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Describe a late-night walk around my block.

| Phil | Sep.05.2006 - 20:58:42 | Main | Print This Post | No Comments »

I want to work on dialog again, so this next exercise will be dialog-heavy. Rules:

• Three sections: an in-depth conversation, a shorter section that deals with the main character’s thoughts on the previous conversation, and a new conversation with a third person and the main character later
• Only two people conversing at a time
• First person perspective
• Very loosely based on a conversation I had recently with my roommate and thoughts that have been running through my head

| Phil | Aug.30.2006 - 20:47:53 | Main | Print This Post | No Comments »

In honor of the crime story book that my girlfriend gave me for my birthday, I want to try a light crime story. Requirements:

• Third person
• Main character is relatively calm and experienced
• Main character is resorting to burglary in an affluent town

That’s all I’ve got.

| Phil | Aug.18.2006 - 19:31:32 | Main | Print This Post | No Comments »

A quote by Stephen King perfectly sums up my feelings:

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

Hell yes. So basically I’m going to try and churn out a lot of stuff to put on this site, and hope that over time I start to see improvement. I am setting up goals for myself, sort of like exercises in writing. The first one has a few rules:

• Takes place at a party
• Main character isn’t terribly comfortable in social situations like the aforementioned party
• No overarching morals or points to the story other than simply telling the story of a shy guy going to a frat party

That’s what I have. Let’s see where it takes me.

| Phil | Aug.01.2006 - 18:54:54 | Main | Print This Post | No Comments »

This weekend I’ll be writing and posting something. I decided to take a step back from my promise in my first entry. No 10-page work. I want to do writing exercises before I get into serious texts. I have some ideas jotted down for short fiction stories, but…I tried and failed when writing them. I definitely need to just get my feet wet.

First entry will be nothing significant. Just a conversation or situation between two people, I expect.

| Phil | Feb.03.2006 - 18:35:35 | Main | Print This Post | No Comments »