Z is for Zeroable
The A-Z challenge is drawing to a close. By now you should be sick of reading letter themed posts, bored to tears with the tenuous connections people make between random words and their intended subject, and fed up to the…
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Y is for Yeasty
Bouncing off the walls should be a familiar sensation to writers, whether it’s due to the excitement of a new story or a result of downing your forty-second cup of coffee of the day. That yeasty – being full of…
X is for Xanthic
You yellow-bellied, lily-livered, lowdown, spineless, pusillanimous, gutless, chicken-shit, excuse for a writer! You wouldn’t dare write that! Or have your character do this. You make me sick…COWARD! Admit it, go on! There are things you won’t dare write, things you…
W is for Whhhaaaa??!
Say whaaaat? What was the last thing you read that made you giraffe neck and exclaim “whhhaaaa??!”? It doesn’t have to be something disturbing or shocking. It could be a twist you didn’t see coming, or a protagonist/antagonist acting so…
V is for Verbal diarrhoea
Pooping out of your mouth is not an entirely pleasant prospect. But that doesn’t seem to stop people crapping out of their piehole on almost a daily basis. People who just can’t seem to shut their yap, who yammer on…
U is for Up up down down left right left right B A
You cheating bitch! How could you?! After everything we talked about, all the promises that were made. That medipack was for me! *throws controller at television* Sometimes it’s ok to cheat. Sometimes you should be strung up by the feet…
T is for Try something new
What do you mean you don’t like them? You haven’t even tried them! *violently shoves Brussels sprouts down your gullet* NOW you can say you don’t like them…but stop being sick on the carpet first. Please? Please! *backs away from…
S is for Sort your shit out!
…sift through all your shit and get it sorted. Pronto! Actually you can take your time with this; I just really wanted to say pronto. There is never a bad time to stop and sort out your work/hard drive/time, and…
R is for Revisit old work
…revisit any novels or stories you may have forgotten about or neglected for a while. You’re probably so consumed with your current WIP, that you might need a quick destress in order to give it your full attention. We’ve not…