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Stop Waiting!
"Who has a good prompt for me?" "When will a new Challenge drop?" "What's the next holiday, anyway?" "How do you write something everyday?" "Where can I find writing ideas?"
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Writers
Part D: The A-Z of Unusual Words
Letter E is now live. Find it here. I encourage anyone reading this to submit an entry for every letter in the appropriate contest page's comments. You will get to participate in a bonus contest for anyone with 26 entries. The deadline for this is the same as the deadline for the letter Z. Just make sure each entry is in the correct letter's comments.
By Penny Fullerabout a year ago in Writers
Balance Is Important To Bring About
The universe takes and gives everything you didn’t know you needed. These prompts are an invitation to step inside yourself and explore what balance means to you. Rupi Kaur
By Denise E Lindquistabout a year ago in Writers
Dear Fictional Hero [an unofficial challenge]
Hellooooo Vocal creators! Welcome back for yet another challenge! (This one's #7!) Sorry for being a little late to this one!
By Belleabout a year ago in Writers
Writing Trauma and Grief
I have just read a beautiful flash fiction – prize winning – Fearful Symmetry by Holly Barrett. (Here) It is about a complicated grief. Grief for a sibling never known, a family living with trauma. I have a lump in my throat that refuses to be swallowed.
By Rachel Robbinsabout a year ago in Writers
I wrote a play! I wrote a play!
I wrote a play! And it is being performed THIS WEEK!! And I just had to share this with my Vocal peeps because ... who better to be excited with me?
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Writers
Compassion To Self And Others
Self-love is the road toward healing. These prompts are an invitation to step inside yourself. Rupi Kaur When looking inside myself it is not always where I want to be. Today is that day. I definitely have work to do with the following prompts. I have a ways to go with each of them.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a year ago in Writers
In September Autumn Comes: A Mikeydred September Dollar Prompt For All Vocal Creators
Introduction Every so often I set prompts in the Vocal Social Society and offer a dollar tip to five random creators who take part in it and ask them to share their stories in the comments and on the thread in the group.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Writers
The A-Z of Unusual Words (Part A)
UPDATE: The submission deadline for this contest is over. The contest that is currently open is the letter B. Winning entries (and why you should discover all of the challenge entrants) are posted here.
By Penny Fuller2 years ago in Writers
Creative Process or the Brain Exposed
Actors: ME MY BRAIN The setting: An ordinary bedroom with the usual bedroom furniture. Lights are off and everything looks eerily dark. Stars can be seen through the only window in the room.
By Katarzyna Popielabout a year ago in Writers
1940s Films and the Unreliable Narrator
“I remember the day that Vocal challenged me to write a story with an unreliable narrator.” So says the disembodied voice, just a heartbeat after we hear the shots and see a corpse face down in the sparsely furnished, cheap motel room.
By Rachel Robbinsabout a year ago in Writers
Summoning the Pantheon
Hey all you lovely writers! 🩷 Something that I have loved over the last months is taking part in other writer’s unofficial challenges, they have been so much fun! So I’m going to be brave and try and put my own unofficial challenge out there for you all to attempt (or not attempt if you choose not to)
By Savannah K. Wilson2 years ago in Writers