Last year I walked into the October Poetry Writing Month (OctPoWriMo) challenge of writing 31 poems in 31 days blind. I tried to formulate a strategy that I could carry on to the next month with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) as I was beginning the challenge, but by the end, I had thrown everything out the window. I just needed to write. I had to finish.
I ended up completing the poetry writing challenge again this year. I went in with a flexible plan. Write a few poems at a time, have a theme or several that can give you ideas for poem content, and just write whenever you can. It ultimately worked. I finished on time with a few smaller hiccups along the way, but I wasn’t as frantic as I was the year before about rushing to get a certain amount of poems done on time. Yes, the task was still a big one, but things seemed to go a little smoother. (more…)
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November 8, 2018 | Categories: Writing | Tags: blog challenge, NaNoWriMo, NaPoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, National Poetry Writing Month, novel writing, October Poetry Writing Month, OctPoWriMo, poems, poetry, Wordpress, write, Writing, writing challenge | Leave a comment
My cup of cappuccino cools as I type random words onto a blank Word document. The title definitely would have been “writer’s block,” but “writer’s block” doesn’t start with the letter “e.”
Tranquil music plays. I absent-mindedly hum along, not really aware if the sounds are too loud for my fellow coffee house patrons sitting at the adjacent tables. I realize as I continue to type that I’ve slowly become one of “those” writers who sit at coffee shops with their Mac laptops sipping their cups of cappuccino.
I wonder how it has come to this. (more…)
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September 24, 2014 | Categories: Entertainment, Life, Stories, WOK A-Z Challenge | Tags: blog, blog challenge, e is for empty, empty, JasmineDLowe, life, overcoming writer's block, WOK, WOK A-Z Challenge, writer, writer's block, Writers of Kern, Writing | 4 Comments
Once upon a time I won a coffee mug from a blog challenge hosted by the writers’ club I’m involved in. It was an amazing experience getting to read and interact with other bloggers while blogging from A-Z, and now it’s time to try it again.
The 2014 A to Z challenge will begin Wednesday, September 10th and end Saturday, December 6th. Thirteen weeks, 2 posts per week equals 26 posts. Writers may choose any theme; but, each post must feature one letter of the alphabet in alphabetical order.
There are two parts to the challenge:
Part 1 – Publish two blog posts a week, for thirteen weeks. Posting Wednesday and Saturday are suggested, but not required. (I will be posting on Wednesdays and Fridays to complete the challenge.)
Part 2 – Visit at least five other participants’ blogs each week, leaving thoughtful comments and encouraging words.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. -Thomas Jefferson (more…)
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September 10, 2014 | Categories: Entertainment, Life, Stories, WOK A-Z Challenge | Tags: A is for, A is for Attitude, A-Z, attitude, blog, blog challenge, Blogging Challenge (A-Z), finding yourself, JasmineDLowe, life, love, mindfulness, short stories, voice, writer, Writers of Kern, Writing | 15 Comments
Writers of Kern Blogging Challenge (A-Z)
My eyes are transfixed on the yellows, reds and oranges that paint their warm strokes against the black sky. I continue to watch as the brilliant flames dance and twirl like swifter swaying seaweed in the sea. It’s as if these brilliant colors are alive and quickly moving away from the crackling coals. It breathes in its surroundings commanding attention from everyone around, and we all give in to the authority of the blaze. (more…)
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September 27, 2013 | Categories: Life, Stories, WOK A-Z Challenge | Tags: A-Z, Bakersfield, Bakersfield Californian, blog, blog challenge, Blogging Challenge (A-Z), California, finding yourself, fire, flames, inferno, JasmineDLowe, life, short stories, stoties, writer, Writers of Kern, Writing | 8 Comments
My cup of cappuccino cools as I type random words onto a blank Word document. The title definitely would have been “writer’s block,” but “writer’s block” doesn’t start with the letter “e.”
