Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, “I’m with you kid. Let’s go.” – Maya Angelou
How are you taking life by the lapel?
Category Archives: Reader Friday
Reader Friday: Hunting for the Right Word
Reader Friday: Your Six-Word Memoir
Ernest Hemingway was reportedly once challenged to write a short story in only six words. Here it is:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
This has spawned an enterprise known as the Six-Word Memoir.
So what is your memoir, in exactly six words?
Reader Friday: One Year From Now
Reader Friday: Taking Stock at Year’s End
Reader Friday: Are You a Good Cutter?
Reader Friday: Profitable Advice
Reader Friday: NaNoWriMo Check-in
If you’re into NaNoWriMo, how’s it going? If you’re NOT into NaNoWriMo, what are you working on?
NOTE: Jeannie Leighton is the winner of our “bad first line” contest from last Friday. Jeannie, please email me at JSB [at] jamesscottbell [dot] com for details on your prize.
NOTE: Jeannie Leighton is the winner of our “bad first line” contest from last Friday. Jeannie, please email me at JSB [at] jamesscottbell [dot] com for details on your prize.
Reader Friday: Bad Opening Line Contest
As you probably know, the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an annual event to see who can write the worst opening line for a novel. Let’s do our own here at TKZ. Write a bad opening line in 50 words or less. The winner (as judged by the TKZ bloggers) will receive a signed copy of The Art of War for Writers. Entries must be posted before 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Check back on this post on Monday at noon (Eastern) to find out who the winner is.
Good luck!
UPDATE: We have a winner. The voting was extremely close, but the victory belongs to Jeannie Leighton. Congrats! Please email me at JSB [at] jamesscottbell [dot] com for details on the book. We were going to do second place and honorable mention, but frankly it was too difficult to choose after all the judges weighed in. You were all so good…I mean, bad. Thanks to everyone who played!
UPDATE: We have a winner. The voting was extremely close, but the victory belongs to Jeannie Leighton. Congrats! Please email me at JSB [at] jamesscottbell [dot] com for details on the book. We were going to do second place and honorable mention, but frankly it was too difficult to choose after all the judges weighed in. You were all so good…I mean, bad. Thanks to everyone who played!
