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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're using alternative verbs, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's having flashbacks to seventh grade, when she learned the exact opposite of the current conventional wisdom. Styles change! Tools are forever.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
Our dialogue exercises this month, with a couple of exceptions, will focus on the mechanics of dialogue writing. The subject of the conversation is less important than the effect of specific mechanistic choices or constraints that we'll be playing with.
For today's ten-minute writing exercise:
It is the current conventional wisdom (and style) to use only said or asked as the verbs in dialogue tags, with very rare exceptions.
Write a conversation in which every dialogue tag uses a new and different verb.
Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is a love story! We're writing caring notes to a struggling loved one, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She got pretty into her idea -- she might actually build it out into a full story (or maybe save it & work it up for February's Flash Week).
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
In the US, we celebrate Valentine's Day in February. This day is usually seen as a celebration of romantic love, but love is a many-splendored thing. We love our parents, we love our pets, we love writing, we love New York. This month we'll be writing about love in all its forms.
For today's ten-minute writing exercise:
Write a series of loving notes sent daily to a loved one who is going through a hard time. It can be a lover, but it could also be a parent, a child, a sibling, a dear friend. Over the course of the story, hint at the cause of the hard time but do not state it explicitly.
Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're punching up some dull adjectives, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She wishes she had used this technique last week to get around using "gray" four times in two pages.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
Gene Perret is a master of classic humor, and in Comedy Writing Step by Step he coaches the reader from a blank sheet of paper all the way to developing a standup routine. We're going to adapt a few exercises from the book, and today's exercise is one of them.
For today's ten-minute writing exercise:
Write down a sentence that includes a bland adjective, or an adjective you know that you tend to overuse. He wore a white suit.Brainstorm at least fifteen associated entities or concepts that could be used as a substitute for that word. Perret gives examples like white -> wedding dress, snowman, blank pages, bedsheets, ghost.Now, rewrite your sentence incorporating one of the substitutes you generated. His suit was ghostly white.Now rewrite it again, and this time come around to the adjective by an indirect path through the substitute. With the suit he was wearing, this guy could flit around a haunted house and fit right in.Repeat until time is up.Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories.
Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! One speaker is fully present and the other just speaks, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Washing the dishes is no fun, and one of her speakers is wishing for a little help if the other wouldn't mind.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
Our dialogue exercises this month, with a couple of exceptions, will focus on the mechanics of dialogue writing. The subject of the conversation is less important than the effect of specific mechanistic choices or constraints that we'll be playing with.
For today's ten-minute writing exercise:
Write a conversation between two people about washing the dishes, or another mundane subject you prefer.
For one participant's lines, write only the words they speak and dialog tags as needed ("he said," "she asked").
For the other, you may write both the words they speak and sentences describing their expressions, actions, and thoughts.
Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on looooove! We're writing a meet cute in a flower store, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's been listening to too many episodes of It's Christmastown and got a little self-conscious about the Hallmark-i-ness of her scene.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
In the US, we celebrate Valentine's Day in February. This day is usually seen as a celebration of romantic love, but love is a many-splendored thing. We love our parents, we love our pets, we love writing, we love New York. This month we'll be writing about love in all its forms.
For today's ten-minute writing exercise:
Write a meet cute scene in which a customer meets a florist. At first the florist assumes the flowers being purchased are for a lover, but they are actually for someone else.
Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're writing Dad jokes swiftly, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. It got substantially easier once she decided to work a little blue.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
Gene Perret is a master of classic humor, and in Comedy Writing Step by Step he coaches the reader from a blank sheet of paper all the way to developing a standup routine. We're going to adapt a few exercises from the book, and today's exercise is one of them.
For today's ten-minute writing exercise:
A "Tom Swiftie" is a classic joke form that exploits a second meaning for an adverb to make a punchline. A few examples are:
"I dove into the pool and cracked my head," he said shallowly."I can't march anymore," the soldier said haltingly."I have a bigger piano than this," she said grandly.For ten minutes, write as many Tom Swifties as you can. Starting with the adverb can help.
Our themes this month are:
Love in all its formsDialogueComedy Writing Step by Step by Gene PerretWe will also write a complete work of flash fiction together in a week from Feb 17 - Feb 23. No pre-work needed, and as always, zero homework outside of our ten minutes a day. This month we'll use Dan Harmon's story circles method to plan out our stories.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're asking questions and asking some more, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. One of her characters got realllly annoyed and the other was oblivious, hm.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the mobile app user agreement. We're threatening dire consequences, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. It escalated quickly!
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is inspired by The Tale of Genji. We're not using names, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She writes out a bit of her work in progress with new constraints, and this is probably the most directly constructive exercise so far this year.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is working on beginnings. We're setting the story in motion, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Can't deny it: if your animals are talking, you've got yourself a story.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is based on an adapted prompt from Brian Kitely's The 3am Epiphany. We're writing a letter that won't be sent. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She 100% followed the letter of the exercise but probably not the intention but still knocked something interesting loose.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for you to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the Reddit post (and, optionally, the comments). We're inviting judgement, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She enjoys judging, and judging the judges.
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the seventh and FINAL day of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 7 and today we write Act Four (the resolution) and the words "The End". As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She made it! But she thinks the story wants to be a lil longer when she comes back to revise.
You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the sixth day of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 6 and today we write Act Three (the pursuit). As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's diverging from her outline, uh oh.
You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the fifth day of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 5 and today we write Act Two (the struggle). As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's blurting out a couple of things she missed from Act One right away, and the rest is smooth sailing.
You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the fourth day of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 4 and today we write Act One (the setup). As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's writing speculative fiction and there's a lot of world-building to fit into 200-300 words.
You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the third day of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 3 and today we write our four-act outline. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She starts with a very rigid template and that helps a lot.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the second day of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 2 and today we noodle on what MIGHT happen. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's switching protagonists and trying to write flash, not a novel.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today is the start of January's FLASH WEEK.
We start with a blank sheet of paper.For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.
Today is Day 1 and today we brainstorm story seeds. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's inspired by a weird lizard fact OR an image of bubbles, she'll have to pick.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.
Today's 10-minute writing exercise is inspired by Inter Ice Age 4 by Kōbō Abe. We're inhabiting an underwater classroom, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's either embarrassed or proud of making a fart joke. (Both. She's both.)
This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.
You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:
journalbrainstormwrite for your work in progressAll that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.
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