Daily prompts (from Instagram)

Now that I’ve discovered the wonders of instagram, I’ve found a way to stop being lazy and get back into writing. I’m following a few writing prompt pages and have written over 500 down in notebooks. I then put each number into a box like a raffle for me to pick one at random every day (well in theory, I actually started this in October and have only completed three so far) and write something based on the prompt. It’s a good exercise to get me back into the rhythm. The writing feels a bit forced at the moment but I’m still enjoying it.

So these daily prompt tag posts will be based on these exercises, with links to the original Instagram post too.

Poem idea (house invaded by nature)

Overgrown jungle in the back garden growing, creeping closer. The house is crying as the weeds and trees grow into the house, invading and merging into the walls, piercing the brick, manipulating its structure.

Misaligned tiles leaking water through the walls. Ceilings drip, drip, drip onto damp scented carpets, the scent of abandonment still lingering in an occupied home. Trying to mark inhabitation, but the vines tap, tap, tap on the window and the water drip, drip, drips on the floor. Inside and out are taken, nature fighting against your existence.

Poem idea (house memories)

Words written on the walls, painted over. Intentional for future viewers or an action without purpose? Will they be revealed again one day to a stranger, or scrubbed away with the paint concealing it? Will the words bring annoyance to the finder or an absent-minded smile at the evidence of an earlier presence?

Carved names an windowsills. Did they use to sit, looking beyond, while marking their territory? Were they just showing a trace to be remembered by within the house’s flesh? What stories does its core hold?

My First Blog Post

Right, it’s been about three years now since I’ve done any regular writing. I need to get inspired again (and less lazy), so I’m starting this blog, as well as the daily writing prompts on Instagram/facebook (not so daily right now, but…yeah, life keeps getting in the way). I have a few writing goals to get on with, so I’m hoping I’ll get out of this writing slump and start on one.

First: I want to do my Masters degree, so I want to get back into writing poetry, mainly my fairy tale themed ones. So need to research/read the fairy tales/poetry books I own to get inspired, and scribble any random lines or ideas down.

Second: To rewrite the Fallen Wing anime scripts into novel form. Partly to see if it will be more publishable, and partly for fun. I loved writing the battle scenes for them, and getting to write the emotions involved would be awesome.

Third: I want to remaster my Unheard Melody story. I loved the idea for it, but the writing side wasn’t up to par, and that disheartened me. It’s been locked in a folder for about five years. I think I need to unearth it and take another look.

Those are the current goals, so hopefully I’ll keep writing and posting my progress! Feel free to guilt me if I don’t.

Introduction

This blog is here to help me get inspired for writing. I’ve fallen out of regular writing and am using this blog to get back into it properly. Making it a public blog will hopefully make me more likely to keep updating, out of guilt (even if no one reads it). I’m hoping it will keep me focused on my goals.

I’m a writer of fiction (mostly fantasy, but for short stories I like doing slice-of-life or family-centric stuff). I also love writing poetry, especially fairy tale inspired ones. I’ve been working on a series of novels since I was twelve (well, that’s when I started getting the ideas anyway) based in a realm called Ombasa. The official website for my work is: http://www.realmofombasa.com

On this blog I’ll either post random thoughts about writing, stuff that I’ve noticed that I want to remember for later inspiration, snippets of writing or background story/character stuff. Feel free to read along or comment.

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