The prompts for December are provided by Wisewebwoman and can be found @ Elephant's Child.
The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.
It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.
So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.
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This week's prompts are:
Bar
Dump Truck
Asphyxiate
Herring
and/or
Kiwi
Bowling
Rifle Range
Permit
Daiquiri
I hope writing will happen sooner or later, but no promises.
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Today is also the first Wednesday of the month. Time for the monthly Question from the Insecure Writers' Support Group
December 4 question - Do you write cliffhangers at the end of your stories? Are they a turn-off to you as a writer and/or a reader?
My answer - Do I write cliffhangers? Yes I do, but only at the end of chapters. I would never end a book with a cliffhanger, and I do feel put off when authors do this.
I'm with you. No cliffhangers at the end of the book!
SvarSletJust no!
SletI really, really hope that the words inspire you.
SvarSletAnd agree with you about cliff hangers at the end of a book. Chapters are fine. The book isn't - and even in a series there needs to be some issues resolved at the end of each book.
Exactly. No every book should necessarily stand totally alone, but each book just has to end.
Slet"So what's your story, Mate? How'd you wind up at this here rifle range with this Kiwi bloke and without a permit to carry?"
SvarSletI shake my head as if that will bring up the story I need. The guy with the badge looks serious. "A daiquiri?"
He shakes his head. "Scott Bowling is wanted for armed robbery in Auckland. We're running your name as we speak, so come up with a better explanation than that."
"More than one daiquiri?"
"Cuff him."
cleemckenzie: Snort.
SletLove this, thank you.
SletHehe, fab!
SletDitto here. Chapters ending in cliffhangers are fine, but books ending in cliffhangers are a big no-no for me.
SvarSletExactly. Books should end!
SletI agree. Ending a book that way is cruel. It's bad enough that they do it on tv series.
SvarSletCruel is the word ... so much can happen while we're waiting.
SletI don't mind cliffhangers in chapters because I can start the next chapter right away and see what happens, but I would hate one at the end of a book. I don't like them in TV series either when you have to wait a whole week for the next episode, this is why I wait until a series is complete and get the whole thing on a hard drive from "no-one", then I can watch past the cliffhanger.
SvarSletI mostly agree, but cliffhangers in a TV series are OK to me, because I know for how long (or short, mostly one week) to wait. I think maybe because it was always that way when I was a kid, I do not mind that much. Books on the other hand can be years in the writing ... and the author might even die.
SletI'm with you on no cliffhangers at the end of a book but if it's a series, there will be cliffhangers of some sort so those are expected but still kind of frustrating because these days, lots of books, shows, have cliffhangers. It's probably why I only like to start on series that are completed.
SvarSletHave a lovely day.
As I'm now always late to the party, I begin book series when most of the books are already out. Not so as a kid, I read a series, found it soo good and went to the library asking for the next books. The answer was that they were still being translated, but I could have the English ones. This gave my English skills a real boost - and no, I do not remember the name of that series, I'd like to re-read it now and see if it would still suck me in.
SletIn many ways it reminds me of Green Knowe, but it is not that one.
Books can be sewn up tidily and still leave room for another book without a cliffhanger, I agree with you on this.
SvarSlet