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: Extinction

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Crazy week, crazy weather! Saturday I had all the windows open, enjoying the sunshine and soft springy breezes – Sunday morning the curtains were frozen to the glass. Ah, Texas. Always keeping us on our toes.

Hey, if you missed it, you can hear me play ukulele and learn how to format your manuscript at the same time.

And look, a whole slew of fun things to read:

Steve

DJMatticus

Chris and another

PrincessDeloso

Tami

SAM

Kay

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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:

EXTINCTION

THE KINGDOM IS MINE

EPILOGUE

MELTING MOON

TALK TO STRANGERS

 

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (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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How to Format Your Manuscript – the song!

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Long ago, I made a how-to video for formatting your novel manuscript. Unfortunately, when Google bought YouTube and connected everyone’s YT/G+ accounts, the video was somehow lost in the shuffle.

But you know what they say: when life deletes your YouTube videos – make musical versions!

So here’s what I’ve been working on all month. Its imperfections abound, but let’s hope they make it more lovable, eh?

Enjoy!

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If the embed isn’t working, here’s a link: How to Format Your Manuscript

 

Inspiration Monday: Choose to Forget

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Hey all: it seems the trackbacks/pingbacks aren’t always reliable, so please make sure you leave a comment with a link to your piece so you know I get it (I do appreciate your still linking back here; it helps other folks discover the InMon community).

In other news, sometimes I feel like I’ve used prompts before. But I search for them on the blog and can’t find them. It’s like deja InMon vu. Or something.

These stories are definitely new, though:

DJMatticus

PrincessDeloso

Tami

Imaginator

Chris (missed him last week) and this week

SAM

ARNeal

Elmo

Jennie

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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:

CHOOSE TO FORGET

SOUNDS IN SPACE

PALINDROME

THE FIST

TREADING WATER

 

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (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!

Inspiration Monday: Dark Mirror

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Gah, I don’t know what to say today!

Let the work speak for itself:

DJMatticus

PrincessDeloso

Evan

SAM

Whoops! Missed 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:

DARK MIRROR

HARD CORE

THE OTHER ME

OLD MAN’S DREAM

THE END OF FOREVER

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and then give me the link in the comments below (I’ll also love you more if you link back to me); I’ll include a link to your piece in the next Inspiration Monday post. No blog? Email your piece to me at stephanie (at) bekindrewrite (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!

Inspiration Monday: Stuck in the Music

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What’s in a rose? A smell by any other sweet would name as name.

That’s how it goes, right?

Alright, off with ye to read the work of the week – some fun, some sad.

DJMatticus

Tami

PrincessDeloso

LLDFiction

TheImaginator

MrPerfect

TheShortPages

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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:

STUCK IN THE MUSIC

HAUNTED BOOK

UNDER THE WALL

BURNED OUT EYES

CONSTRUCTION PAPER

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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