Clarion Writing Prompt #20 The Cranky Scene

Why some scenes resist you and how to tackle them.

Spec Tech: High Tech Sailing In Science Fiction

Sailing ships in speculative fiction usually fall, by default, in the fantasy end of the spectrum. Sail is, after all, technically out of date and part of the misty past. Or maybe not. The sailing ships of old were the technological marvels of their day. Even though sail is no longer considered commercially viable, the……

Writing Prompt #19 Still Life in Words

Sit down, take a hard look at the most boring thing in sight and describe it as if you had never seen it before. If it is still boring, take another object and treat it like a still life you are going to describe in words instead of producing in paint. That’s the warm up.……

Spec Tech: How Rockets Work

Space travel makes the difference between a plot stuck on Earth and a plot stuck in the unfathomable immensity of the cosmos. Needless to say I like rockets. A lot. I spend most of my time thinking about them. I help design and build them. My favorite quote about the difficulty of rocket science comes……

Writing Prompt #18: SENSE ‘a’ Wonder

This post is going to be all about how to incorporate the senses in your writing.  But I want to share a hilarious, fun link that I found also.  This writing prompt generator is meant for K-12 classrooms and students, but it’s also fun.  Just one of its random results was a perfectly fine fantasy……