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“Even at 6:30 a.m., sans my first cup of coffee, the Chapter One excerpt made me laugh, it was so on target. I’ve got to read on so I can find out what’s going to happen to me!”
—Sally McKissack-Lauck, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Fear of Writing is for anyone who experiences a familiar thud in the pit of the stomach when they visualize sitting down to write.
Through stories about fictional characters with fear of writing, you’ll realize you are not alone. You’ll thrill to the powerful and bewitching experiences these characters use to burn through to writing freedom.
Through writing prompts known as Fertile Material, you’ll learn the skills you need to have f-u-n with writing.
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The Story Behind the Fear of Writing Book Cover
The arsonist doggy on the cover of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers is the sneaky brainchild of Taos artist, Steve Andrus. I say sneaky because Steve and I agreed that the cover should be unisex, which is why we chose an animal.
Steve, as you can see here, is a dog person. He claimed he was at his most comfortable painting a dog. I'm a cat person myself, but I figured if he didn't like cats he might paint something unflattering—so I gave him the green light on the dog idea. Steve at first wanted to paint a dog blasting a hole in its monitor with a shotgun. But, being a pacifist, I said NO GUNS!
So he toned it down to arson and gave the dog a bow tie. When confronted about the bow tie, Steve admitted proudly: “Yes, this is a male dog.”
He believes men are the underdogs and when he saw the opportunity to avenge his fellow mutt in public, he grabbed it with both paws.
The original image was a watercolor. Book design by the author. See larger image below.
Read more about the Fear of Writing dog at Milli's blog: What's Dog Got to Do With It?
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What Readers, Writing Circle Members, and Workshop Participants
are saying about FEAR OF WRITING:
“Great writing exercises! ‘Fertile Material.’ Nothing has set me free like these.”
—Lyn Canham, Sandia Park, New Mexico
“We wrote the one about discovering you’re still in your pajamas at the office. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. Great fun!”
—Donna K. Brown, Albuquerque, New Mexico
“The story, Worm Medicine, with images I will never forget, made the point real—personal—alive and breathing. Afterwards, I went through and in a few hours fixed the corner I’d painted myself into with my novel. Woohoo!”
—BJ Apostol, Santee, California
“I’ve studied hundreds of books on writing. This book has proven to be the best investment ever.”
—D’Arcy Mayo, Online Writing Studio, Canberra, Australia
“I want you to know that this book was written for me. It’s like you can read my mind.”
—Margie Wellman, Clarion, Iowa
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Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers
Table of Contents
1. Getting Milk from the Coconut
Suffering Comes with the Turf
Beyond the Purge
Fertile Material: Exercises for Writerdom
How to Reap an Abundant Crop
Fertile Material: Play Big – Only the Wise – Fort Rivalry
An Audience of Your Own
Accidental Salvation
2. Jen Speaks
Writing Practice, June 20, by Jen
Flight of the Woodpecker
3. Chanting the Douhm
Writing Practice, June 26, by Milli
The Land of IL Rhanesia
4. The Passive Zone & the Active Zone:
Short Stories & Exercises
Short Story: Worm Medicine
Fertile Material: Yin & Yang – How Many Karats? – Solitaire Island
Short Story: The God of Mystery
Fertile Material: Zzz – A Freak of Time – Duello
Short Story: Jack’s House
Fertile Material: Space Cadet – Jekyll & Hyde – Amber Is for Caution
Short Story: The Way Dempsey Works
Fertile Material: Drunk with Power – Dreams You Never Dreamed Of – Mucho Macho & the Fluffy Slipper
5. Fertile Material Unlimited
More Fertile Material
Grand Cross Alignment
Fertile Material Skeletons
Fertile Material for Your Serious Moods
Submit Your Fertile Material
About the Author
Grammar & Punctuation: A Happy Footnote
Footnote 2: Music for Creativity
Footnote 3: Character Copyright
Footnote 4: Author’s Permission to Use the Fertile Material Exercises
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“Fertile Material” creative writing prompts
Full Index of 112 Prompts
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A Freak of Time, 107
A Noble Bed of Nails, 212
A Thousand & One Swords, 194
Abracadabra, 198
Absentminded Professor, 208
Acropolis, 208
Ahem, Maestro, 195
Amber Is for Caution, 144
As Juicy as They Come, 212
Bah, Humbug, 212
Battle of the Budget, 195
Beatlemania, 211
Bleeding Heart, 197
Boyd’s Eye View, 212
Bridesmaid’s Duty, 210
Butcher of the Language, 202
Chez Pride, 203
Cinderella Had It Easy, 210
Cliffhanger, 213
Close Encounter of the Food Kind, 194
Cockle Shells & Silver Bells, 209
Cold blooded?, 213
Cold Oatmeal & Burnt Toast, 200
Courtroom Fever, 204
Dear Murphy, 197
Decaf D.U.I., 191
Dick Traceski, 193
Double Vision, 209
Dr. Spock in a Dress, 196
Dreams You Never Dreamed Of, 187
Drink Me, 210
Drunk With Power, 187
Duello, 107
Escapism, 199
Fallen Star, 209
Fit to Print, 214
Flying Slave, 210
Fort Rivalry, 23
Fortune Smiles, 211
Free Spirit, 210
Gallery Admission, 198
Gentle Guide, 213
Goff, 210
Guru Groove, 208
Hermit Crab, 211
Hippy-Hippy-Shake-Shake, 194
Honesty—or Diplomacy?, 211
Horse Sense, 191
How Many Karats?, 63
Human Lightning Conductor, 212
Idiot on the Box, 209
Jekyll & Jekyller, 144
Jules Was Right, 209
Lower Than a Snake’s Belly, 197
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Mark of Self-Esteem, 214
Matriarch City, 209
Modernism in the Raw, 209
Mother Power, 192
Mucho Macho & the Fluffy Slipper, 187
Needle Freak, 209
Nowhere to Hide, 212
Obsessed, 208
Only Humanoid, 211
Only the Wise, 23
Oops, 210
Ordinary Slice, 214
Pajama Party, 193
Play Big, 23
Poobah, Warrior Woman, 196
Portrait of Milady, 195
Proud and Free, 209
Public Spectacle, 210
Purity of the Spirit, 208
Radical Role Reversal, 199
Reluctant Surveillance, 210
Roach Lover, 208
Scarlet Woman, 211
Schmuckdom Never Pays, 203
Sci-Fi Genius, 196
Selling Prestige, 193
She’s Mine, 201
Shooting Star, 199
Sit on It, 208
Sit Up & Beg, 202
Sleight of Hand, 202
Snide and Prejudice, 196
So Good It Gets an Oscar, 192
Social Chill, 210
Solitaire Island, 63
Space Cadet, 144
Speak to Me, 201
Stage Fright, 211
Starburst, 204
Survival of the Whitest, 209
Switching Careers, 200
The Kissing Reflex, 191
The Mysteries of Love, 210
The Power . . . Oh, and the Glory, 211
The Right Person for the Job, 200
The Stink of Politics, 201
The World Is Young, 204
The World’s Your Oyster, 193
Them Picnic Blues, 198
Tonsil Tickler, 203
Twin Paradigms, 192
Voices From the Twilight Zone, 212
Waiter, There’s a Gremlin in My Soup, 200
Wash Me, 211
What, Not an Egyptian Sun God?, 211
Who, Me?, 209
Yin & Yang, 63
Zzz, 107
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