Writing in the Margins
We had our final session of Patchwork yesterday, and although this was an entirely virtual session, it was still bittersweet for me. The gap of time where we’ve written together will be a present absence for me going forward – it was such a valuable experience for me, and I appreciated every word that you […]
Welcome to week five, Patchworkers!
This week we are writing about emotion – the glue that binds our stories together. Whether we are writing fiction or memoir (or even journalistic or academic non-fiction!) emotion is a necessary part of our writing, and can be a difficult element to get a handle on, especially if we […]
It’s Friday, and this is our Thursday prompt. In a solipsistic turn, we’ll take my time warp as our prompt:
Write about time.
This is an intentionally open-ended prompt, and you can take it in infinite directions. If it’s too broad, narrow it down to writing about lost time, forgotten time, confused time. Write about […]
Content note: The Smutty Story Circle is an 18+ writing event, and the writing prompts are often related to sex and sexuality. This post includes a story shared by one of our writers, which does include explicit sexuality.
Did you miss the Halloween Smutty Story Circle? Were you stuck at home in the snow storm, […]
Welcome to week four of Patchwork! We’re more than halfway through this session – it’s hard to believe we’ve been writing together for almost a month now!
This week we worked with Brian Bouldrey’s The Autobiography Box, which includes cards in four categories – Remember, Discover, Dramatize and Structure.
Although The Autobiography Box is specifically […]
A quick prompt for this Thursday afternoon –
“A patch of warmth in a chilly space…”
Feel free to rearrange the words, change the tense or the focus, invert the temperatures, or otherwise play with this prompt. Set your timers for fifteen minutes and find yourself a patch of warmth!
When you’re done, take a […]
It’s Tuesday, which means a writing prompt! And today, some “writing guidelines” from one of my favourite books, and a self-care exercise.
Your prompt for today is this:
“It was the most perfect writing spot imaginable…”
If you are continuing to work on autobiographical writing, you could use this prompt to write about where you’ve […]
Welcome to week three of Patchwork!
This week, we’re focusing explicitly and specifically on autobiography.
As always, you can write your own autobiography, or the autobiography of a character. Autobiographical tools are useful for fiction and non-fiction writers, because autobiography tells stories that explore both the small details and broad themes of lives. Mining our own lives […]
Our mid-week prompts, for those writing along with the group!
First, self-care! Stretch, make yourself some tea, drink some water.
Set your timer for whatever feels comfortable for you – I would suggest our usual 15 minutes, with the option to keep writing past that time if it feels comfortable. Before you start writing, take […]
We’ve completed one week of Patchwork! Congratulations, writers.
Since one goal of Patchwork is to build a sustainable writing practice, including self-care for both our physical selves and our writerly selves, it’s important that we leave room in our expectations for weeks that do not include writing outside of the workshop, for prompts that don’t […]
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