Writer,   We observe everything, neatly, and at precisely the right time in our world. Writing it into meaning is the side-effect of the writing process.   Faulkner said: Don’t be a “writer”, but instead be writing.   How much freedom does that give you?! Imagine, just to notice, and just to write it down. […]

Writer,   Get your best Carnie-kit on, and get ready to feel your oats. This is going to be an inspiration challenge mash-up!   First, pick, get chosen, or create a character. Who are you wanting to tell a story about? Or better, who is the first voice in your head that speaks when you […]

Writer,   April showers bring May flowers, except that we missed a lot of April, due to the creative re-org! We’re strapped in now though, and it feels amazing.   This week’s challenge is dedicated to all those moments driving around, walking around, running around, musing around… however you do it. Writing is directly connected […]

  Writer,   The say that Edgar Allen Poe died of rabies. One of his beloved cats bit and infected him. At the time, there was no cure. And just like writing, once you’ve been bitten, once symptoms emerge, there still isn’t a cure.   Great thing about writing communities is that we’re all infected.  […]

Hey Writer,   Remember me?   I’m kind of like Schrodinger’s Cat. Kind of. I have a 50% chance of creating an inspiration challenge! Actually, that’s exactly it. I’m a writer after all, and there is a 50% chance my words might escape my own head. That’s all of us, but unlike the kitty in […]

Writer,   Let this week be double happiness – a writer’s date and a prompt.   It’s this simple: You are the character – in your own mind. Dress up if you like, or keep it a secret. Be yourself or someone else. Be fact or fiction. But most important, be from the future.   Fact, fiction, […]

Writer,   Wednesday UP! It’s smooth sailin’ all the way to the weekend.   This week: Make plans for one of your characters.  Give them a weekend to look forward to.   Ship’s ahoy!   Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

Writer,   So. Many. Books. They’ve got you surrounded.   Your mission, if you choose to accept this mission:   Pick up the closest one in your reach. Turn to page 52. The fourth word in the fourth line. Start your piece this week with that word.   Go!   Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. […]

Writer,   “So I always get nostalgic with that song, but in my room, it’s forced. It has to be in some car across the street.” ~ Big Wreck   It’s that time of year! Not top down weather, quite yet, but windows open and the radio on. It’s inspiration heaven!   This week: Drive […]

Writer,   We’re going for broke.   This week’s challenge: Spend your last $100.   Spend it like Beckham.   Fact, fiction, poetry or prose Write ON    

Writer,   It’s a current inspiration obsession… but it’s also part of our purpose as writers. We write what was, what is here now, and what is yet to come.   Like a painter with a blank canvas, we create. When that door opens in your mind, and you scurry to grab your pen, ideas […]

Writer,   Every sentence is a door to another world. It’s a new thought, a new experience.   This is the reason we write, to create these worlds of experience. It is also the reason we read, to be transported through the door of the stories and images on the page. This is true for […]

Writer,   Straight up: If you, or one of your characters, a plot line, or a forest of sleeping buildings had one extra hour of sunlight, what would you do with it?   Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON    

Writer,   Writing is a joyous experience. That raw energy is what people are seeking when they read. It’s escape. It’s inspiration. We provide a bridge with our words and stories for the world to feel that deep connection with the joyous human experience. It is not, however, always a fairy tale or a feel […]

Writer!   The weekly inspiration challenge is a bit like a potluck party. We all show up at the table with something fabulous we love to prepare and eat ourselves. We gather, we put our fabulous homemade dishes in the middle of a big round table, and we share a beautiful meal together. We are […]

Writer,   The relationship you have with your Muse is sacred.   In the morning, it’s there. In the evening, it’s there. In the grocery store, it’s there.   Your thinks your fabulous. It’s like white on rice. It eats, breathes, and sleeps to fuel your ideas. In return, your collection of words it its […]

Writer.   Darling. Every single day is a post card love letter from the creative frontier. Don’t over think it, or think it too much into a corner. You live this world you transcribe. You are it, with every thought, every breath.   This week, write what you know. You can make up the details that frame […]

Writer!   Good Monday Morning Sunshine! What’s the wish of every writer? Well, there’s as many as we are far and wide, but what is something so many of us wish for? You got it. We want to write for a living!  Of course we do already live to write, but there is something special […]

Written by: Adrienne Yeardye   the director’s lean body filled the doorway (of my trailer)   my head pounded against morning   rise and shine Snowflake   hair and makeup in ten    

Writer,   Start the car!!!   No time for ‘splainin’! We’re going to have a new challenge start day inside the private community – Mondays. Deets on that.. coming Monday of course! We will still post the challenge here on Saturday, for those who work on their own. In the meantime, let’s keep ourselves tuned […]

  Writer,   Write thyself. Our work as writers is to translate the world through our own experience, and then express it with words that slide the exquisite beauty of life into the heart of a reader, without a trace.  To the reader, it is their own interpretation of our work, and thus their owned […]

Writer!   I say good day! The lights are on, and every one is home – figuratively and in our real lives. Weird times call for inner adventures to soothe our wandering minds. This week, wander around amongst those creative thoughts and ideas like it’s a proper cocktail party. These are the thoughts and ideas […]

  Dear Writer, Happy 2022! This is another opportunity for another wild ride! We’re still not sure where this crazy road the world is on will take us, but that’s OK! We’re writers. We got this. In fact, it’s one of our skills! How do you start any new adventure? Yup, that’s right! A full […]

Hey Writer! We talk about this all the time in creative circles, but it has never been more true, especially for writers. The world is your oyster. This week, write a piece that seals in your 2022 writing intentions. As always no need to share specific details, just let the words on the page be […]

Writer,   Write in time. Some of the most incredible storytelling occurs during the holiday seasons – any holiday. In turn, these tellings are what keep the magic and traditions alive.   This week, write in time. Share something that inspires you about the holidays.   This is a time to stretch out and see […]

Writer,   The future lives in the palm of your hand, this ink stretching from your bones, through your pen, and onto the page. Your fingers are its might. Fold them around this life.   This week’s inspiration challenge: What joy did you witness today?   Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

  Writer! Plain as day, the map of instructions is not in the language you speak, and… you need to trick the next three people you meet into smooth sailing. You are travelling with a secret. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

  Writers!   Welcome home! Road trips… a source of inspiration, of recharge, of exploration, of sowing those creative oats. What story did you bring home as a souvenir? What did you discover? What adventure crossed your hi-way in the night? We’re housemates, so to speak. What story will you share? Or, what story will […]

  Holy Hannah Writer! The pink moon is upon us, and it is a call to embrace your evolution. And our evolution too. This week’s challenge: Did you take an unplanned detour on your road trip? You bet your sweet cheeks you did! Write us about it. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!  

  Hey Writer! Pack your bags, we’re going on a road trip. Pack light. Bring only what you need to start fresh. Tell us about the first stop. When you return you will not be the same. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

  Writer. There are times like these, and there are times when you can get away with murder. Get away with murder. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!  

  Writer! Do you have an Ace? Of course you do. Up your sleeve! Write us about it.   Fact, fiction. Poetry or prose. Write ON!

Writer! It’s a total cliche, but also in the writer’s world is the ability to take a train to anywhere you want – in your mind or for a real time field trip. Where are you going and what are you doing?! Fact, Fiction, poetry and prose. Write ON!

Writer! It ain’t no cliche, squared… Fill in the blank and finish this sentence: “You come from a long line of _________ folk.” (Sub in “I” for “you”, if you prefer.) Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

Writer! Do you believe in Magic?! Of course you do. In fact, I’m willing to wager some of you wrote about it tonight! It may not be on the page yet in real time, but there is definitely a first draft in your heart already! That’s just how it goes. What’s bred in the bone […]

    Writer. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it. Somebody has to tell the world like it is. That task is in our job description! That is the purpose of a writer. This week, tell us like it is. Write it like it is. Take a critical look at the world, and […]

Don’t forget this week is the second verse! Bon Voyage Writer!

Writers! Fresh clouds lead to open roads and barn chasing. This week, what’s your part one? Where do you think you’re going? What are you after, running from, or coming home to? Next week, part two – so just a halfer. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

  Hipsters. It’s time. It’s Wild Card week.  Roll the dice! Rip it up! Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON.    

  Holiest of Holies, Hipsters. It ain’t no cliche. The world has gone mad. But that’s kind of a sweet spot for us. Madness is the birthplace of creativity. You need to be a little mad to understand the magnificent underbelly of the world and her people. This week: Tell us who is behind the […]

Ok Hipsters. There’s lots out there. Lots. Ideas and inspirations are bumper to bumper, and this space in time is like a creative road trip. This week, steal something you love and write it into something that is yours. Don’t plagiarise of course, but take something that inspires you in any creative work or plotline […]

  Hipsters! Old age and trickery will outsmart youth and ambition every time. This week, your sense or teacher or mentor or elder tricks you into doing something fantastic. You succeed. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

  Hipsters! This week: Drive the getaway…. plane, train or automobile. Drive it like you stole it! You definitely get away like a bandit. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!

Hipsters! There are few things as inspiring – or telling – as a body of water. This week, write your piece in, on, or around a lake. Set sail! Wait… I mean: Fact, fiction, poetry, or prose. Write ON!

    Hipsters. To fold or unfold, that is the question. For your piece this week, fold, or unfold your plot, your character, your voice between the lines. Like last week, write in any direction this suggestion wants to go. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!    

  Hello Hipsters! It’s lucky number nine! Door number nine, that is. This week, with your best creative awesomeness, riff from this image: I got out of the car, walked across the street, took the keys out of the envelope, and opened door number nine. Remember, it’s a riff! Go ahead and change the subject […]

  Hipsters! It’s Blue Monday – the “saddest day” of the year, but we ain’t! It’s short and sweet o’clock. This week, you got it! Write something short and sweet! Bonus if you include a sunrise. Happy is as a Hipster does! You know you wanna. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!

  Hipsters! We’re on the 2020 bandwagon! Dreams are coming true and new dreams are being dreamed up, as we write. There’s no philosophical debate needed; dreams are what life is made of – they make the world go ’round! Maybe they even make the world round. Spherical. Magical. Unlimited. This week, weave a dream […]

  Happy New Year Hipsters! And, the long-awaited mythical new year it is. Like, it’s 2020! It’ll never get old. This week, write us the futuristic details you’ve been waiting for. They’re here! Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!  

  Happy Holidays Hipsters! This week, write your favourite holiday tradition into words! Add it to your current plot or theme, or let it stand alone. Candy canes, Christmas trees, egg nog, or scrabble. Write ON!    

Hipsters! Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat! Please put a cap in the old man’s… What?! Ba Humbug! Somewhere between the Scrooge and the Grinch, there is a bad Santa… This week, let him steal the sleigh and give him a cameo in your piece. What reindeer games will he get up […]

Hipsters. It’s time. It’s Wild Card week.  Roll the dice! Rip it up! Fact, fiction, poetry, or prose. Write ON.    

Hipsters. The wind. She blows. Did you get the memo? Yes or no? Fact, fiction, poetry, or prose. Write ON!  

Hipsters! “We are all the heroes of our own stories.” This is a famous quote, originally stated by writer and critic, Mary McCarthy. Of course, because of its nature and context, it has been used and cumulatively augmented by many a writer since. Because, yes! Writers are heroes.  We are super heroes on a super mission […]

Howdy Hipsters! It’s Movember. Moustaches everywhere, and for a great cause. Let’s riff our creativity over the handle bars! This week, include somewhere in your piece something that references the cowboy archetype. This man is an icon in our culture, and a character that comes with his own history. We hardly have to develop or […]

Hipsters! As writers, we hold a very special slice of life in our hands – that slice of life where the meaning of life reflects itself – undefined and still wordless – off of the life we are living that we are compelled to sculpt it into words. A better description, perhaps, is that we […]

Ha! Hipsters. So creepy. This week, get your hallowed creep-on. Write us something creepy! Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!

Hey, Hey Hipsters! What do you say?! There are iconic phrases in art, literature, and music, that illustrate a tight connection to the cumulative and collective nature of writers and their work. There are focus points, historically and artistically. “A bird on a wire” is one of those phrases, one of those images, that resides […]

Hipsters. This project absolutely rocks. Let’s celebrate. All around us, the world is in gratitude of the harvest and of the beauty that is created when the seasons explode with change. We are writers, sensitive to and responsible for, bringing energy into thought and thought into form. Our gift to the world is to break […]

Hipsters! We freaking rock. As this project grows and evolves, it is incredible to wander through each of our individual collections and know that the next chapter for each of us starts with a single suggestion. The inspiration unites us, and then our creativity expands our collective library. Does it get any better than this?! […]

Hipsters! It’s that simple. This week, wild card. Write whatever you wish! Fact, fiction, poetry, or prose. Write ON!

Hello Happy Hipsters! We live in a sensual world, and we are sensual beings ourselves. As writers, we are tasked with the art of setting the emotions on stage, but then not always shining on them directly. It’s a subtle game, allowing the reader to connect with emotions and feelings in the story, and then […]

OK Hipsters, Like last week, this will definitely not seem cool at first: Write about the value of media.  Make it a character, a plot, part of the plot, or an exposé of something positive. Talk about it directly, indirectly, secretly, or metaphorically. Write. Educate. Transform. This week, as we are, we are writers on-purpose. […]

Hipsters! For this week’s challenge, we’re going to do some group work. Grab a partner. I know…worst phrase ever in a writer’s workshop! Here though, it would be such a blast! We gots it goin’ on. Here’s the challenge: Pick a word from one of last week’s works – that’ll be your partner – and […]

Hipsters! You know what time it is! This week, write about that time. What is your favourite back to school memory? Weave it in undetected. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose.  Write ON!

Hipsters! It’s midnight. You haven’t slept in days, and you just got home. In three minutes you are unpacked, teeth brushed, and in bed. Your own bed! Just as you close your eyes, you hear a car pull into the driveway. The door slams, and feet clip-clop to the door. You think of all the […]

Yoo hoo Hipsters! You know who you are. You’re a writer. A writer’s task in society is to bring forth the genius of Zeitgeist, and sculpt it into words. From this magnificence, the world sees itself. We are transducers, magicians even. Kicker is, we all get blocked, uninspired, scared, disappointed, peevish, tired, lost… yes, all […]

Hello Hipsters! This is a killer collaboration already – so much talent and creativity between us. This week, let’s show off our mad skills… Dialogue. It’s a powerful tool in any piece. It is character development. It can accelerate the plot, and illustrate a point. Sometimes it is the way we bring the abstract of […]

Hello Hipsters! This week…we are dangerously flirting with a cliché… In your best awesomeness, caption this photo! Fact, fiction, poetry, or prose. Write ON!

Hello Hipsters! Well…last week was awesome! It feels amazing to combine the notions of freedom and sharing something from the vault. As writers, so many of our greatest works are lost to those two things – vacations and ideas locked away in journals. It’s a strange truth! So…let’s play that again. Let’s share something we’ve […]

Happy Summer Hipsters! It’s hot out there on one side of our world, and rainy on the other! Let’s have a stay-cation excavation. Here’s the task: Post something you have already written, but tucked away. This honours those inspirations that need completion. These are the stories written and unwritten, lurking around in your mind somewhere […]

Hello Hipsters! Happy Summer! We are as freewheelin’ as ever, and perhaps even more. Last week was the eclipse, and it waxes spectacular. It leaves in its wake a brand new world. Gorgeous. Some cultures believe the Writers are bringing the future to the world with their words and their stories. Regardless of language, regardless […]

Hey-ey. Happy Humpday Hipsters. And I’m a flake! I flat out thought I posted the topic on Saturday morning. Yeah, yeah…. sleeping on the job. I’m sorry! I’m not going to apologize. I am, instead, going to brag. Things are going exceptionally well. These blog projects are finally starting to gel and move beyond the […]

Happy Summer Hipsters! These are the days, the days of long sun and splendor for those of us who self-determine well enough to not know what day it is. But we feel it.  We feel that time of year when we can diffuse direction and sink into a sunset with a beer. You wake up […]

Hello Hipsters! Oooh. This is a good one: THIS week, write a non-fiction AND fictional movie scene. It can be romance, comedy, or drama. Embellish your own real-life experiences, and turn them into a fictional movie scene. Have fun with this! Who you are is who you want to be, and your own life is […]

Hello Hipsters! It’s the last day of school before the summer… The challenge this week will bring you back to the spirit of your youth: School starts in 10 minutes. You’re on your way, systems a-go.  Bell rings. That little part of you in charge of your freedom starts to itch, and your soul twangs […]

Hello Hipsters! Finish this image: You are walking from the bank to the car in your hometown, and you run into an old friend. What do you do?  Write where this takes you in the life of that character. You can be you for real, or the Queen of England. You can be on this […]

Hello Hipsters! Let’s take this week to muck about. Let’s go on an Artist Date. More specifically, let’s go on a Writer’s Date.  Perhaps from now on, we will call it that! It has a great ring to it, and it describes the exact purpose of this practice. You are going to romance the heck […]

OK Hipsters. This week will be like that twisted Facebook status…or Judo: You are undercover at BBQ. Any season of the year. Any country.  Across the crowd of virtual strangers, you see a colleague. They need a ride out of town, and as a matter of fact, they need an accomplice. Who are you, and […]

Do we have Spring flings? Of course we do!  This week have a fling. Have a wild Spring romance with anyone or anything. Fall in love. Brave romance. Get obsessed. Get stalked too! Be anyone or anything and fall in love with any one or any thing. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!

Hello Hipsters! It’s Saturday night. Your Momma called and left a message on your voicemail. She said, be home before the dawn. Only rule, show up dressed in your Sunday best. And… She hates that you’re an astronaut. How do you make it happen? Because you do! Bonus: You blew a shoe on the way. […]

OK Hipsters! This week is a wild card. Put all your cards on the table and draw the one that speaks to you the loudest. Let it tell you a story and write it down! Go in any direction you want this week! Fact. Fiction. Poetry or prose. Write ON!

Yo Trixies. You are walking in an alley in the heart of your hometown. You’re comfortable and safe – it’s a good alley. Progressive and well-chiseled graffiti. It has just rained and the sky is thinking about a sunset. The clouds agree. You check the time. You’re on time for a change (ha!). You look […]

Hello Hipsters! As writers, we struggle with time. This week, you are, as always, whoever you want to be. Choose your character, and choose your narrative voice.  Be good. Be bad, Be ugly. You receive a message or a phone call to remind you of where you need to be in less than an hour. […]

Hello Hipsters! Ok. Slayers of Words and Wranglers of the Magnificent… This: You are a caterpillar on the inside. On the outside, you are whatever your leader demands. Where are you? What are you wearing? What is your secret mission? Fantastic, metaphorical, or bona fide, give us a day in the life. Fact, fiction, poetry […]

Hello Hipsters! We return from the wild. We bring with us the experience of the adventure, and now we become the teacher. The challenge is to become the teacher, and teach something new to the reader, in the first person. Be the teacher! Channel your inner Einstein perhaps?  You can teach anything you want to […]

That’s right folks! Choose your own adventure. Write your own adventure! This might be the tag line for the community. We all remember those books! They were fun and fantastic stories, where you could follow the characters into their many different destinies. This week, take the opportunity to write yours. Using fact, fiction, poetry, or […]

Hey Hipsters! You’re a little bit Country, and a little bit Rock and Roll. Equal parts. You’re getting the band back together. Fact or fiction; poetry or prose. Write ON!

Ridiculous. It’s Sunday! My apologies. It is supposed to be Saturday! WE are collectively a week ahead with this transition to the new forum, but I’M a day behind! Going forward the new challenge will be posted on Saturday mornings. So, let’s turn this into our Inspiration Challenge! This week, write about time – lost, […]

Hello Hipsters! This week’s writing challenge is a double-barreller! First: Who is your favourite fictional character? BE that person. Second: Get arrested! Write the story of what happened the day that _______ got arrested. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON!

Hello Hipsters! This week, use the line from a Hip song to inspire a piece. I had a job before this. And ultimately it was that job that drove me to this… Take “this” in any direction. Enjoy! Fact, fiction, poetry or prose. Write ON! PS It’s from New Orleans is Sinking, the live Killer […]

Calling all ya’ll: Do you have a figurative secret garden? Tell us about it!  

What is your favourite Food? Write 400 words in any direction on this topic! Whoop whoop!

Tell us about an embarrassing situation that happened to you.

Hello All! This is the place where we post a picture and a little bio about ourselves. Tell us who you are. Please use a picture of YOU that we can see. As the community grows this will be how we connect to each other. The connection to each other is our number one asset. […]

Or…. they don’t! Describe an incident that left you feeling people are quite gullible. Fact or fiction, we’ll never know!

Happy New Year Hipsters! There is a meme out there slathering itself all over social media. Let’s capture it and put it in a bug-jar. “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” Brad Paisley It’s on it’s second lap around the Universe and is sure to make […]

Hello Hipsters! The season is about to have its way with us. Kids, candy, and Christmas cheer. It’s a holiday! This week, write about your favourite holiday tradition. Fact, fiction, poetry or prose…. and a reminder that you don’t have to be you. Write ON! Enjoy!

Hey Hipsters!  The time is near…. YOU are the Elf on the Shelf. What do you see? Fact. Fiction. Poetry or prose. Write ON.