Hi friends &
writers,
Last week three other writers and I hosted a “Spontaneous Writing
Room” at the Modern Hotel. People came in, gave us one word, and we filled up a
page of writing on that word and gave it back as a gift.
One person offered the word “quixotic” and then left before he could
pick up his page. I loved writing about that word. I’ve been thinking about
that word ever since, thinking about the beauty it entails: a quixotic thing is
unrealistic, impractical – and yet somehow altogether worth doing.
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PROCESS: MAKE YOUR OWN LENT
Though Lent has passed, it’s not too late to give something up and
let writing take its place. Consider it an exercise in exchange: give up that
third email check of the morning, and replace it with a fifteen-minute
free-write.
Try this:
Observe your habits. Choose one time-waster that is not strictly necessary and
summon the discipline to remove it for a day or a week. Fill the time with
specific writing tasks instead.
FEATURED VENUE: CANARY
Canary, a literary
magazine of the environmental crisis, is named for the canary in the coal mine,
a primitive warning system used by miners to detect poison gas in the mines; if
the canary died, the mines were unsafe. Canary
seeks poetry and short prose year round.
Submission guidelines here: http://www.hippocketpress.org/submit_canary.php
PROMPT
“A quixotic idea”
(9min)
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