“Would you be so kind as to feed the fish?” I asked. X-acto knife in hand, he joked “No, but I can filet them for you.” “You’re a nerd.” “Zorro!” he yelled, whipping his X-acto knife about in a zee formation. And this is pretty much how our day went: me doing all the chores …
Category: Writing
A to Z #1
I’m starting a series called A to Z because it’s a great creative exercise, loosening things up in a writers-blocked brain. I think it could be one hell of a lifesaver during the month of NaBloPoMo. In short, you write a story using 26 sentences, each sentence starting with the next consecutive letter of the alphabet. …
A Quick Refresher in Figures of Speech, Part 2: Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the process of capturing sound effects in your writing. (In case you’re wondering, the word is pronounced onno-motto-pee-uh). When you drag your fingernails down a chalkboard, what sound do you hear? is it a screeeee, a clink, or a sploosh? If you chose screeeee you win a cookie. “She dragged her fingernails down the chalkboard and the screeeee caused the entire class to cringe …
