Last chance to apply for this amazing residency! Loved my time there. Highly recommend!

Have you ever wanted to write WEIRD🕴️but didn't know where to start? Brink Fall 2023 Intern, Montanna Harling writing prompts for you to consider!

Read her article, Six Exercises for Writing Towards Weirdness ow.ly/PWXy50Qy5RZ.
#writingprompts #storytelling

'The moon is full. Isn't this proof of something? That things can disappear and then come back again?'
- The Book of Love (Kelly Link)

“Everyone is here for the same reason: once again, there is the possibility of change.”
- The Book of Love (Kelly Link)

Thank you so much, Constance Malloy's The Burning Hearth! And a big shout out to you as well and all of the wonderful conversations (with speculative writers!) you give a platform to at The Burning Hearth! ❤️

Starting the screenplay journey (adapting one of my stories) and am starting here, but also are there other “must read” craft books of screenwriting? Are there “must read” screenplays that help with getting a hold on the form?

“If I'm going to care about the things that happen to somebody, I need to care about how they see the world in granular detail. The job of the writer is to make those details as interesting as possible, or as propulsive and connected to the events in the book as possible.”

'Their debate over metal roof superiority had devolved into promises to beat the shit out of each other in real life.' I was blown away by this story by Dustin M. Hoffman. It's startling, visceral, emotionally complex, with some of the freshest language/imagery I've read recently.

'We have to become whatever writer is capable of producing the necessary level of energy.'
- George Saunders

Fully behind this idea and have found this very true for myself too! Bagpipe & guitar are my go-to's. Also: Playing chess & learning to code have CHANGED the way I think of narrative structure & plot. New skills = new conceptual frameworks. Thanks Aaron Gwyn for this thread!