WRITING BUDDIES
WRITING BUDDIES is today’s prompt in the #InstaWrimo challenge, so let’s talk about this rare, but richly rewarding, partnership. A writing buddy is like a unicorn. We believe they exist, but most of us haven’t actually seen one up close.…
WRITING OOPSIES
LET’S TALK about oopsies and writing today. I mean, seeing as it is the prompt of the day and all… I want to take this moment to dish out a little nugget of writing advice. But let me preface it…
SIFT AND SWALLOW WRITING ADVICE
WRITING ADVICE is a little like pregnancy and parenting advice. You have to sift mosquitoes and swallow camels, as we say in Sweden. In other words, you have to work out who to listen to, and what works best for…
MY BEST WRITING MEMORY
WRITING MEMORIES. It’s Day 8 of the #InstaWrimo challenge, the #preptober daily writing activity to get ready for #NaNoWriMo next month, and today we’re going to talk about writing memories. My best writing memory takes me back to October 2018.…
MY FAVOURITE VILLAIN
FAVOURITE VILLAIN is the prompt for #InstaWrimo today and this was a simple choice for me. I though of some of the greatest villains out there, and Heath Ledger’s Joker, Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise, Gollum and Darth Wader to mention but…
MEET EEWIL GRIMM
MEET EEWIL, the youngest son of the Grim Reaper, Nefarious Grimm, and his wife Malicious. He’s a cheeky little prankster who loves having fun and making people laugh. In Eewil Grimm & the Guardian of Halloween, Eewil is faced with…
ADVENTURE!
ADVENTURE! I wonder if there is a nerd alive who can hear the word adventure, and not think of the iconic scene where Bilbo runs out of the Shire to catch up with Gandalf and the dwarves shouting “I’m going…
MY FIRST STORY
MY FIRST STORY is the topic for the third day of #InstaWrimo (see prompts below), and I’m surprised to say I actually do remember my first “real” story. I was nine or ten at the time, and I had been told…
PREPTOBER: THE WORKING TITLE
PREPTOBER, is a month of activities to prepare for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. Activities during preptober can include things like prepping your novel, and doing daily writing tasks to get into the habit of writing something every…
HI, I’M EVALENA AND LINNEA
HI, I’M EVALENA, and I write non-fictional books, blogs and articles on a range of topics from arts and crafts to teaching and writing. Last year, my alter ego Lïnnéa stepped out of the box I normally keep her in,…
WRITING PROMPTS
Sword“She was mesmerizing. Her movements smooth and sensual, almost feline in nature. She danced like a ballerina around her opponent; Hefna, her sword, an extension of her right arm. Instant justice by cold, hard steel was meted out by Edda’s…
WRITING PROMPTS
Huge, Large, BigHuge mistake leaving Large ego crumbling Big tears falling The sweet pain of growth © Evalena Styf, 2021 Writing prompt from #FlexVSS for the #WritingCommunity on Twitter, 1 September 2021. Word of the day: Huge/Large/Big.
