Weird Circular #30 March

The March Weird Circular

March 01, 2019

This month's Weird Circular is live with submission ideas, prompts, and more!

Welcome to the Weird Circular

Dear Fellow Weird Writers,

     March is the month where things start to come alive, at least in Texas where I live. I recently bought a new house, where I've started growing a container garden. I planted seeds, not knowing how they would grow, and woke up last night with about 10 new spring bean plants. 

     And as much as I plan with my writing goals, new things spring up overnight unexpectedly. I realized that I need to get recentered already with some writing spring cleaning. Here's a couple of cleanup things I'm hoping to do this month: 

  • Clean out my old files and perform a backup

  • Make a new list of stories and poems I want to submit

  • Shelve pieces that haven't been worked on in over two years

Your corporeal host,

Holly 

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YOU SHOULD BE WRITING

"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." 

--Ursula K. Le Guin

Prompt #1: Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way suggests that you should write 750 words a day, preferably in the morning. If you don't have that kind of time, you can still try this daily writing exercise. Give yourself 30 minutes. In that time, write down three questions. They could be anything, or they could be strange. Start with "What if...?" Then answer each question in one succinct sentence. 

Bonus Round: Expand your best sentence into a paragraph and see where it takes you.

Prompt #2: What are you hiding under your clothes?

Bonus Round: Where do you store your bones?

Prompt #3: Write a story, poem, or essay that plays with narrative focus. This might mean switching characters, switching POV, or going from 3rd person omniscient to close 3rd person.  

Bonus Round: Include a camera somewhere in your piece.

Editing tip of the month: Take a passage from a piece that seems dull and lifeless. Use a thesaurus and replace every word with a similar word. Even small words like "the" or "you." The result may look like word soup. Go back through and rewrite into your own voice so the phrasing is fresh and original. (Only use thesaurus words that you know already.)

Inspiration from the Ether

♫ This month's writing music is from Powerwolf ♫

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