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Month: December 2024

Writing Contest constraints as inspiration

Writing Contest As Inspiration

Posted on December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 by Nathaniel Chaney

A while ago, my wife forwarded a link to NYC Midnight’s writing contest, where participants enter into various categories of flash stories, going from a 100-word limit to short stories of 3-4k words. The idea behind it (and others like it) is they issue a Genre, an action, and an object. An example would be…

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Music as creative headspace

Music To Create a Writing Headspace

Posted on December 4, 2024December 4, 2024 by Nathaniel Chaney

In a recent conversation with people in my critique group, they asked about any rituals related to the writing process. While good coffee (or tea) is often a must, and some space free of distractions is preferred, the one ritual that comes to mind is my use of music and sound to help sink me…

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