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A Writer’s Mind

Writers are weird people. I can say this because I'm one. I also must add, I like weird. Each of us has a unique creative process. One of my favorite writing processes is to use found words. I'm going to walk you through how it works for me. Start with a random book from your … Continue reading A Writer’s Mind

Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Cynthia PraskiPosted in Fiction, Found WordTagged despair, Found Word, metaphor, women's rights. 2 Comments

Found Words

Flip open a book (Lord of the Rings today), and find 3-4 four words. Make a sentence using the words. Repeat. blameless, bane, answer. The bane of the blameless is the answer whispered behind hands. farewell, discover, foreknowledge, rattled. She was rattled by the foreknowledge of her farewell and hoped her brother would not also … Continue reading Found Words

Posted on May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 by Cynthia PraskiPosted in Fiction, Found WordTagged Found Word. Leave a comment

Feats

My channel to the singing mountain had been unfriendly, but I had pursued the sculptured moraine and had found it exhilarating. I had proved to the grand cliffs in their blue storms that their snowy doom could not touch me. I admire the narrow rills as they shimmer and cascade and fall down a cataract. … Continue reading Feats

Posted on March 21, 2021March 20, 2021 by Cynthia PraskiPosted in Found Word, March MadnessTagged Alaska, Found Word, John Muir. Leave a comment

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