Weekly Writing Exercise, Week 1
So I'll try to have these done every Wed or Tues night, because that tends to be the only guaranteed time I'll have to do it. >_> Y'all have the whole week to respond, though.
So here's the deal for our first-time readers: I'm going to give a prompt, whether in the form of a picture, a color, a quote, or anything, and you're going to write whatever you're inspired to write-- under 300 words. You make up the genre, the Point of View, the setting, the writing style-- original or fanfiction, its all you. Besides the prompt, there will be no other guidelines for submissions. Comment on this entry with your piece, and you'll be opening it up to review and constructive criticism (unless the comment is marked "Positive Only"(See below)) by anyone else that wants to play.
ANYONE can respond. ANYONE can comment on and/or review the responses. I'm making this entry public, so feel free to invite friends to participate and/or review your stuff.
I'm trying my hardest to keep this as freestyle as possible, especially since we're all friends here and I know we all know how to be civil with each other. So there will be no long list of rules, but below are listed a couple guidelines to help everyone out:
Guidelines:
1)Keep it under 300 words, please. I'm not going to police every comment with a measuring tape, but the whole point of this exercise is to keep it short and sweet, so it doesn't take up too much time to write or to review. (Here's a free online word counter)
2)TITLE your comments with either "Open," if you would like any type of criticism on your piece, or "Positive-Only," if you want the reviews to only focus on the positive aspects.
3)Similarly, if a comment is marked "Positive Only," that means leave ONLY positive comments. If something about their entry bugged you, let it go and only focus on what you did like about it. If you can't find anything you liked, don't comment.
4)Please give constructive criticism only. What is Constructive Criticism?
Good example: "I think you need to rework this part in order to get your point across. At the moment, the set-up is confusing because of (X), and (Y) is not being explained fully."
Bad Example: "The whole thing just sucked, and your (X) is terribly confusing. You should just scrap the whole thing. Also, ur retard."
And now, THE PROMPT:
I don't want the additional info to influence anyone, so I'll reveal the source of the pic next entry. For now, have at it. :D
So here's the deal for our first-time readers: I'm going to give a prompt, whether in the form of a picture, a color, a quote, or anything, and you're going to write whatever you're inspired to write-- under 300 words. You make up the genre, the Point of View, the setting, the writing style-- original or fanfiction, its all you. Besides the prompt, there will be no other guidelines for submissions. Comment on this entry with your piece, and you'll be opening it up to review and constructive criticism (unless the comment is marked "Positive Only"(See below)) by anyone else that wants to play.
ANYONE can respond. ANYONE can comment on and/or review the responses. I'm making this entry public, so feel free to invite friends to participate and/or review your stuff.
I'm trying my hardest to keep this as freestyle as possible, especially since we're all friends here and I know we all know how to be civil with each other. So there will be no long list of rules, but below are listed a couple guidelines to help everyone out:
Guidelines:
1)Keep it under 300 words, please. I'm not going to police every comment with a measuring tape, but the whole point of this exercise is to keep it short and sweet, so it doesn't take up too much time to write or to review. (Here's a free online word counter)
2)TITLE your comments with either "Open," if you would like any type of criticism on your piece, or "Positive-Only," if you want the reviews to only focus on the positive aspects.
3)Similarly, if a comment is marked "Positive Only," that means leave ONLY positive comments. If something about their entry bugged you, let it go and only focus on what you did like about it. If you can't find anything you liked, don't comment.
4)Please give constructive criticism only. What is Constructive Criticism?
Good example: "I think you need to rework this part in order to get your point across. At the moment, the set-up is confusing because of (X), and (Y) is not being explained fully."
Bad Example: "The whole thing just sucked, and your (X) is terribly confusing. You should just scrap the whole thing. Also, ur retard."
And now, THE PROMPT:
I don't want the additional info to influence anyone, so I'll reveal the source of the pic next entry. For now, have at it. :D