And Now We Write

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today's 10-minute writing exercise is working on beginnings. We're setting the story in motion, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. Can't deny it: if your animals are talking, you've got yourself a story.

This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.

You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today's 10-minute writing exercise is based on an adapted prompt from Brian Kitely's The 3am Epiphany. We're writing a letter that won't be sent. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She 100% followed the letter of the exercise but probably not the intention but still knocked something interesting loose.

This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for you to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.

You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today's 10-minute writing exercise is to practice with a borrowed form: the Reddit post (and, optionally, the comments). We're inviting judgement, and as usual your anonymish host is writing along. She enjoys judging, and judging the judges.

This is a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write.

You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the seventh and FINAL day of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 7 and today we write Act Four (the resolution) and the words "The End". As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She made it! But she thinks the story wants to be a lil longer when she comes back to revise.

You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the sixth day of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 6 and today we write Act Three (the pursuit). As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's diverging from her outline, uh oh.

You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the fifth day of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 5 and today we write Act Two (the struggle). As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's blurting out a couple of things she missed from Act One right away, and the rest is smooth sailing.

You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the fourth day of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 4 and today we write Act One (the setup). As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's writing speculative fiction and there's a lot of world-building to fit into 200-300 words.

You can write along with the flash week challenge, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the third day of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 3 and today we write our four-act outline. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She starts with a very rigid template and that helps a lot.

You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the second day of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 2 and today we noodle on what MIGHT happen. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's switching protagonists and trying to write flash, not a novel.

You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.

2025 New Year's writing resolution: spend 10 minutes a day getting words on the page.

Today is the start of January's FLASH WEEK.

• We start with a blank sheet of paper.
• For seven days, we pledge our 10 minutes a day to Flash Week.
• We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200 words.

This is still (always) a no-homework podcast! Every episode, we build in ten minutes of time for ourselves to do the assignment, and the assignment is always to write write write. But for this special flash fiction week, rather than using standalone exercises for our kickoff prompts, we will carry our work from Day 1 over to Day 2, etc, all the way through Day 7 and THE END.

Today is Day 1 and today we brainstorm story seeds. As usual your anonymish host is writing along. She's inspired by a weird lizard fact OR an image of bubbles, she'll have to pick.

You can write to our daily writing prompt, but you could also:

• journal
• brainstorm
• write for your work in progress

All that matters is that you do write and you don't cheat and you don't stop writing until the music comes in.