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: Raise Heaven

Went to my first con over the weekend – Anime Fest in Dallas. It was a strange feeling not being the nerdiest person in the room. I felt like some alien creature who’d been separated from its home world at birth and has found its way back only to discover it does not understand the doings of its own people.  Of course, anime is not my thing, so many of these people were more like my second cousins than long lost family.

Omigosh, somebody needs to organize a Star Trek convention called Kahn Con!

But I digress.

Check out the latest work from the InMon family!

MrPerfect

Chris

LadyWhispers

Carrie

Kirsten

Ack! Missed WritingSprint

Did I miss anyone else? Not all the pingbacks are coming through.

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:

RAISE HEAVEN

COSTUME

ESCAPE FROM PARADISE

WANDERING EYE

CELLOPHANE

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!

August Wallpaper: That Wasn’t in the Book

This month’s wallpaper was inspired by almost every based-on-a-book movie ever made. The TV photo is by DailyInvention.

In other news, the YouTube version of Pride & Prejudice, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which I reviewed on this blog, just won an Emmy! A rare instance of an adaptation I approve of (though the A&E version is still first in my heart. After the book, of course).

Click to get it!

Inspiration Monday: Stop the Presses

I have a song stuck in my head from The Court Jester but I can’t remember the words.

Never mind. Read the latest from the InMonsters:

DJMatticus

ArdenRR

WithASWritersSword

WritingSprint

Elmo

Genetta

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:

STOP THE PRESSES

LIVE AND LET DIE

WATERLOGGED

STANDARD ISSUE

SHHH

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!

The 300th Post: Featuring the Top 10

Yes folks, you are reading post number 300 on BeKindRewrite! Applause! Music! Fanfare! And in monument to this momentous moment, I present the top ten most viewed posts (so far). Click through and read ’em if you haven’t already.

#10. Tips for Creating Lovable and Relatable Protagonists

#10. Tips for Creating Lovable and Relatable Protagonists

#9. 4 Steps to Convince People They Need to Read Your Novel

#9. 4 Steps to Convince People They Need to Read Your Novel

#8. Online Writing  Resources

#8. 20 Great Free Online Writing Resources

#7. the 21 Best Tips for Your Opening Scene

#7. the 21 Best Tips for Your Opening Scene

#6. 7 ways to Motivate Yourself to Write

#6. 7 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Write

#5. 6 ways First Person Narrators Can Describe Themselves

#5. 6 ways First Person Narrators Can Describe Themselves

#4. Which fiction genre sells best?

#4. Which Fiction Genre Sells Best?

#3. Fantastic examples of voice.

#3. 5 Fantastic Examples of Voice.

#2. How to Control People's Thoughts with Words

#2. How to Control People’s Thoughts with Words

#1. The 7 Narrator Types

#1. The 7 Narrator Types

Inspiration Monday: Special Effects

So not only did we get WritingSprint back the other day, Debra comes back this week! (for y’all newbies: it was her idea to start Inspiration Monday). What veteran InMonster will return next? Scribbla? Jinx? Mike? Come on, people, don’t leave me hangin’!

Jody and another

DJMatticus

ARNeal

ArdenRR

Oscar

WritingSprint

Chris

Debra

Kate

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:

SPECIAL EFFECTS

CHARM SCHOOL

VACCINE

STUCK

TRUST THE BEARD

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!