Wakela Runen's World

Ok. So I had fully planned on going and doing last week's workout, but I just couldn't get motivated. I have just been feeling really crappy lately. I went to get some labwork done on Friday. We will see what the doctor says this coming Thursday. Anyway, on to the workout. This week The Accidental Novelist challenges us to write A Postcard Story. There was only one person left on her Christmas list. She wasn’t even sure why she was going to bother buying anything for him. Her boyfriend had turned into her own personal Grinch. However, she didn’t want anyone to be able to say that she just gave up on the relationship. She wasn’t going down without a fight. She had put three long years into the relationship. She felt that she had to keep going. She just had to keep trying. She could not believe that she would have wasted those three years. It wasn’t possible. Amy had stopped by earlier today and gave her a book to read. It just sounded completely silly...

This is the second weekend the I am going to do one of the great writing workouts over at The Accidental Novelist . I don't have a story that I am working on at the moment. So I will just continue using the character that I created from my last exercise. Who knows, this character may round out enough to help create a story. Exercise #1 Mother duck waddling by 5 little ducklings struggling to keep up Intent on reaching the lake squawking and quacking Merrily on their way Reaching the liquid brilliance of life Swimming merrily on their way The day strolls lazily along Sun gleaming on the refreshing water Not a care in the world Relaxed and enjoying the moment White clouds dance lazily in the sky Reflections of the world in the lake A small rain shower Baby ducklings playing in the water Splish, splashing around Exercise #2 When Sarah thinks about her apron, it always reminds her of her mother. In her eyes, her mom was a domestic goddess. Their house was always lovingly well kept...

Found this little gem over at a great blog called The Accidental Novelist . I thought I would give it a try. The Precious Object Exercise 1) Decide which character you are going to develop / work on for this exercise. 2) Pick a random object, let's say a drum. 3) Imagine that this object is the MOST precious object in the world to your character. Set your timer for 5-7 minutes. Using the start line below, write (without stopping, without editing) until your timer goes off: The most precious object in my character's life is her... _________________________________________________________________ The most precious object in Sarah's life is her statue of Bast. All of her life, she had been drawn to cats. As a child, kittens would follow her home from school. She had posters of cats hanging from every available space on the wall as a teenager. She couldn't get cats out of her head. She also had these recurring dreams of being in ancient Egypt as a priestess of cats. ...