Weekend Wordsmith is a blogspot for would-be writers to pick up the Prompt of the Week as a challenge to write-write-write!
How it works
Early every weekend one of us will post a prompt, hoping to appeal to the wordsmith in you.
If that prompt sparks an idea, you write about it on your blog.
You leave a comment with a link to your actual post.
We'll add your link to the list of the week.
People who read this blog will click on your link and read what you wrote.
And that, dear friend, gives you readers ... and you may develop a following!
And here's how it DID work for one person, who is the quintessential user of these prompts:
DaisyBug said, "When I first saw this picture at the Weekend Wordsmith I thought 'What on EARTH am I going to write about THAT'. And then, all of a sudden a story sort of started in my head..."
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ~ an excerpt
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, /
Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit /
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, /
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.