#writing

douglasherd5

Oct 13, 20191 min read

Reality Writes -- Brief 13 -- Create a unique recipe

Dinner at the Bates Motel. Regrettably the kitchen at the Bates Motel is closed indefinitely while the management recruits its new chef...

Dougie

Oct 12, 20191 min read

Reality Writes -- Brief 12 -- Set a riddle to be solved

In 1931 the possibly confused but adoring Amazon Liar had been struck in the heart since he first saw her. Which could almost be a...

Dougie

Oct 7, 20194 min read

Reality Writes -- Brief 7 -- Write the perfect rejection letter

Like Ethan Hawke’s messages in Mission Impossible – sort of -- (but with fewer car chases and no lethal assassins) -- the daily writing...

Dougie

Oct 5, 20194 min read

Reality Writes -- Brief 5 -- Translate an informative text into another language

This may be a bit of a departure. We are asked to engage in an act of translation. Given my schoolboy French and Beginner Level Japanese...

Dougie

Oct 1, 20195 min read

Reality Writes -- Brief 1 -- Why write?

Why am I here? Why start again with another of these daily writing challenges? Why write at all, Douglas? In part I’m here because I’ve...