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A Day to Pause

Today is day 8 of the writing challenge and instead of writing, I'm choosing to take a pause. It's ironic even where today's challenge is...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 10, 20201 min read

Day 7 Challenge: Find a paragraph in a random book or story and read between the lines. Identify the subtext, emotions, clues and details...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 9, 20204 min read

Last night's short story left me wanting to write more about Pokiki's life. I was explaining to my husband that I don't know all of her...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 9, 202011 min read

Let me start by saying that today's story is darker and may not be appropriate for younger readers. The challenge today tempted writers...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 7, 20207 min read

Day 4 Challenge: Asking and answering "Why" based questions December 6th, 2020 Title: Why Shadow? Today's advent challenge involved...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 6, 20201 min read

Day 3 Challenge: Looking for the subtext within a photo; description exercise December 5th, 2020 Title: Conversations with a Statue...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 5, 20204 min read

Day 2 Challenge: An item not usually for sale December 3nd, 2020 Title: For Sale Before I get started on this one, let me just say holy...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 4, 20204 min read

Day 1 Challenge: Transformation of darkness into light. December 2nd, 2020 Title: The Journey One. Two. Three. One. Two. Three. I needed...

Stacie Johnston

Dec 3, 20206 min read

Join me each day for the journey into the unknown. I'll be completing The Writer's HQ Writing Advent Challenge for the month of December....

Stacie Johnston

Dec 3, 20201 min read