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Writing Club Theme Discussion
Let's discuss themes for our March 1 Writing Club submissions. (If prompts or themes aren't your thing, you may write what you like and post when the submission topic opens.) Feel free to suggest a prompt (a scenario, dilemma, or background), a theme, or an ambiguous title to jump-start writing efforts. What do you want to suggest?
I would like to suggest the theme of liminal spaces (or more broadly liminality). It can be focused on an existence there, taking place during a liminal time (dawn/dusk), the creation of a liminal space, the death of one. And exploration of any facet of it, or things that occur in/during it.
I like this for a March 1 theme option. Certainly it is broad. I think Ladyhawke is due for a re-write.
I write sonnets all the time, but I'm not sure who else has poetry interests -- I do like forms for fun stuff like this, b/c they feel more playful. THO honestly at some point I need to get back into really writing stuff. SO .. uh,
Well, in the other thread I suggested "VALEMTIMES".. how about love/unlove/hate/red/heart/viscera?
How about we invite ultra-short works for a Valentine's Day preview edition? Here's a chance to dust off a sonnet, set your heart or hate to meter, or provide ultra-short fiction (which may in turn provide prompts for the March 1 submission thread). What do you think?
I think playing with length in the prompts could be really neat, it forces you to be creative. Since we established earlier that following the theme or prompt is optional, I think that would be a really creative little constraint. :)
I might go ahead and announce the Valentine's Day mini-edition in the next two hours, to make sure participants have time to craft something.
YES! Love it. I love short stuff. And I love your "set your heart or hate to meter," that's dope AF.
Starting on valentines day and have that day, and/or the emotions related to it as the theme, is a great idea IMO. Seconded!