Last week’s prompt was to write from random given words. The challenge of weaving three seemingly-unconnected words into one piece of writing is a good warm-up, and fun, but it can also lead a writer in directions she or he … Continue reading →

Use one or more of the following in a piece of writing: popcorn, bathroom, mechanic. *** The smell of burnt popcorn flooded out of the house when Janice Lee opened the front door. “Good God Almighty, Dwayne,” she yelled, “what … Continue reading →

For a recent workshop session, I borrowed parts of the opening lines from several of the essays in David Sedaris‘ Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Little, Brown 2004). “Chicken in the Henhouse begins, “It was one of those … Continue reading →