Author Archive: Suzanna Anderson Creates
Prompt–Sunday, December 11
Make up the title of a potential story or poem. Mine is “As Water Rises.” Now write five variations of your title. 1. For Water Rising 2. Water Rising 3. Rise and Fall of Water 4. Water–Watch it Rise 5. Raising Water Write something with one of these titles.
Honors Project…Complete!
For the last two years I’ve learned how to play Edward MacDowell’s “Woodland Sketches” for the piano. Since January I’ve studied his biography, reading anything I could get my hands on about MacDowell. And today I printed the final copy of my project. I wrote ten poems, each inspired by a piece in “Woodland Sketches.” In total, …
The Search for Ink and Stories
Earlier this week I finished my first short story for December. So now I’m in the lead. 1-0. The short story I finished was based on “The Young Man with the Carnation” by Isak Dinesen in “The Winter’s Tales.” Check it out if you haven’t read the collection already. Last night I made a list …
Prompt–Sunday, December 4
Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZsFJb_gQQ Then write a scene where one character says sorry to another character, or write a poem where you use anaphora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphora_(rhetoric) with “I am sorry.” Here’s mine. I am sorry that I don’t play the violin anymore. It’s hard to pull out music you once enjoyed when we were together. I am …
50119–NaNo
So NaNo is over for this year. At least until I start editing in December after a long nap, deep-cleaning my living quarters, and receiving my treat for finishing a novel in a month with a sprained finger–dinner at Naslada, one of my favorite restaurants in town. I brainstormed on Monday and put those lines …
46408–NaNo
I typed last night after getting home from work, about 11:15 till midnight. After working on two of the five remaining scenes and brainstorming heavily throughout the day, the novel is 46,408 words long. Three more days! Yesterday I finished reading Jack Kerouac’s “Book of Haikus.” Lots of good ones. I’m going to invest in …
Prompt–Sunday, November 27
Set a timer for five minutes. Start a scene that takes place in a diner between two old friends who are no longer friends. Go. Then read mine below. I never expected to see Jimmy again. We broke up back in high school and it hasn’t been long enough. At least his hair was still red …
Check out my poems
Heavy Hands Ink published two of my poems. If you would like to check them out, they are called “With You” and “Sleep” under my nickname Suzy Anderson. You can download the e-book for free here: http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/hhi-volume-seven-e-book/18492378?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1, but you need to download the Adobe Digital Editions in order to read it, which is an e-reader similar to …
45038–NaNo
Yesterday I had a total of 42,314 words, and today after my writing session I have 45,038. So close to the legendary 50,000! I am pleased though that I was able to catch up. Spraining your finger during NaNo is not something I’d recommend, but at least NaNo 2011 will be a NaNo to remember. I have …
My Winter Wheat Session on Prompts
I called my session: Using Prompts to Prompt You in the Writing Direction. My session was from 9-10:15 a.m. Saturday, November 18. I opened my presentation with a quote from Stephen King’s “On Writing:” “…two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun.” (25) So for prompts, you can give one …
Suzanna and Writing 