Writing for Writers #9

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Use a physical copy of a book as an image.

Writing for Writers #8

My favorite aspect of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman was how every character had an animal familiar who represented some part of their personality. And one of my favorite artists Leonora Carrington said we all have an inner bestiary. So here's a nonfiction exercise: describe your inner bestiary.

Writing for Writers #7

What I like about this painting by Amy Bennett:

http://www.richardhellergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_detail.asp?ArtworkID=840

is how the viewer is spying on the woman who is spying on her neighbors who are being photographed ...

so write about a spy/voyeur who doesn't know she is being watched.