Today is not a good day to spout politics. Unless you want to be engulfed in a Twitter storm and wake up trollers from their mid-afternoon slumber. On the other hand, there might be ‘reader runoff’ into your Lifestyle of the Destitute and Obscure blog.
Tag Archives: Humor
Writers Horoscope-July 11-Day 15
Approach a writing snafu from a different angle.
Try shredding that bungled first chapter instead of your customary wad-and-toss.
If it helps, add a few choice expletives as the pages are ‘repurposed’.
Writers Horoscope-July 10-Day 14
You are trustworthy and people value your opinion.
So tread lightly when discussing your fellow writer’s dystopian Victorian western.
Appreciate its vivid descriptions and move on.
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To thank you for visiting, here is a freebie Suspense Concept List PDF.
Nope, no email address required.
It is 11 pages of words and phrases related to, in this case, the idea of suspense. I create and use these to boost my writing and idea-generation output and am going to be offering this and others in my upcoming digital dollar store. [Hey, it’s a working title. ;->]
[Actually, I think this blog’s readers could generate stories in any number of genres from these lists.]
Here is just a sample of what’s included:
- conspiracy theory
- courage
- creativity
- curiosity (inquisitiveness)
- democracy
- denial
- detente
- deterrent
- devotion to a cause
- diplomatic immunity
- disastrous outcome
- disinformation
- disloyalty
- hiding place
- keyhole
- listening post
- locked door
- locked file
- locked room
- give a tip (information)
- go through customs
- go through the trash
- grant asylum
- hear through the wall
- hide (conceal)
- hold an envelope up to the light
- infiltrate
- inform
- interrogate
- investigate
- keep a secret
- keep a straight face
- keep up appearances
- leak information
- lie (tell a lie)
- lie low
- look over your shoulder
- look through a keyhole
- make a drop
- make a mistake
- misrepresent
- observe
- overthrow the government
- plant evidence
- protect a source
Writers Horoscope-July 8-Day 12
Today is a good news-bad news day!
Remember that coffee-splattered agent from Day 8?
- Good news: She’ll be back in the latte line and will recognize you!
- Bad news: She’ll plop that first draft onto your table as she exits.
- Good news: You might ‘run into’ her again. [Order a grande.]
- Good news: You might have just gained a new character to send to their demise during your otherwise plodding middle chapters.
Writers Horoscope–Day 10
Today, you will meet the enemy … and it is you. Enough with the writer’s block drivel.
It’s time to outpace your daily Facebook, email, and Twitter output with your novel’s next chapter.
Writers Horoscope–Day 9
Aim for truth and honesty in your writing. But that scathing expose of graft and corruption in a neighborhood lemonade stand will hardly move the needle. Shoot higher next time.
Writers Horoscope–Day 8
The stars are in alignment.
That person who is wearing your spilled latte is a desperate literary agent.
She notices you’re using page 18 of your manuscript to assist in the clean-up.
Capitalize! Offer up pages 19-40. [Your opening needed work anyway.]
Writers Horoscope–Day 6
Today, make your characters come alive.
Within reason, of course. The neighbors are starting to talk.
Writers Horoscope–Day 4
Your Twitter followers will burgeon to triple digits today.
Don’t let it go to your head. A missed typo in your tweet about an ‘affinity for smooth jazz and the dulcet tones of the sax’ lured 75 degenerates with no interest whatsoever in your novel.
Edit carefully.
Writers Horoscope–Day 3
You were going to chuck it all. But think carefully now…offers from Earl and Pearl’s Blockbuster Publishing don’t come around every day.
Word Inventions 