Free Writing
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Pip: Born To Write — where flash fiction, craft confessions, and strong opinions about parking all coexist peacefully. Mara: Chris Chonos has been busy this week. We're covering original fiction, writing process, reader opinions on books and heroes, and a little local exploration. Let's start with the stories — Silas is back, and he's not…
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The bits and pieces continue with Silas arriving in Fort Williams Canada. He is a young man starting his adventure. The railway station was packed with men working on the continuing expansion to the western plains of Canada. A young, strong man of sixteen jumped off the train as it pulled up to the station.…
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Another adventure of Silas. His world is changing and leading to new adventures. Sister Ann had been sick for several months, and Silas was at her bedside every night. He thought about how she had been his biggest cheerleader. He remembered the day she told him stories about his mother, and how she had visited…
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Pip: Born To Write — where flash fiction, life prompts, and airport complaints all share the same desk, and somehow it works. Mara: It does work, actually. Chris Chonos has been putting in the pages this week — fiction, poetry, personal reflection, and a few writing-tool experiments. We'll move through the writing practice, then the…
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“Please take the package,” Bill said. Tom shook his head vigorously and brought his arm to his chest tight in refusal. “I don’t want the package,” he said point-blank. Tom wasn’t taking no for an answer and pulled out again and put it to Tom’s forehead. He cocked the hammer back and asked if he…
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Pip: Born To Write — where the blog is the warm-up lap and the novel is the finish line nobody can quite see yet. Mara: That's the territory Chris Chonos is covering lately — the mechanics of building a writing practice, the standalone fiction scenes that practice produces, and the personal reflections that sit underneath…
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This week so far I have organized notes, did some writing and gotten about 850 words into my book writing. To fill the time when I don’t have time to work on the book I free write. I’ve shared a couple of those here because it is what I like to do with n my…
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Oh, how the hair upon his neck stood on end. There are things in this world that we can’t explain. Tonight was one of those nights for Michelle. She stood in the foyer of an old, abandoned house. How she got here, she has no clue. The last thing she remembers is going to bed…
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As I said before I do a lot of free writing and today I wrote 521 words. I do these in fast spurts to keep the mind active. I collect these pieces to add to the story I am writing. I feel good about this writing exercise and can tell that ideas are starting to…
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To keep the brain exercised I do some free writing each day…at least 250 words and this morning I did some this morning to generate ideas for the book I’m working on. I thought I might include this in my blog…it is part of my process. Silas- His Adventure Begins The anger built up inside…