Inspiration Monday: all I’ve ever known

Delicious news. One of my favorite YouTube vloggers, Hank Green, has begun an exciting, unprecedented project: translating the Austen classic, Pride & Prejudice, into – what else? – YouTube vlogging. It’s rather experimental; they’re not really sure if they can pull off the whole thing, but I like it so far. The more viewers they get, the more likely they’ll be to keep going, so be sure to check it out after you read the brilliant work linked below. Start with Hank’s introduction or with the first episode.

Now onto it!

Chris and another

LovetheBadGuy

Barb

Spider42

Craig

UndueCreativity

EDIT: For some reason I missed Marian. I have no idea why.

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:

All I’ve ever known
Countdown
To be protected
Save the song
Escape from pretend

Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); 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.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

 

Inspiration Monday: fear vaccine

Ah. Baseball season at last. Letting it suck me in again. Yet another bad habit I picked up from my dad, along with picking at my fingers, working through lunch, and asking the waiter to replace Triple Sec with Gran Marnier in my margaritas.

Develop better habits. Read short fiction:

Eric (missed last week) and another (non InMon, but related) and Eric again

PenNTonic

Chris

UndueCreativity

Barb

Marian

Spider42

Craig

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:

Fear vaccine
Rapidly unraveling
Messed up on purpose
Death by piano
Count the windows


Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); 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.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

Inspiration Monday: synesthesia

Working my way through ukulele tabs for Stairway to Heaven. It’s actually not impossible. I’ve got the first eight measures down. : P

Read up:

PenNTonic

LovetheBadGuy and another

Kay

Anansi

LadyWhispers

Marian

UndueCreativity

Woops, missed Eric

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:

Synesthesia*
Tangled hearts**
Remember my dreams
Don’t fight it
The mask is real


Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); 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.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

*Synesthesia is a neurological condition that involves a sort of mixing of the senses. For instance, you might experience music visually as well as audibly, or you might associate certain days of the week with certain colors, or certain letters with different personalities. It’s fascinating.

** Another heart prompt; I know. But I stumbled across this organization called the Tangled Hearts Project (they advocate for foster kids) and loved the name.

Inspiration Monday: hold onto your heart

I’ve made a start on learning the 12-bar blues on the ukulele. Slowly working my way toward Stairway to Heaven. Oh yeah.

Speaking of heaven, read some of this:

LovetheBadGuy

Chris

LadyNimue

PenNTonic

UndueCreativity

Eric

Craig

Barb

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:

Hold onto your heart
Afraid of the wind
Yestermorrow*
Save the martians**
Infinity in pieces


Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); 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.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!

* I was going to write a book with this title. Then I found out Ray Bradbury already did. Quit stealing my stuff and then transporting it into the past, Ray!

** What I say when I offer people hand-sanitizer. Bonus points if you can explain why.

Inspiration Monday: farewell fairy tales

Some interesting takes on the shoe mystery in the stories and in last week’s comments. I’ll never look at lost shoes the same way again. : )

Unrelated note: anybody else getting more spam comments than usual? In the last week I’ve gone from a handful a week to more than a dozen a day. What’s up with that?

Here’s the good stuff:

DeMaizeField

Chris and another

LadyNimue

LoveTheBadGuy and another

Janel

PenNTonic

Rashmi

Eric

UndueCreativity

Barb

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:

Farewell fairy tales
All this time I was wrong
That’s not blood
Wandering knight
Broken string


Want to share your Inspiration Monday piece? Post it on your blog and link back to today’s post (here’s a video on how to do it); 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.

Plus, get the InMon badge for your site here.

Happy writing!