Writing Prompt Site Found 09FEB10

I ran across this site today.

The following is from their about page:

What is it? Seven Days Seven Answers is a daily opportunity for creativity. Each day of the week is assigned a category. A question, scenario, or some sort of prompt will be posted asking for you to respond. Every post will have a winning response which receives an award. The goal is to reach the Final Winners Circle by collecting a win on each of the seven days (or a combination of days and wildcards).

I like this concept, varying types of prompts, and intend to visit and participate often.

The link for today is: http://7days7answers.blogspot.com/2010/02/good-luck.html

Check this site out, and let me know what you think.

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How to write attributions for the Creative Commons licensed images you use on your blog

My quick recommendations:

1. Link to the source page.
2. Provide the image title, creator’s name, and license (link to the license if you can) as a cap­tion or in the “title” attribute:
   “Agatha on the porch” by Flickr user Kristopher Nelson, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-​​Noncommercial-​​Share Alike 2.0 license.
3. If the licen­sor asks for a spe­cific attri­bu­tion, do what they request.

The gen­eral goal is to pro­vide credit to the source, along with infor­ma­tion to your vis­i­tors on the image’s license. (See also the Creative Commons FAQ.)

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The full post contains easy to follow instructions for properly attributing images for your blog that have Creative Commons licensing.

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Creative Copy Challenge #9

In the comments, use the 10 random words below to create a cohesive, creative short story tying all the words together. And remember: you can put bold tags around your words to make them stand out and help you determine if you forgot any words… like this bold (if you’ve missed some challenges, go back and try those too).

1. Daydreamer
2. Silkworms
3. Painkillers
4. You got lucky
5. Catcall
6. Phobia
7. Iron-ore
8. Wavelength
9. Closed fist
10. Desire

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The latest challenge.

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Writing Prompt Site: Creative Copy Challenge

Introduction

Yesterday, while browsing my RSS feeds in Google Reader, I ran across the following post from the "collective inkwell" blog:

10 Words to Kickstart Your Creative Engine
http://collectiveinkwell.com/10-words-to-kickstart-your-creative-engine/.

Concept

I think the following quote from the post summarizes the concept:

The idea: one of extreme simplicity - post 10 words and let writers run with them to create short stories.

The site referenced is: http://www.creativecopychallenge.com. The following quote is from their About page:

What is this site?

The coolness of this site is its simplicity.
We create blog posts that contain 10 random words or phrases.
In the comment section, you create and submit a cohesive, creative short story tying all the words together.

My Contributions

The concept intrigued me, so I clicked on the link and submitted my contribution to challenge #7, then today submitted mine for challenge #8.

To see what I came up with check out my comments at:

http://www.creativecopychallenge.com/creative-copy-challenge-7/comment-page-1/#comment-379

http://www.creativecopychallenge.com/creative-copy-challenge-8/#comment-409

Conclusion

I found this to be fun.  I also enjoyed reading what others came up with, so check them all out too.

If you do any creative writing, I encourage you to give it a try.

If you do give it a try, let me know what you think.

Free eBook - 30 Days to Better Business Writing — Bad Language

It’s easier to read the book in full screen mode. Just click on the ‘full screen’ button.

Right click to download the book as a PDF.

30 Days to Business Better Writing by Matthew Stibbe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Based on a work at www.badlanguage.net.

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Very well written, at least the first few chapters that I have read so far.

Also, like that it is being distributed under Creative Commons licensing.

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One Line on Writing and Confidence

I came across this quote on Twitter the other day.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love~LaoTzu

It made me think in a different way about confidence and writing. About how much kindness is an essential part of the mix.

Kindness in words creates confidence in others.

Kindness in words creates confidence in your self.

Writing with kindness is not hard. There’s no critic that stands in our way. Writing with kindness just means holding kindness in our hearts, and writing with the intention to share it.

Simple, isn’t it?

Kindness in words creates confidence.

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Found in my Google Reader feeds, http://confidentwriting.com/, frequently has interesting posts.

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List of Writing Related Feeds I Follow

I saw the following tweet from Melissa Donovan:

"My feed reader is still pretty dead. Come on peeps! Got any #writing blog recommendations"

This prompted me to check out the writing related feeds I follow and prune them down to only those currently active.

Here is a listing of those that remain, in no particular order or ranking:


Writing, Clear and Simple
Write to Done 
Writing Matters
Time to Write
The Blood-Red Pencil
The Adventurous Writer
DailyWritingTips
Blue Pencil Editing


Of course, Melissa's own Writing Forward is also included in my feeds.


I hope this helps Melissa, and my readers interested in writing.

Basic English Grammar eBook

While checking my Google Reader this morning, I found this post from Daily Writing Tips:
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-basic-english-grammar-ebook/

I have subscribed to their feed for a long time now, and I find a lot of useful information. This latest ebook should be useful to everyone, not just writers, who wish to be grammatically correct, whether it be in their professional or personal writings, including email.

To download the ebook all that is required is subscribing to Daily Writing Tips. Links are provided in the post to subscribe, and you can unsubscribe at any time, but I think you will find plenty to keep you.

You can also follow Daily Writing Tips on Twitter as I do: http://www.twitter.com/writing_tips.

Writing Prompt and Search Resources

I have started this three times now, because thunderstorms here in South Florida keep knocking me out of the computer.

I found a new resource for writing prompts, http://plutor.org/threewords/, which gives you three words, and a five minute timer, on Writeboard, in which to write.

I thought that this might make a good post, and was the destination url from another good resource, search engine BananaSlug, where you put in your search term, ‘writing prompts’ in this case, and then choose from a number of categories; such as great ideas, a.word.a.day, and others; to obtain a random word to narrow your search. This is an interesting concept, in my opinion, and produces some interesting results.

If you are a writer in search of some ideas, I recommend you try these. Even if you are not a writer, you can come up with some great ideas using BananaSlug.

Give them a try and let me know.

Thanks to Grace Kerina, via her Odds & Ends Compendium, for sending me to BananaSlug.