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Today is the second day of February's FLASH WEEK. We start with a blank sheet of paper. For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week. We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words. This month, we are using Dan Harmon's story circles framework to shape our outlines. If you're not familiar, it's a simple eight-point structure involving a protagonist who descends into...

Today is the start of February's FLASH WEEK. We start with a blank sheet of paper. For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week. We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words. This month, we are using Dan Harmon's story circles framework to shape our outlines. If you're not familiar, it's a simplified eight-point structure involving a protagonist who descends and re...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're writing a conversation that's really about something else , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She has to admit that she got her core idea from a Reddit post. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of t...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is a love story! We're telling an artist how much we love their song , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She would lay a bet that a third of people will write to Taylor Swift. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ours...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on comedy! We're mocking ourselves with imagery , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She hurt her own feelings a bit, but came out the other side just fine. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're writing direct and indirect dialogue , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. One of her characters is boring the other, but which one is it? This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is a love story! We're showing love without telling , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. This is something she wants to improve in her writing, so she sets herself an extra challenge. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time f...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on comedy! We're matching up nouns for fun , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. The Pink Panther is tooooo tempting, she had to cut herself off. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assig...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're moving our dialogue tags around , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She is newly conscious of how rarely she puts her tags at the beginning of the line. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time f...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is a love story! We're putting ourselves in a doggy headspace , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She is a dog owner irl and had a lot of fun with this one. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the ass...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on comedy! We're turning facts into punchlines , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She should have warmed up and stretched before taking this one on! This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're using alternative verbs , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's having flashbacks to seventh grade, when she learned the exact opposite of the current conventional wisdom. Styles change! Tools are forever. This is a no-homework po...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is a love story! We're writing caring notes to a struggling loved one , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She got pretty into her idea -- she might actually build it out into a full story (or maybe save it & work it up for February's Flash Week). This is a n...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're punching up some dull adjectives , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She wishes she had used this technique last week to get around using "gray" four times in two pages. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! One speaker is fully present and the other just speaks , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Washing the dishes is no fun, and one of her speakers is wishing for a little help if the other wouldn't mind . This is a no-homework podcast! Ever...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on looooove! We're writing a meet cute in a flower store , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's been listening to too many episodes of It's Christmastown and got a little self-conscious about the Hallmark-i-ness of her scene. This is a no-homework...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're writing Dad jokes swiftly , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. It got substantially easier once she decided to work a little blue. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is focused on dialogue! We're asking questions and asking some more , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. One of her characters got realllly annoyed and the other was oblivious, hm. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the mobile app user agreement. We're threatening dire consequences , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. It escalated quickly! This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do th...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is inspired by The Tale of Genji . We're not using names , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She writes out a bit of her work in progress with new constraints, and this is probably the most directly constructive exercise so far this year. This is a no-homework p...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is working on beginnings. We're setting the story in motion , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Can't deny it: if your animals are talking, you've got yourself a story. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves t...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is based on an adapted prompt from Brian Kitely's The 3am Epiphany . We're writing a letter that won't be sent . As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She 100% followed the letter of the exercise but probably not the intention but still knocked something interesting loo...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the Reddit post (and, optionally, the comments). We're inviting judgement , and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She enjoys judging, and judging the judges. This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes o...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today is the seventh and FINAL day of January's FLASH WEEK. We start with a blank sheet of paper. For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week. We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words. This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of tim...

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page. Today is the sixth day of January's FLASH WEEK. We start with a blank sheet of paper. For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week. We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words. This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for oursel...