http://www.openroadwriting.com The destination is better writing. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:17:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Throughout the month of November, the ORW prompts will be designed to help writers participating in NaNoWriMo build up their word count. Create a scene in which your character experiments with something new.  This scene should not necesarily be about learning a new skill.  Instead, imagine an activity in which your character ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/11/creative-writing-prompt-14-nanowrimo/ Throughout the month of November, the ORW prompts will be designed to help writers participating in NaNoWriMo build up their word count.  Please leave a comment about how the prompt works for you! Create a scene in which your character sees something s/he should not have.  Write 1,000 words describing the ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/11/creative-writing-prompt-13-nanowrimo/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices. Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project. Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find that you’ve ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/10/creative-writing-prompt-12/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices.  Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project.  Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find that you’ve ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/10/creative-writing-prompt-11/ Congratulations to A.M. Baker for her winning entry to the ORW 100-Words Contest.  Here is her short, short story: The Deserted Road In eighth-grade, Sara got knocked up by Kenny Watts. That’s a lie: it wasn’t Kenny. Her mother’s boyfriend finally left too much evidence behind, so Sara destroyed the evidence; I ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/09/winner/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices. Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project. Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find that you’ve ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/09/creative-writing-prompt-10/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices. Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project. Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find that you’ve ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/09/creative-writing-prompt-9/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices. Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project. Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/09/creative-writing-prompt-8/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices.  Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project.  Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find that you’ve ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/09/creative-writing-prompt-7/ Each week, ORW will feature a new writing prompt meant to spark your creative juices.  Use it to generate new fiction, creative non-fiction or poetry, or apply the prompt to a current project.  Even if you don’t create a scene that fits with your project, you may find that you’ve ... http://www.openroadwriting.com/2009/08/creative-writing-prompt-6/