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Nonfiction: Helena Writes #70: On developing memories in the mind’s darkroom
I took Three-Dimensional Design again, three years later. Then, I was older than my classmates, and I knew why I was there...
On Deck: Tarot reading for writers Sept '24
This month's prompt is about using the imagery and symbolism of tarot to develop a scene about the “black sheep” of a family.
Writing to balance scene and summary
Try an exercise to develop both scene and summary and connect past with present and future.
Beyond a Book Review: Risking it all in Fault
Who or what could make you risk it all?
Photo writing prompt contest: Sept '24
Capture the sensory experience of a favorite back-to-school or classroom memory.
On Deck: Tarot reading for writers August '24
August's prompt is about using the imagery of tarot and the remembered elements of dreams to create story scenes.
Nonfiction: Helena Writes #69_On collective experiences of love, grief, and music
The air was enchanted, electrified with what I can only call the love that moved between the four of us, who had experienced something so other than the war, of such a different order than a world of folly...
Beyond a book review: Writing other languages in Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American writer and author of Vampires of El Norte, a historical fantasy with a speculative take on vampires.
Photo writing prompt contest: August '24
What future would you make? What future do you fear? If you could know the future, would you want to?
Nonfiction: Helena Writes #68_On traveling and multisensory memories
I was fascinated by the Amish and the picture I took, with my eyes, and all my senses, the clop clopping of the horses, their smell...
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