One of the tasks we were given at the workshop was to come up with two “fortune cookie” writing prompts but with a few twists. Once everyone had come up with them, we all drew two from the “hat”. If we got our own, we put it\/them back and drew again.<\/p>\n
Then the fun began. You picked which one you wanted to write on and began to write furiously (no crossing out or erasing or going back) for about 10 minutes then slowed down to a somewhat normal pace where some minor editing could be done. Over the lunch break we were to expand on our earlier writings.<\/p>\n
The fortune I got was Your Bad Habits Will Soon Be Exposed!<\/strong> We were allowed to vary them a bit, so I went with something from the past coming back to haunt my protagonist.<\/p>\n I think I’m sitting at about two and a half pages written in long-hand and on every line. Now to get it typed into the computer and saved.<\/p>\n I’m thinking if this goes according to plan it could be an entry for next year’s Scene of the Crime<\/strong> contest. We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the tasks we were given at the workshop was to come up with two “fortune cookie” writing prompts but with a few twists. Once everyone had come up with them, we all drew two from the “hat”. If we got our own, we put it\/them back and drew again. Then the fun began. … Continue reading Writing and Revising Workshop<\/span>