Wednesday Writing Challenge: First Lines

Welcome to the Wednesday Writing Challenge!

Every Wednesday, I pose a new writing challenge here on the blog. These challenges come from books on writing, classes I've taken on creative writing, or sometimes just from my own imagination. If you're an author, hopefully they will help you get your writing juices flowing and help you improve your craft.

 

 

??  Want to Participate  ??

The Wednesday Challenges are open to all readers. In order to participate, simply comment on the challenge post with your response to the exercise. Not only is it good practice, but you could win something nifty and fun!

 

May Prize: A e-copy of the newly re-released novel, His Cemetery Doll!

 PLEASE REMEMBER YOU MUST BE SIGNED UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER. OTHERWISE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO NOTIFY YOU IF YOU WIN!

~ IMPORTANT~
~For Full Contest Details, See Here ~

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 And now...

***Here's Today's Challenge!***

Write an Opening Line.

Just an opening line. No more. No Less.

Make it something the will grab us and make us want more.

 

Something like:

"The first thing I remember is dying." 

 

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Hints and Tips:

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Less is more, but give us enough to want even more.

Leave us with a question, a mystery, a tantalizing detail.

Give us a hint of what kind of story this opening line belongs to. Is it a romance? A mystery? A western? Think of what sort of details would give this away.

Give me your best, darlings!!

Self-Published Short: Right Where I Want You

Holy priceless crystal statue! 

In the search for a missing museum treasure, Clarion City's Midnight Defender finds himself in the clutches of his arch-rival, the sultry villainess codenamed The Mink. She'll give him the chance to win back the artifact and his freedom...but only if he gives her everything she wants.

 

A new $.99 BDSM Short Story by Brantwijn Serrah

 

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Talking Shop: Rape as a Plot Point

 

I think there is a phenomena in romantic fiction where sexual assault and rape equal an immediate and easy plot device.

Unfortunately, I can't say I'm innocent of this. While reviewing and editing Lotus Petals, I realized I, too, had included a scene implying intended forcible rape. As I analyzed why I had written this scene, I determined it existed solely to allow the romantic hero to ride in, save the day, and be rewarded for her good timing.  This, at least in my mind, is not the right motivation for including rape, implied rape, or abuse in a romance. The scene was edited before the final book was published, and I found myself much more satisfied with the results. I just can't get behind the use of sexual assault for convenient plot twists--even when I do it myself.

Friday Free Read - Special Post! His Cemetery Doll Audio Excerpt!

We've re-released His Cemetery Doll!

 

So for this week's Free Read, we hope you'll enjoy our very first Audio Excerpt!

 

This excerpt comes from Chapter 7 of His Cemetery Doll. This recording is NC17 and contains graphic sexual content. You may want to listen with headphones!

(If you aren't able to listen to the audio, the text version is posted below)

 

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Sample Chapters

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Wednesday Writing Challenge:

Welcome to the Wednesday Writing Challenge!

Every Wednesday, I pose a new writing challenge here on the blog. These challenges come from books on writing, classes I've taken on creative writing, or sometimes just from my own imagination. If you're an author, hopefully they will help you get your writing juices flowing and help you improve your craft.

 

 

??  Want to Participate  ??

The Wednesday Challenges are open to all readers. In order to participate, simply comment on the challenge post with your response to the exercise. Not only is it good practice, but you could win something nifty and fun!

 

May Prize: A e-copy of the newly re-released novel, His Cemetery Doll!

 PLEASE REMEMBER YOU MUST BE SIGNED UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER. OTHERWISE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO NOTIFY YOU IF YOU WIN!

~ IMPORTANT~
~For Full Contest Details, See Here ~

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 And now...

***Here's Today's Challenge!***

Expand your imagination.

Write a 100-word scene 

from the point of view of an inanimate object

 

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Hints and Tips:

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Think about where and why your inanimate object exists as it does.

What is your object able to witness? What is it able to interact with? A chair can be sat in, a radio is turned on or off.

Give me your best, darlings!!

Talking Shop: The Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas

On the corner of Industrial Road and West Desert Inn Road in Las Vegas, behind the Trump International Towers, is the Harry Mohney's Erotic Heritage Museum.

The joint venture of a preacher and a pornographer, the museum is home to a variety of exhibits exploring the intricacies of sexuality in history, culture, and the individual. Inside, visitors find multiple galleries of erotic information: a portion of the upstairs dedicated to erotic artwork; a "Wall of Shame" outlining the history of attacks on the first-amendment rights in relation to "obscenity"; infographics on different facets of contemporary sexual issues like sexting and long-distance relationships; and even a screening of what is believed to be the oldest pornographic film on record: A Free Ride, 1915.

Friday Free Read: La Galerie Bleu

Dania had waited months for La Galerie Bleu to re-open its doors. Months, while the elegant old maison underwent a long-awaited renovation. Yes, at the time, Dania had supported the closure, agreeing with the other patrons that the place could use a fresh coat of paint, a new polish. The building was a little old and sometimes even a bit drafty; the remnant of a grander, more decadent time. What she couldn't have known was how much she'd crave to go back once those doors were closed, how much she'd think about the familiar comfort and escape into its roomy shows. Her Friday nights turned empty and slow, and when she had a date she had to take them elsewhere, and it was always disappointing.

La Galerie's renovation ought to have been completed in fourteen weeks. Then there were complications. Then there were delays, and a smattering of protests by neighboring businesses over "appropriate use" of the property. Fourteen weeks eventually became six months, and Dania didn't realize she could start to crave the place like an addict craves a fix.