The Overlook Hotel

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The Overlook Hotel

General discussion for https://writing.stackexchange.com. Writing exercises are now on Writing meta: https://writing.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/writing-exercise

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Rand al'Thor

Apr 17, 2016 17:23

Lunchtime memories
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Lunch at the Grand Hotel. It sounded extravagant, and once upon a time it would have been. When the hotel stood tall and splendid upon the seaside promenade, and the rich American tourists came in their droves to spend their nights there between their days of enjoying the English summer sunshine. Prices had been sky-high, and James had only ever been there once, for a slap-up lunch on his first real date. He still held fond memories of that time, of his years of carefree innocence, now gone forever.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Apr 12, 2016 18:15

Past Due

Kit Z. Fox

Apr 12, 2016 17:52

Past Due

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Apr 12, 2016 17:43

Writing Exercise 2016-04-12: 10 minute write, topic: "Past Due"

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Apr 5, 2016 17:49

Lunchtime memories

Air

Apr 5, 2016 16:05

BESW

Mar 17, 2016 05:38

@KaiMaxfield "Too localised" is no longer a reason to close a question; good answers to very narrow questions often include advice and insights which others can learn from even though they don't have the exact same challenges.

Kit Z. Fox

Mar 15, 2016 23:02

Good plan.

Matt E. Эллен

Mar 15, 2016 18:04

Writing Exercise 2016-03-15: 10 minute flash fiction, topic: "Are you a romantic sub-plot?"

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Mar 15, 2016 18:00

Are you a romantic sub-plot

Matt E. Эллен

Mar 15, 2016 17:41

Are you a romantic sub-plot?

Kit Z. Fox

Mar 15, 2016 17:40

Are you a romantic sub plot?

Delta Escher

Mar 9, 2016 15:39

Horror, but not really

Delta Escher

Mar 8, 2016 17:38

Writing Exercise 2016-03-08: 10 minute flash fiction. topic: 'Horror, but not really'

Neil Fein

Feb 26, 2016 04:53

@KaiMaxfield Kai - The reason I sent you to talk to the ELU folks in their chat is that, in the past, ELU has been kinda inconsistent with how they accept (or reject) migrations like this. If you like I can simply send the question to them, but I have no clue if it'll remain open or not there. (I imagine our criteria for what questions are okay here are similarly opaque to them, but they make sense here.)

Delta Escher

Feb 23, 2016 18:33

Petroleum Tears, Pt. 1

user116848

Feb 23, 2016 18:12

Spire, Button

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Feb 23, 2016 17:52

Writing Exercise 2016-02-23: 10 minute flash fiction. Seed words: "spire, button"

Air

Jan 12, 2016 18:06

The Wrong Socks

Kit Z. Fox

Jan 12, 2016 17:52

The Wrong Socks

BESW

Jan 5, 2016 23:22

.@TED_ED Lessons for Writers to Kick Off 2016 http://adweek.it/1YXVX2S https://t.co/aLh6YNdMev

Tweeted by GalleyCat on January 5, 2016 at 9:45 PM

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Jan 5, 2016 17:45

Writing Exercise 2016-01-04: 10 minute flash fiction, topic: "100 Years"

BESW

Dec 30, 2015 05:41

If a giant robot is introduced in the first episode, it will eventually be piloted by the protagonist. We call this Chekhov's Gundam.

Tweeted by vestenet on December 28, 2015 at 11:30 PM

Matt E. Эллен

Dec 29, 2015 17:14

Shopping related trauma

Kit Z. Fox

Dec 29, 2015 17:13

Shopping related trauma

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Dec 15, 2015 19:09

Writing Exercise 2015-12-15: 10 minute fiction write, topic: "It's about the extra"

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Dec 15, 2015 17:07

I only write in black, or sometimes very dark grey, because I'm batman

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Dec 1, 2015 19:24

Deficient

Delta Escher

Dec 1, 2015 19:17

Deficient

Delta Escher

Dec 1, 2015 19:02

Writing Exercise 2015-12-1: The topic is "Deficient". 10 minute flash fiction.

Kit Z. Fox

Dec 1, 2015 04:26

Kit Z. Fox

Nov 29, 2015 23:27

Good lord. Next year, I'm writing an entire novel entitled "And Then There Was Cake."

BESW

Nov 20, 2015 04:20

Everyone should please feel free to ping me if any of the Be Nice guidelines are being violated here.

Matt E. Эллен

Nov 17, 2015 19:24

That's not what you said

Andrew

Nov 17, 2015 18:36

That's not what you said

Matt E. Эллен

Nov 17, 2015 18:19

Writing Exercise 2015-11-17: The topic is “That's not what you said”. 10 minute flash fiction.

Metamaterial girl

Nov 16, 2015 04:03

@KitZ.Fox Aww. G'night, sleep tight, don't let the plot bunnies bite.

Delta Escher

Nov 10, 2015 19:01

Devilish Heels

Metamaterial girl

Nov 10, 2015 18:50

Devil on Your Heels

Kit Z. Fox

Nov 10, 2015 01:46

Writing Exercise 2015-11-10: The topic is “Where are you running with the devil on your heels?”. 10 minute flash fiction.

Delta Escher

Nov 3, 2015 19:49

“Emptiness and pain/A landscape of what could be/Canvas of the soul”

eimyr

Nov 3, 2015 18:39

Fleeting Feelings

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Nov 3, 2015 17:38

Fleeting Feelings

Andrew

Nov 3, 2015 17:35

Fleeting Feelings

Delta Escher

Nov 3, 2015 17:32

Feels of the Fleeting Variety

Matt E. Эллен

Nov 3, 2015 17:28

fleeting feelings

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Nov 3, 2015 17:17

Writing Exercise 2015-11-03: The topic is "Fleeting Feelings". 10 minute Flash Fiction Write.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

Oct 28, 2015 13:20

Amplitude

Delta Escher

Oct 27, 2015 19:50

Amplitude

Tobbe

Oct 27, 2015 18:25

Amplitude