’s voices

Read my summary post

 

I can’t wait to get started!

Get your Voice Week badge!!!

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Inspiration Monday: Brilliant Superstition

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Okay, folks. Voice Week starts one week from today, which means this week’s prompts will be good for two weeks – I won’t be posting any prompts during Voice Week.

There’s still time to sign up for that, by the way! We’ve got a good crowd of about a dozen, so we’re set up for a good time already, but there’s definitely room for more. I should note my Internet access will be unreliable for part of this week, but I will catch up with anything I miss by Monday.

Oh, look! Some tasty tidbits to inspire us for next week!

DJMatticus

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LLD

WritingSprint

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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:

BRILLIANT SUPERSTITION

MEET YOUR DESTINY

CURDLED

AFRAID OF NOTHING

FALLING BEHIND

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!

October Wallpaper: Voices (what else?)

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Voice Week 2013 is just a little over a week away! Now’s the time to sign up – tell me in the comments if you want to. You can actually sign up right through November 4, but the earlier the better!

Aaaand here’s some wallpaper. I like the faces. Though at a glance it looks kind of creepy.

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Photos by Greeblie, Nadia, Seth Woodworth, Arielle Calderon and The US Army.

 

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