Wordpress

I find Wordpress a little easier to use (and the layouts are prettier). If you guys wanna make an account and let me know your e-mail, we can test it out and decide which we like better?

http://nmucreativewritersclub.wordpress.com/

Writing Prompt 2

Okay, I said I’d put up a story prompt.

I’m taking this word for word (selectively) out of my old EN 300 book, Behind the Short Story. It’s a “Writing Suggestion” trailing Janice Eidus’ short story, “Vito Loves Geraldine” (In case you’re interested in checking out the story).

Retell a fairy tale, myth, or legend in a contemporary setting. For example, the movie Pretty Woman is a moder-day revision of the Cinderella story, as is the movie Ever After. George Saunder’s “The 400 lb. C.E.O.” (from CivilWarLand in Bad Decline) is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast tale. Feel free to break from the structure of the original fairy tale if it helps your story. Because the plot is suggested from an outside source, focus your attention on developing a believable, three-dimensional protagonist who will elicit reader sympathy.

If you don’t have time to write a page or so story, then think about substituting the final four words in Hemmingway’s six word story (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”). Keep to the form. Or think about tackling both prompts!

SO: For sale: _______ _______ , _________ _________ .

You Guys Are Great

Just wanted to say, thanks everyone for an awesome meeting last night! I believe we set our attendance record- which gives me a lot of hope for all of our future plans.

I hope everyone comes back next week. :)

-Grace

Okay, I'm confused. When I go to this blogger.com site it signs me in automatically (which is fine), but when I go to the NMU Creative Writing blog it has a place for me to sign in (even though I'm already signed in?)... am I specifically signing into the NMU blog or am I signing into my blog again? And how come I can't figure out a way to get back to MY homepage from the NMU homepage??

Layout

Hey all, it's Jess! I'm playing around with the layout a bit. Bare with me. :)

Reposting for Doug

Doug asks:

"I'm not sure how to create a new post here, and so I'm commenting. I've finally caved in my baseless avoidance of blogging, and so I'll blog.

I'm working on a little fiction piece here for a class and I'm concentrating on using a lot of dialogue (about 70-80% of the words) mostly as an exercise to get better at the art since I hear it is a very difficult writing device to be good at. And so, the question comes to mind: who are some authors that excel at writing dialogue? So far my example has mostly been Hemingway because my characters would resemble his and my setting actually literally crosses the geographical path of his "Big Two-Hearted River". So, that's the question I pose to our esteemed group of NMU creative writers.

Cheers.

Doug"

Your Mission

Should you choose to accept it:

Write a three-sentence story about a dinosaur. Either post them here or bring them to Writer's Club on Friday. Feel free to write more than one.

Good luck!