One cool thing about English is that we make words out of everything (an example of this is the verb to word, which means to make a word out of anything). One way we do this is to make adjectives out of people’s names. We usually use last names since they are more distinctive. Here…
Author: David Stewart
I am a writer of anything quirky and weird. I love most genres of fiction and in each there are stories that I would consider "my kind of story".
Muse on Monday – March 7, 2022
We love stories with heroes. Heroes don’t have to be perfect but they have something in them that we want to see in ourselves, whether it is intelligence, bravery, tenacity, or so forth. That’s why we cheer for them. The best heroes are often unlikely heroes because we can relate to them. Think of Bilbo…
Writing Corner: The Dinkus
This is post about something you have probably seen many times in books but don’t know the name of (at least I didn’t know it until recently.) A dinkus is a break in the writing and is usually made with three stars, like this: * * * How to Use a Dinkus A dinkus is…
Ten Years from Now…
Ten years from now… The bell rang. Fourth period, right before lunch. It was the class that everyone, including the teacher, wished would fly by so they could finally get a break. “Today we’re going to read our essays on where you see yourself in ten years,” Mr. Hurley said. It was his first year…
Muse on Monday – February 28, 2022
Happy Monday on this last day of February. I hope you had a good weekend. One fun part of writing from a prompt is thinking of how you can take it in an unexpected direction. For example, the prompt on January 10, 2022 was “The world ended on a Friday, which was a surprise.” The…
Writing Corner: Editing
There is a lot you could say about editing, but I’m not going to try to say it all here. In general, editing is the process of making a piece of writing better. It’s a bit like if you have a rough diamond you just dug out of the ground. If you want to sell…
Invisible
Invisible Gavin woke up on a Thursday to find that he was invisible. His first thought was that his mirror was malfunctioning. When his sleep-rusted brain realized that this wasn’t a thing, he considered very briefly that he might be a vampire now and just couldn’t see himself in the mirror. He looked down at…
Muse on Monday – February 21, 2022
Happy Monday, everyone. I’m so glad you are here and I hope your week goes as well as you hope it might. I don’t know about you, but I listen to music whenever I write. It helps me to focus. Music can also be one of the best inspirations for writing because it has such…
Writing Corner: Writing Programs
There are many ways to write, including with a pen and paper, or by carving words into a stone wall. However, I’m guessing that when you write, you probably usually use a computer. And on a computer, there is no end to different applications you can use to write. I’m going to look at three…
Moon Kimchi
Mirae Kim watched the pockmarked surface of the moon get bigger in the window of the spaceship Chandra. Her stomach felt queasy with a mixture of excitement, nervousness, and three days in zero gravity. She had tried to eat the food the crew had given out, but most of it would not stay down. The…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 