Today is the last day to purchase tickets for the United Way Women Leading the Way event at which I will be the keynote speaker! I'm super excited (getting less nervous every day!) to have the opportunity to speak about my life as a writer, and how important literacy is to us all. Wednesday, May 10th!… Continue reading UNITED WAY KEYNOTE SPEECH #LITERACY! LAST DAY TO BUY TICKETS!
Category: Writing Life
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write 17 – Corruption
Find an old photo of yourself and tear it in half. Next, put the two pieces back together but not perfectly. That way, you should see a rough tear down the middle. This helps create visual character to the image. Glue these pieces down to a piece of paper, in your notebook perhaps. Cover slightly… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write 17 – Corruption
Wounded Writers Ask: Free Write #20 – Last Word
Answer these five prompts and include one of your own. Strive for a prompt that requires a degree of vulnerability in your answer such as Last kiss, Last cry, Last dream, or Last argument. (Idea inspired from an interview with actor Matthew Perry titled One Last Thing) Last time I took public transportation - Does… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask: Free Write #20 – Last Word
Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #19 – Takes
Pick a memory – this can be a childhood one or something that happened just last week – and write it down so that it reads like a headline. Try to select one word that you can repeat throughout the takes. Next, explore your memory as a series of takes by writing as many as… Continue reading Wounded Writers Ask – Free Write #19 – Takes
VANESSA SHIELDS 