January 22, 2013 in Writing Exercise
No one signed up for my last writing exercise. Maybe, it was a bit too much (Jones was a little crazy). I decided to focus on a lost art. Theme.
Exercise: write a short story with theme.
Subject: Gay Marriage.
Challenge: As with any theme, your views need to come across in a non-preachy way and entertain the opposite view as well as your own audience.
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November 27, 2012 in Choose Your Adventure, Random, Round Robin
Marcus placed his fingers on the keyboard to type again, but stopped when a woman stormed down into the basement.
“You finally stared typing,” she smiled. “Does that mean you’re finally going to write my epic?”
Marcus scratched his chin. The chains that hung from his wrists clinked together. “I thought I was supposed to write that other guys epic.”
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by Dalibor
August 26, 2012 in Round Robin
7:05 AM
The alarm went off twenty minutes ago, and I should have been up by now…but I just can’t stomach another day. He turns to the night stand and grab the phone. Wait, it’s Saturday. Thank God. I don’t have to go anywhere. I can just relax today. After the week I’ve had, a nice relaxing weekend is what I need.
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August 13, 2012 in Round Robin
Marcus woke. Night had fallen. The glowing computer screen stared back at him. He reached out and typed.
Epic.
A long poetic composition centered around a hero.
Majestic story
Great size
Marcus scratched his chin. His first and only publication, “The Modern Epic,” was a non-fiction book that analyzed the history of epics, from Homer’s Odyssey to today’s heroic centric plotlines.
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June 26, 2012 in Round Robin
The gray-bearded gentleman in the expensive three-piece merely nodded as he stepped past his greeter. His blue eyes were gray enough to nearly match his well-kempt hair. Once inside, the door was closed and the two men met in the kitchen. The suited man studied a laptop’s screen which displayed their captive in a somewhat grainy and dark picture. The cups of coffee were for the moment, ignored.
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by Dalibor
June 22, 2012 in Round Robin
“I don’t know what you want from me!”
The man was already gone from the room. Every day, he comes in and screams the same thing; “I told you to write my epic! Get to it!” For the fourth day in a row, he’s come in the room, at some point in the day and said the same exact thing. Marcus was trying to remember how he got into this predicament.
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June 14, 2012 in Round Robin
Condensation dripped from a pipe lining the ceiling of the unfinished basement. The small windows dated the basement before current fire code regulations, but there were no other descriptive features that differentiated it from any other basement in America. Wooden stairs, cement floor, sump pump, water heater, air conditioner. Unlike most basements in the US, this one was empty expect for a man chained to a chair and desk with a computer that only had Microsoft Word on it. Marcus.
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by Celeste
June 3, 2012 in Writing Exercise
Hello All!
So the first writing exercise is a bit late, but perfection takes time 
As writers and readers, we often address others, and ourselves in the present tense. However, I’m sure all of us, at one point or another, have considered our past and how it has shaped who we are today.
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by Dalibor
May 29, 2012 in Choose Your Adventure, Writing Exercise
This section will be for writers both novice and experienced, to hone their skills. We are going to be presenting all writers with exercises in form, ingenuity, and execution. The first exercise will be posted on the First of June, so stay tuned!
