12 Days of Christmas (Rian Elliott)

Sorry for the delay in posting – expect everyone to CATCH UP by the next meeting!!!

TWELFTH

The Great Writing Guru gave to me: TWELVE Paper Clips:

(See Catherine Campbell “Interconnected” for instructions)

ELEVENTH

Sites for that “something to read”:

www.librovox.org, The Literature Network, www.authorama.com, Project Gutenberg, Questia Public Library, Bibliomania, The Open Library, Sacred Texts, SlideShare, World Public Library, www.FullBooks.com

TEN

Sites to explore if you haven’t already:

CBC Books, www.techwalla.com, www.babble.com/baby-names, www.surnames.behindthename.com, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca, www.indy100.com, www.domesdaybook.co.uk, www.onthisday.com, www.usnews.com, www.historic-newspapers.co.uk

NINE

Rediscover the book! Start here with a list of 25 “page turners”. Maybe find out when Brian Henry’s next workshop is to learn about the 9 “d”s of writing a page turner.

EIGHT

Rs for writers:

Remember, Rigour, Relish, Reflect, Ribaldry, Reticence, Rascalry, Revise plus your own favourites.

SEVEN

Exercises for those days (250 words only):

• A dream
• A historical event or character
• The weather
• Someone in the coffee shop
• A teacher
• Describe a piece of art
• Pick a photo from the paper and just write!

SIX

Questions to answer in any story (5 Ws and an H):

Who, What, Where, When, Why and How

FIVE

Golden senses to include in any story:

Feel, Taste, Smell, Hear, See

FOUR

Personality outline sites:

www.myersbriggs.org, www.ongoingworlds.com, www.liveboldandbloom.com, www.socialmettle.com

THREE

Writing aid sites:

www.grammerly.com, www.prowritingaid.com, www.storymind.com

TWO

Highliters:

When revising go through printout and highlight anything to be removed or changed in one colour, then go through with second colour for keepers

ONE

Old Tyme storage device (aka a notebook):

For frivolous thoughts – deathless prose – ideas wild, wonderful and woeful – snippets – reminders of any sort