a dancing star!

We moved from motivations to context and were given briefs on locations in the home. I chose the bed-room as it seemed the most personal and familiar of spaces.
the piece:
They had bought the bed only recently, while the mattress also was specially chosen. Neither survived their first year together. Once in equal measure sturdy and [...]

Motivations were next on the table. Characters need motivation to move, just as we are moved to write. There were options, but I chose this. I think I began to enjoy myself as I wrote this, again within a 10-15 minute time frame.
the piece:
The thunderous roar of those dread machines was enough to make Mary [...]

I cannot see the point, actually; what’s the difference between writing for this site, during private, leisurely moments, and the writing that takes place during socially constructed time frames? In other words, what is the benefit afforded by the writing workshop? The person behind the writing is one and the same, with the identical grim [...]

There is usually little reward to accompany the swelling of one’s throat; perhaps a hidden blessing, the littlest joy, is the lowering of expectations, in not being expected to speak; or, conversely, in the discretionary powers of being able to forestall conversation. Such soreness eventually requires a visit to the doctor’s, however much [...]