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PS -- now would be a good time to "fan" Hildie Block's Workshops on facebook. Seeing as I just created it as the place out stuff about my workshops . . . . this blog should show there as a feed and I'm hoping to get my Tweets up there, too. . . .
HBO never ceases to amaze me.
Entourage came back this week. This is a guilty pleasure of mine, a happy escapism in my week -- 30 minutes of 4 friends making it good in LA.
But with an HBO twist.
Excellent writing, character description and no rush to force the plot.
Why? How? How does HBO pull this off season after season, show after show? Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire . . . the list goes on and on.
They take their time.
You should, too. Good writing can't be rushed. Your first idea, is rarely your best idea. In the season opener of Entourage, they spent 30 minutes, or maybe 2 seasons, building up to the moment where Vincent Chase is alone in the house for the first time. The friends would never leave Vinnie when the chips are down, but now that it's all rock-n-roll, they find the freedom to capture their own space -- and in the final scene we see him alone in the house that he built. There is no dialogue. It's not forced.
A lesson to be learned there for all of us.
--hildieblog
PS a few seats still left in my year long Write Your Book workshop! If you are interested, please email me soon!
What Makes Movies Move Us? It's All About Sticking to the Script
By Ann Hornaday and Richard Leiby
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The truism in Hollywood is that you can't make a great movie from a bad screenplay. But you can't have a good screenplay without certain narrative fundamentals and emotional building blocks that, when expertly deployed, add up to a good story well told, with none of the strut work showing. "It all starts with Aristotle," says screenwriter Lew Hunter, who teaches the craft at his Screenwriting Colony in Superior, Neb. "You've got to have a beginning, middle and end."
Along the way, the hero or heroine will undergo a profound change of character. The cynic finds his idealism. The coward finds his courage. The scullery maid finds her inner princess.
And with any luck, transcendent theme emerges: what the movie's about.
Screenwriting gurus from Robert McKee to Syd Field have fine-tuned their own versions of the formula, but most hew to the principles that we list here.
Act 1
Opening image: The visual and aural statement that will define the ensuing movie's time, place, theme and emotional tone. The black-and-white cityscape set to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in "Manhattan." The gliding underbelly of the star cruiser in "Star Wars."
Inciting incident: The event that sets the plot in motion. A tornado hits Kansas. A woman comes into a Casablanca restaurant looking for letters of transit. The Joker robs a bank in Gotham City. War breaks out during a barbecue at Twelve Oaks! (Usually happens within the first 10 minutes, preferably five.)
First turning point: The event that sets the Hero on his journey of transformation and self-discovery. (Joseph Campbell fans also call this "the call to adventure.") Luke's family is killed by the Empire. WALL E leaves Earth to follow Eve. The first turning point marks the end of Act 1.
for Act II and III follow this link . . . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
--hildieblog
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
So, what are you?
I'm hearing from query letter writers who describe themselves as "pre-published."
I'm not sure where that term or even that concept came from, but I'm post-annoyed by it.
"Pre-published" is meaningless. Is that like saying you're pre-dead? (thanks Harry Hunsicker for that great phrase). And if you've been published and are now out of print, does that make you post-published? Abandon this thinking post-haste.
Quit dreaming up new and motivational self-help ways of describing yourself, and focus that energy on your work. I know what you are: you're a writer.
--hildieblog
Year Long Book Workshops returns for its 4th year!
I'm so completely thrilled to announce the return of my year-long book-length workshop!
Write Your Book!
In this 10 month long workshop, participants meet about 28+ times to workshop 30 page "chunks" of their works-in-progress -- and will have the opportunity to workshop 180-200 pages of a draft. This supportive group stays together all year as folks work their way through their novels and memoirs. I can say enough good things about watching this group grow and mature as writers each year -- and reach their goals! Each class is structured with a writing prompt, a lesson and then we spend about 45 minutes on each "chunk." I cover everything from structure to agents.
I'm also pleased to announce our new location on Broad Street (Rte 7) in Falls Church City. Easy parking near the entrance -- and somewhat Metro accessible (East or West Falls Church -- a bit of a walk -- or a quick hop on a very regular bus).
Mondays, 7:30-10 starting September 21 (tent.)
246 Broad Street
Falls Church
cost for the year: $750 -- a $100 deposit holds your seat, the balance due by check or paypal by the first night of class
I do have several folks already committed to the class -- please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested.
Keep Writing!
--hildieblog
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UNDISCOVERED VOICES FELLOWSHIP: Call for Applications
The Writer’s Center seeks promising writers earning less than $25,000 annually to apply for our Undiscovered Voices Fellowship. This fellowship program will provide complimentary writing workshops to the selected applicant for a period of one year, but not to exceed 8 workshops in that year. We expect the selected fellow will use the year to make progress toward a completed manuscript of publishable work.
The Writer’s Center believes writers of all backgrounds and experiences should have an opportunity to devote time and energy toward the perfection of their craft.
The selected fellow will be able to attend writing workshops offered by The Writer’s Center free of charge. In addition, the fellow will give a reading from his or her work at the close of the fellowship period (June 2010) and will be invited to speak with local high school students on the craft of writing.
To apply, candidates should submit
a) a cover letter signed by the candidate that contains the statement: “I understand and confirm I meet all eligibility requirements of the Undiscovered Voices Fellowship.” The cover letter should include information on the impact this fellowship would have on the candidate.
b) contact information for two references who can speak to the candidate’s creative work and promise
c) a work sample in a single genre:
· 8 pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page
· 10 pages of fiction, double-spaced, no more than 1 work or excerpt
· 10 pages of nonfiction (essay, memoir, etc), double-spaced, no more than 1 work or excerpt
OR
· 15 pages of a script or screenplay
These items should be sent in hard copy to The Writer’s Center, Attn: Undiscovered Voices Fellowship, 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda MD 20815. The deadline is September 15, 2009.
Emerging Writer Fellowships: Call for Submissions
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Writer’s Center, metropolitan DC’s community gathering place for writers and readers, is currently accepting submissions for several competitive Emerging Writer Fellowships. Emerging Writer Fellows will be selected from applicants who have published up to 2 book-length works of prose and up to 3 book-length works of poetry. We welcome submissions from writers of any genre, background, or experience.
Emerging Writer Fellows will be featured at The Writer’s Center as part of their Emerging Writers Reading Series. The readings, held on Friday evenings, bring together writers in different genres with a backdrop of live music. The Writer’s Center book store will sell titles by the Emerging Writers throughout the season in which they appear in an effort to promote them and their work to a wide audience.
Selected Fellows are invited to lead a special Saturday workshop at The Writer’s Center, with compensation commensurate with standard Writer’s Center provisions.
Fellows receive an all-inclusive honorarium to help offset their travel costs in the amount of $250 or $500, depending on their place of departure.
Fellows for Fall 2009 include novelist Alexander Chee (Edinburgh), novelist Lisa Selin Davis (Belly), poet Suzanne Frischkorn (Lit Windowpane), poet Aaron Smith (Blue on Blue Ground), Canadian fiction writer Neal Smith (Bang Crunch), poet Srikanth Reddy (Facts for Visitors), and poet Nancy Krygowski (Velocity).
Their events will be held in September, October, and December. See our events calendar for more information.
Spring 2009 events will be held in February, March, and April/May.
To be considered, please send a letter of interest, a resume or CV that details publication history and familiarity facilitating group discussions, and a copy of your most recent book. Self-published or vanity press titles will not be accepted. A committee comprised of The Writer’s Center board members, staff, and members will evaluate submissions on behalf of our community of writers.
The deadline to submit is August 15, 2009.
Applicants are encouraged to call Charles Jensen, Director, for more information at 301-654-8664.
The Writer’s Center, established in 1976, is one of the nation’s oldest and largest literary centers. We provide over 60 free public events and more than 200 writing workshops each year, sell one of the largest selections of literary magazines in our on-site bookstore, and publish Poet Lore, America’s oldest continually published poetry journal.
Want a writer's retreat? Pick your day, book a hotel room, take your lap top and DO IT! what are you waiting for?
now get writing!
--hildieblog
No idea what I'm talking about?
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At Publishers' Convention, Is the Writing On the Wall?
Book Industry Braces For Paperless Future
By Bob Thompson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 1, 2009
NEW YORK, May 31 -- If you wanted to think about the future of the written word, the publishing industry's annual convention, held at Manhattan's Javits Center, was the place to be over the past few days.
There was a problem, though.
BookExpo America was almost guaranteed to make your head hurt.
This was especially true if you were a traditional publisher or bookseller, a late-adapting lover of physical books, or just someone inclined to wrinkle your nose at the mention of the word "twitter."
Take the road map to the world of 20 years from now offered by Mike Shatzkin of the Idea Logical Co.
A publishing lifer who's turned himself into one of the industry's most respected digital futurists, Shatzkin gave his BEA talk the unwieldy title "Stay Ahead of the Shift: What Product-Centric Publishers Can Do to Flourish in a Community-Centric World."
Key word: "flourish."
He'd been encouraged to change it from "survive."
"It's not going to be about how you flourish," Shatzkin said. Then he introduced a complex vision of why there might only be one big trade publisher left in 2029 by pointing to what happened to other industries over 20-year spans: network television between 1968 and 1988, newspapers between 1989 and 2009, and the crash-and-burn scenario most frequently cited in discussions of the book business, the music industry between 1980 and 2000.
Nobody knows what's going to happen to publishing, Shatzkin emphasized, except that it will change. But "you have to have a view of the future in order to know what to do in the present." His involves vertical specialization, "format-agnostic publishing" and an extended period of frantic Darwinian experimentation during which "costs are going to go up and revenues are going to go down."
As for that thing with printed pages and a binding:
"If you read a book on paper, you're going to be definitely stamped as retro," Shatzkin said. "This is not going to be a fashionable thing to do."
Speaking of digital futurists, it was hard to walk the halls of BEA without tripping over Wired editor Chris Anderson -- best known as the author of "The Long Tail" -- flogging his disconcertingly titled new book "Free: The Future of a Radical Price."
Here was Anderson onstage interviewing venture capitalist Eric Hippeau, a man without a good word to say for traditional publishing. "The business model for the book industry is broken," Hippeau said. If your business requires a truck these days, forget it.
What advice would the venture guy have for Borders, then?
"Shut it down in an efficient fashion," came the prompt reply.
Here was Anderson signing free copies of "Free" (cover price: $26.99) at the booth of his traditional publisher, Hyperion. Now here he was on a panel called "Jumping Off the Cliff: How Publishers Can Succeed Online Where Others Failed."
"When we talk about others failing, we're talking about the music industry," the moderator said helpfully. This allowed Anderson to make a point about a misunderstanding that "drives me berserk." The music industry, broadly defined -- which includes bands, fans, concerts, recordings, iPods, etc. -- is thriving, he said. It is only the major labels, with their foolish attempt to cling to the CD model, that crashed.
"We don't need those jerks," Anderson said.
A message for publishers, perhaps?
Not necessarily. The analogy, in Anderson's view, is not precise. For one thing, the physical book is a far better product than the CD. For another, well, traditional publishing has been very, very good to him.
An hour before, he had been on another panel called "Do Publishers Still Hold the Keys to the Kingdom?" Short answer: yes, and the authors on the panel were delighted to jingle them. "I have incredible respect for those traditional skills," Anderson said.
Still . . .
click the link for the rest:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
The thing to keep in mind? Many of them. No mention of books for people under 13 for one.
The other thing? Musicians have FLOURISHED with the death of the major recording labels. That can be the same for writers. Spending years in search of an agent, and then having that person not find you an editor for a variety of reasons? Gone in the age of viral marketing, twitter and facebook -- or whatever comes next (my husband is a high school teacher who swears the kids are moving on from facebook, just as their parents get addicted to Mafia Wars and Pathwords).
What does this mean for you?
I'd say 2 things --
1) If you want to go the traditional publishing route? Get on it! Who knows how long there will even be a Borders!
2) If you don't care, rejoice and look forward to the next big thing!
--hildieblog
PS If you were following me on Twitter, you'd know that that Writer's Center members pay the member rate for AIW on June 13 -- that's one way to save like $100.
--hildieblog
ps don't forget the AIW conference is just a few weeks -- great chance to meet agents . . . .
http://www.americanindependentwriters.o
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
--Hildieblog
PS get writing!
"When I finally had what I'd wanted for so long, my first emotion was..."
MWLM Spring/Summer 2009 - First-Line Writing Contest
Deadline:September 13 , 2009
Entry Fee:$10.00
We are accepting submissions for our first-line writing contest starting May 4, 2009. It may be creative non-fiction or fiction and should be between 700 - 1,200 words, and the first line must begin with “When I finally had what I'd wanted for so long, my first emotion was... ” The work submitted will be judged by MWLM Editors, and we will choose one grand prize winner to receive $100!
http://www.momwriterslitmag.com/Fiction
We look forward to reading your work!
Sunday Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
Fiction Faces Hard Facts
Sunday, May 3, 2009
"Fiction is just more difficult than ever." . . . "You're going to see less fiction." . . . "Big houses are trying to figure out what the sure thing is and are rolling back to that." . . . "All our plans for doing funky stuff have been put on hold." . . . "Art's not predictable; you can't try to do art with a cookie cutter." . . . "It becomes increasingly difficult to get attention for a new author." . . .
So say agents, editors and publishers asked about the future of fiction in these trying economic times.
Fans of Stephen King and Jodi Picoult can rest easy: There will be no blockbuster drought. But the economic implosion seems to have exacerbated the long-lamented difficulty of publishing fiction by newcomers who don't look immediately marketable or by veteran writers with "bad track," as the industry calls disappointing sales.
The trend may benefit smaller presses. "We're seeing more manuscripts," says Graywolf Press publisher Fiona McRae, as corporate publishers thin their editing ranks and trim their lists. "But small houses can't take them all on."
Meanwhile, there's an optimist in every crowd.
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"Fiction is pretty alive and well," says Grove/Atlantic publisher Morgan Entrekin. "It does something no other medium can do." An added benefit: "The longer the form, the more protected you are from Internet erosion."
Entrekin is mindful of the new-fiction challenge and sees a trend toward paperback originals as part of the answer. "People have been saying that for 25 years," he says, "but this time it may be truly here to stay."
-- Bob Thompson
And speaking of the Post, the Valentine's contest is due tomorrow -- 1500 words . . .
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co
--hildieblog
PS -- I'm TWEETING! Follow me on Twitter for regular prompts and reminders! hildiesblock
Couple things to tell you --
First, this Saturday is the Small Press Fair (part of the Bethesda Literary Festival) at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. S'posed to be 72 and Sunny, so there are no excuses! Details at http://www.writer.org
BETHESDA LITERARY FESTIVAL EVENTS, APRIL 17-18
The Writer's Center is pleased to host many great free events during the 2009 Bethesda Literary Festival. Guests include Kimberly Dozier, E.J. Dionne, Michael Collier, and David Keplinger. At our Small Press Fair on Saturday, April 18 you can meet editors and publishers of a number of literary journals and small presses. In addition, you'll have an opportunity to talk with a representative from the National Endowment for the Arts, who'll be at the Small Press Fair with literature about The Big Read, literary fellowships, and the upcoming Poetry Out Loud contest. And, to conclude The Writer's Center's involvement in the festival, we will host Bethesda Idol in our theatre. Have your work judged by industry professionals--literary agents from leading agencies.
Here is the schedule of events (all events to be held at The Writer's Center's Bethesda location):
Friday, April 17 at 7:30 P.M. Kimberly Dozier & E.J. Dionne
The Writer's Center will host a reading and discussion with Kimberly Dozier (CBS News Correspondent who was wounded in Baghdad in 2006) and E.J. Dionne (Washington Post columnist).
For further information about this event or to register for this FREE event, visit the Web site here.
Saturday Events, April 18
Noon-5:00 P.M The Small Press Fair
Meet editors and publishers of literary journals and small presses at the Small Press Fair. Participants include The National Endowment for the Arts, Abbey, Barrelhouse, Cherokee Books, The Delmarva Review, Gargoyle/Paycock Press, GirlChild Press, Gival Press. Kings Estate Press, Little Patuxent Review, little press books, No Tell Books, Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Pretend Genius, Settlement House, Toad Hall Press, Washington Writers' Publishing House, SFWP, and Wineberry Press.
For further information about this FREE event, visit the Web site here. Note: You do not need to register for this event.
1:00-2:30 P.M. Carol Peck: Creative Writing for Younger Children
Creative Writing for Younger Children with Carol Peck (replacing Sally Canzoneri). This is a free activity "workshop" for kids, and it's FREE.
7:30 P.M. Poetry reading by David Keplinger and Michael Collier
David Keplinger is the director of American University's MFA program and the author of The Prayers of Others, The Clearing, and World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors: The Selected Poetry of Carsten Rene Nielsen (translations).
Michael Collier is a professor of English at the University of Maryland and the author of Dark Wild Realm, The Neighbor, and The Ledge. The reading will be followed by a book signing.
For further information about this event or to register for this FREE event, visit the Web site here.
8:30 P.M.
Bethesda Idol
The Writer's Center hosts Bethesda Idol. Similar to the pop culture TV show, this will be an opportunity to have your work judged by industry professionals: literary agents Deborah Grosvenor (from Kneerim & Williams) Jeff Kleinman (from Folio Literary Management) and Paige Wheeler (from Folio Literary Management).
To participate, please STAPLE together your entry in the following order: (1) a cover sheet with your project's name, genre, and "tag line" (a one-to three-sentence description of your story), (2) one-page query letter addressed to "Dear Agent," and (3) the first three pages of your book. DO NOT include identifying information on any page of your submission. All genres are welcome (except children's, young adult, poetry, plays, or screenplays) Prizes include free tuition to a multi-session Writer's Center workshop (up to a $345 value), and a free one-year membership to The Writer's Center.
Note: Bethesda Idol will take place in the Jane Fox Reading Room, the same location as the Keplinger/Collier reading that begins at 7:30. Please consider arriving by 7:30 to enjoy the reading. We will accept manuscript submissions from 7:00 P.M. to 8:15 P.M.
For further information about this event or to register for this FREE event, visit the Web site here.
HATE TO BURY THE LEAD HERE -- BUT --
Also, I have a brand new 1 day version of STRUCTURE YOUR BOOK, on Saturday April 25th from 9:30-3:30 in Arlington. This is going to a long but fun day! Bring your ideas and a "book jacket" description of the project and we'll come together to give you ideas for structure. There is so much energy coming off this workshop, you'll be re-energized to attack your project with enthusiasm! Registration is going on now at http://www.writer.org
Also, I'm starting to get names for the next session of the YEAR LONG WRITE YOUR BOOK WORKSHOP. We won't start until late September, but if you are interested in being a participant, be sure to let me know so I can secure your space.
--hildieblog
Anyone want to join me?
That's about 10 weeks. So like 2K a week, or a page (250-300 words) a day for 10 weeks.
Let me know about hsblock (at) verizon (dot) net.
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Need other inspiration?
Still a few seats left at Conversations and Connections -- the one day conference where you can speed date with literary journal editors and they might take your story on the SPOT.
$55 gets you the conference, 1 speed date ticket, a literary journal sub and a short story collection! Amy Hempl is the keynote! http://writersconnectconference.com/wor
Also, sign up started on April 1 for AIW's (WIW) conference in June. Sign up fast to get breakfast with the agent of your choice! http://www.americanindependentwriters.o
And I've got some classes coming up, a one-day STRUCTURE YOUR BOOK on April 25, and a 6 week online fiction workshop that starts on April 15. Find out more about those at http://www.writer.org
And that's all I got!
--Hildieblog
PS I'm tweeting! Sign up for daily prompts at http://www.twitter.com hildiesblock
HBO SO COMPLETELY ROCKS!
And I know those I've been torturing with my Battlestar Gallactica theories are scratching their heads at that one. But anyone who has heard me mention shows like THE WIRE, THE SOPRANOS, ENTOURAGE, IN TREATMENT and so many others will think they know why. Not only is HBO the best programming and writing around, but they have POETRY.
I MEAN PBS DOESN'T HAVE POETRY SHOWS, but HBO does. And they are FRAKIN' cool. For several years Mos Def has hosted the outrageously wonderful Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam. And you can catch that in reruns -- I'm not sure if it is dead or on hiatus, you know how HBO is, but starting in APRIL (National Poetry Month after all) -- is
*drumroll*
Russell Simmons presents -- BRAVE NEW VOICES and it's hosted by QUEEN LATIFAH. Hold onto your hats -- it's a national, American Idol style HIGH SCHOOL Poetry Slam.
Only HBO.
Just when you thought American culture had just sunk into an unforgivable state of permanent disrepair -- Prancing with the Stars? Extreme Makeover -- Butcher Your Face Edition? I'll just die if I'm not American Idol? Now HBO finally goes and does those of us with remaining functioning neurons, proud.
Starts Sunday, April 5th at 11pm. Oh, stop whining. You can TiVO it.
--hildieblog
PS, and, yes, it is an assignment and it will be graded. Seriously, watch this thing. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO AWESOME AND LIFE ALTERING. And I don't even like poetry all that much.
$50 DISCOUNT ON SELECTED UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
The Writer's Center is offering a $50 discount to anyone who signs up for any of the following multi-session workshops that are starting from now through April 4.
Keeping Going! with Nan Fry. 8 sessions. Start Date: April 1
Description: So, you've taken Getting Started and you've Gotten Started. You?ve made writing part of your life. Maybe a teacher has even suggested you write ten minutes a day. You've developed some of your exercises or freewriting into a poem or a story. How do you keep that momentum? What's the next step? This workshop will go beyond the basics, giving you skills to hone the shape of your work, develop a critical eye for revision, determine what stays and what doesn't, and know what's hot and what's not about your own writing. To register for this workshop, click here.
Acting for Playwrights with Michael Kinghorn. 8 sessions. Start Date: April 1
Description: This workshop is for playwrights interested in learning some basic concepts and techniques that actors employ when creating roles for the theater. It requires no prior acting experience or training. It focuses on a series of improvisations and exercises designed to give the writer the physical experience of performing dramatic texts. Participants should be prepared to speak, move, improvise and play. The workshop involves writing "on your feet," so no written assignments.To register for this workshop, click here.
The Art of Description--Internet with Stephanie Allen 8 sessions. Start Date: April 2
Description: We don't often think of it as an exciting part of writing, but description is the glue that holds together a well-written story. Why can one writer conjure a vivid image in a few words while another labors for several sentences to lesser effect? What information should you use to establish setting effectively and what should you ignore? How do you use detail to invigorate rather than stall action? We'll cover these and other issues central to good descriptive technique. Please Note: You do not have to be at the computer at a specific time in order to participate in online workshops. To register for this workshop, click here.
Two other workshops starting soon (Note: no discount is available for these workshops):
Read to Write with Donna Hemans. 2 sessions. Start Date: April 4
Description: In this two-day workshop you will read a contemporary novel (before the workshop begins), and, after discussing various techniques the writer uses to flesh out characters and setting, and enliven descriptions, you will attempt to apply some of those techniques to your own work. This workshop is for beginning and seasoned novelists and short story writers. To register for this workshop, click here.
Breaking Through: Book Contests with Sandra Beasley. 1 session Start Date: April 4
Description: Publishing a poetry collection via the contest system can drain time, money, and sanity. Learn the rules to the game. This seminar will examine details of the contest selection process: guest versus in-house judges, behind-the-scenes editorial considerations, and how to position your manuscript to be a strong contender. We'll identify emerging powerhouses of small press publishing--and discuss "warning signs" for ones that may be struggling. Attendees receive an annotated handout of resources. To register for this workshop, click here.
For the complete list of upcoming April & May workshops, visit www.writer.org.
The First Line is a quarterly lit mag where all the stories (about 10 of them) start with the same line. The next deadline is May 1.
http://www.thefirstline.com/
The first line is "For two weeks now, I've been trying to figure out if people are laughing at me or with me."
Give it a go!
--hildieblog
This has inspired me to actually post Tweets. So follow me at hildiesblock and I'll try to post prompts regularly, maybe even semi-daily.
--Hildieblog
