Welcome, Brave Writers.

O Writers! Do you Suffer from Writer's-Block? The Fiction-Writing Directorate can Help!

Our Exhortations will Inspire you; our Exercises will Strengthen you; and the Ancient Art of Shiva Nata will Enlighten you.

Read! Write! Flourish!

Or Else.

Subsiste statim sermonem et scribe.

Training Exercise #4

Exercise.

My little Armadillos, step away from your Type-Writing Machine, leave your fusty Study, and stroll Briskly about the Grounds for a short while. Let the fresh Air clear the muddled Thoughts from your mind; let the pounding of your Blood invigorate your Mind; let fresh Visions enrich your Thoughts.

Walk, then start Afresh. Report when you have completed . . . → Read More: Training Exercise #4

Training Exercise #1

In honor of the Directorate’s new Beginning, your task today is: write three new beginnings. Write the first Sentence or two of three fine Tales. Work quickly and do not Overthink; this is mere Practice.

You may post your Work as a Comment below, or you may work in Privacy. You may Applaud the Beginnings of others, but do not Criticize; these are merely Practice, and should not be Judged.

Write! . . . → Read More: Training Exercise #1

Welcome to the Fiction-Writing Directorate

Ethelie

Welcome, my Friends.

For hundreds of Years, the Fiction-Writing Directorate has toiled Ceaselessly (and Thanklessly) in the Shadows. We have Convinced countless Writers to Write, through means both Orthodox and Un. We have battled fierce Word-Urchins, with little more than our Wits, our Swords, and our Flame-Throwers.

Always, though, our chief Method has been Secrecy. The subtle Strength of Whispers has been ours. The implacable Tenacity of your Shadow has been ours. The deadly Stealth of deep-sea Predators has been ours.

But no more.

This is a new era, I am told. We must be open! Authentic! It is no longer Enough to save . . . → Read More: Welcome to the Fiction-Writing Directorate