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Take the one I'm writing now: some people who follow me may be online today; they may find their way over to my blog; they m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/best-if-used-by.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad6a70dbc0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> blogging writing thinking aloud frequency archives transience fleeting news coverage shelf-life here today gone tomorrow http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---shut-down.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---shut-down.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---shut-down.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:08:03 -0600 An entry for the Writing Prompts group. This weeks prompt: Write a scene that turns on a ransom note - for something other than a human being. Josh plops into his chair, kicks off his sandals, and swivels around to the computer. He taps the space... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---shut-down.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96846a0c0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction parenting writing teenagers writing prompts getting things done ransom note http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---hungry-jury.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---hungry-jury.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---hungry-jury.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:10:34 -0600 How it works: Write an entry of any length or style using five assigned words. Bold the five words. Tag your post with 5wordchallenge and any other tags you wish to add. This week's challenge words: carpet, jury, pasta, shapeless, whey Here's my... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---hungry-jury.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa9681fe560002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing pasta jury duty unappetizing 5wordchallenge http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---prepared.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---prepared.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---prepared.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:43:24 -0600 How it works: Write an entry of any length or style using five assigned words. Bold the five words. Tag your post with 5wordchallenge and any other tags you wish to add. This week's challenge words: original, surf, laughter, intentional, prepared... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---prepared.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967eb8490003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> beach writing surf contemplation proposal 5wordchallenge http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-since-my-first-post.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-since-my-first-post.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-since-my-first-post.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:22:36 -0600 Look at the first post you ever wrote on Vox. What important developments or changes have occurred in your life since then? Submitted by Alexandra. I've taken thousands of pictures, read over a hundred books, written countless words I probably w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/qotd-since-my-first-post.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa967ce2420003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd first post blogging life writing change time gratitude growing up http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---now-lie-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---now-lie-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---now-lie-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:00:02 -0600 An entry for the Writing Prompts group. This weeks prompt: Write about a person whose reputation rests on the appearance of an inanimate object. He's just stepped out of the shower when he hears it. Oh. My. God. The garage. No! How can they be h... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---now-lie-in-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fae8c04a88000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction parenting writing teenagers conversations writing prompts rendezvous http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---spell-it-out.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---spell-it-out.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---spell-it-out.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 27 May 2008 10:32:49 -0600 This is my first submission for the new Writing Prompts group on Vox. This week's prompt: Write a scene in which the dramatic tension revolves around a misspelling: a road sign, the name on a birthday cake, the directions to a doctor's office, a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/writing-prompts---spell-it-out.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad68af9180005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> editing parenting writing homework teenagers conversations writing prompts http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---antisocial.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---antisocial.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---antisocial.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 May 2008 11:21:02 -0600 How it works: Write an entry of any length or style using five assigned words. Bold the five words. Tag your post with 5wordchallenge and any other tags you wish to add. This week's challenge words: meringue, traffic, flowers, social, bill Here'... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---antisocial.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fa96782c0d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing introversion social interaction 5wordchallenge mingling http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/no-strings-attached.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/no-strings-attached.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/no-strings-attached.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 May 2008 11:08:47 -0600 It's likely that in sharing this post, I'll alienate a few people. It's also likely that I'll fail to adequately convey my point. I may very well be misunderstood. Nonetheless, this is something I've thought about time and again and I think it's w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/no-strings-attached.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900fad688d4c30005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> comments blogging reading writing connections interactivity reciprocity passivity motivations http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---stillness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Red Pen) http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---stillness.html?_c=feed-rss http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---stillness.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:41:13 -0700 How it works: Write an entry of any length or style using five assigned words. Bold the five words. Tag your post with 5wordchallenge and any other tags you wish to add. This week's challenge is hosted by Ancora Impara. The words: midnight, sorro... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://redpen.vox.com/library/post/5-word-challenge---stillness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252ab767f21900e398d9ea9a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing sorrow 5wordchallenge