Hey beautiful guys and dolls!! Welcome to my first post during WRITER IN MOTION round two. I was lucky enough to be chosen in the raffle to have my short, 1,000 word or less flash fiction chosen to be edited by a professional editor! So, follow along my journey as I go from prompt to polished draft in for weeks. Out first post is prepping for the first draft. Given the prompt, what were my first thoughts and what did I do to prep the character, story, and plot?? HEre's the photo prompt: Honestly, it didn't speak me. At all. I was lost, and my excitement quickly deflated like a helium balloon stuffed in the back of a dark closet. Not because I didn't like the photo. I LOVED it. But because I was completely lost in ideas. So, I put the put the picture away, and ignored it. Well, that's not true. The photo haunted me for hours. Who was this girl? Why was she here? What had happened up to this point in time? That's when it hit me. Tell the story before...
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ― William Wordsworth
I need to try that with one of my books some day.
ReplyDeleteNow, if I could figure out how to make it big enough to read, I think it might be cool!
ReplyDeleteThese are soo cool! I've seen a few round the blogosphere recently. I must go try it!
ReplyDeleteI really was cool! It was pretty easy to create. There are lots of editing you can do, such as colors and fonts, but I just left mine like this. The only thing is I don't know how to make the picture larger without blurring it. Anyone know?
DeleteThese are really cool. Is there like a website to make these?
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Wordle.net
DeleteThanks! Hope you enjoy!
Wordle is always fun. Tried it with my query and, as expected, the MC's name is the biggest, followed fast by angel. ^_^
ReplyDeleteHmmm, Book seems to be dominating the stage, followed by River,Shae and memories...
DeleteOf course I just went and did this to my own query (and killed 15 minutes playing with the colors)! Thalia is biggest, followed by dragon, and killer. Now I have to figure out how to save it... *grumble*
ReplyDeleteI know, I couldn't figure it out either. I took a screenshot.
DeleteAh! I should have thought of that! Now I will waste another 15 minutes making it perfect again...
DeleteThis is what I do with my MS after its 'done'. Then I can find which words I use too much :)
ReplyDeleteYou can actually put an entire manuscript in there? Wow. That would be interesting...
DeleteThat is beyond awesome. I love it. (Also love the new look for your blog)
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly! I usually change my blog template weekly, but for now, I really like this one. A lot. So I think I'll keep it for awhile!
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