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Writing Prompts #370 & #371

Happy Friday everyone! Hope everyone has had a great week so far. To help you finish off your week and get a great start on your weekend, we have two new prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan! We'd love to see what you come up with, so don't forget to share your prompt responses in the Prompt Forum, you never know, your response might be shared next week!   Prompt 370 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – turkey, gift, flowers, blue sweater, and a pen.   Prompt 371 -
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Writing Prompts #368 & #369

Hope everyone has had a great week so far and is looking forward to the weekend. What better way to start it off than with brand new prompts! If you've been feeling stuck, or maybe just want to do something a little different, maybe one of these prompts will jumpstart a new idea. Don't forget, if under 1,000 words, prompt responses that are posted in GA Stories must be posted as part of a collection.   Prompt 368 – Creative Tag – First Line “You’ll get it back over my dead body!”   Prompt 36
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Writing Prompts #366 & #367

Before we get into this week's prompts, first a reminder. This sunday marks the end of daylight savings, so if you're in an area that does the whole daylight savings thing, don't forget that you will need to set your clock's back one hour prior to going to bed (if you go to bed before 2 am!). Now, let's see what comicfan has for us this week!   Prompt 366 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – corn, hay bale, scarecrow, tractor, and skinned knee.   Prompt 367 – C
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Writing Prompts #364 & #365

I hope everyone has had a great week up until this point and that everyone has a wonderful weekend as well. Friday has once again graced us with it's presence and with it we have two more prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. As always, we're also sharing a previous prompt response. Don't forget, if either of these prompts trigger a response from you, share it in the prompt forum and maybe you'll see yours featured next week!   Prompt 364 – Creative Tag – First Line “That is the last time I
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Writing Prompts #362 & #363

It's that time of week again, time for the weekly prompts! Before I give the prompts, I want to remind everyone that if your prompt response contains ANY adult material, your entire prompt collection MUST be rated as "Mature". If you need more information on the different story ratings, you can find the information in this weeks earlier blog post or in the help section. Now, onto the prompts!   Prompt 362 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in story – candy corn, pumpkin, black ca
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Writing Prompts #360 & #361

Fridays are a great day here at the GA News Blog! Not only does it signal the end of the week, but it's also time to bring you two new prompts supplied to us by the prompt guru, Comicfan. Whether you are looking for inspiration to help get over writers block or you just want to write something short and quick, the prompts are a great way to get started! Let's see what Comicfan has for us this week!   Prompt 360 – Creative Tag – First Line “Why do I even bother?”   Prompt 361 – Creative Tag –
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Writing Prompts #358 & #359

Hope everyone has had a great week so far and is looking forward to the weekend. What better way to start it off than with brand new prompts! If you've been feeling stuck, or maybe just want to do something a little different, maybe one of these prompts will jumpstart a new idea. Don't forget, if under 1,000 words, prompt responses that are posted in GA Stories must be posted as part of a collection.   Prompt 358 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – fall leaves, rain s
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Writing Prompts #356 & #357

It's Friday again!!! I hope that everyone has had a great week so far. It's that time again for two new prompts, supplied as always by our prompt guru, Comicfan! *Reminder: Authors are more than welcome to post their Prompt Responses in GA Stories, but please remember that flash pieces under 1k must be posted in collections, not as individual stories.*   Prompt 356 – Creative Tag – First Line “Since when do I have to tell you everything?”   Prompt 357 – Creative Tag – The Party You have been
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Writing Prompts #354 & #355

Now that we re-whet everyone's appetites for flash fiction, let's get back into our weekly fun of Comicfan's great prompts! Thank you to everyone who participated in Wednesday's feature about why we like flash and how we do it, especially to everyone who tried it out! This week we have a very diverse word list prompt as well as a creative theme featuring... well, read on to find out, and then see what you can come up with!   Prompt 354 – Creative Tag – List of words Use the following in a sto
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Writing Tip: Flash Fiction - Why And How?

I thought, this week, that we’d discuss something we host here on GA, and promote weekly on the blog. Flash fiction, namely in the guise of our prompts. Our anthologies are an extension of that as well. But we’ve never really talked about the art of creating these types of short stories—so today we will! I think there are two main questions most people have: What is flash fiction and why do people write it?   FLASH FICTION   Flash fiction can also run the gamut of ‘regular fiction’.
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Writing Prompts #352 & #353

I hope everyone has had a great week so far and are now looking forward to the weekend! Who's ready to do some writing? To help you get started, Comicfan has supplied two new prompts!! Don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum and maybe you'll be featured next week!   Prompt 352 – Creative Tag – First Line “I can’t believe you asked him that!”   Prompt 353 – Creative Tag – The Anniversary It has been a year since the accident stole your partner away. What is life like a year l
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Writing Prompts #350 & #351

Hope everyone has had a great week so far. To start your weekend off right, we're bringing you two new prompts supplied by our resident prompt guru, Comicfan. Don't forget to share your prompt responses in the Prompt Forum , you might just find yours being shared next week! Enjoy!   Prompt 350 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – farmer, bluebells, a toad, a pond, and a book.   Prompt 351 – Creative Tag – The Curse Your family believes it lives under a curse. They sa
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Writing Prompts #348 & #349

I hope everyone has had a great week up until this point and that everyone has a wonderful weekend as well. Friday has once again graced us with it's presence and with it we have two more prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. As always, we're also sharing a previous prompt response. Don't forget, if either of these prompts trigger a response from you, share it in the prompt forum and maybe you'll see yours featured next week!   Prompt 348 – Creative Tag – First Line “Can you give me one reas
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Writing Prompts #346 & #347

Who's ready for the weekend to get here? To help you start it out on the right foot, we're bringing you two new prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. If you're interested in checking out some of the older prompts that Comicfan has supplied, you can check them out and share your responses in the Prompt Forum! Hopefully one of this weeks prompts will inspire you!   Prompt 346 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in story – the beach, a blanket, a deer, a torn pair of shorts, and an
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Writing Prompts #344 & #345

Not only is it the start of a new month, it's Friday, and for many, the end of the work week. For all of us here at Gay Authors, that means something else though, it means it's time for two new prompts from GA's Prompt Guru, Comicfan. Hope you enjoy these prompts and that they inspire you to write a little something, and if you do, don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum!!   Prompt 344 – Creative Tag – First Line “Why didn’t you just tell me that?”   Prompt 345 – Creative Ta
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Writing Prompts #342 & #343

Hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far, but now it's almost over and that means that it's once more time to bring you a couple of new prompts courtesy of the prompt guru, Comicfan. Hopefully one of these two prompts spark something for you, if it does, make sure to share it in the Writing Prompts Forum and maybe we'll feature it next week in the Friday Prompt Me!   Prompt 342 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a flag, flowers, a letter, a broken cell phone, an
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Writing Tip: Copyright Infringment - Keeping It Legal

Every once in a while I like to take a look through the blog to see what has been used before that could be useful to some of the newer authors here on Gay Authors. Back in October 2012, Sara Alva (known then as KingdombytheSea) shared her experience with using song lyrics in her story Social Skills. Many authors use song lyrics in their stories without ever thinking of the repercussions that they may be facing if/when they decide to publish. I hope that Sara's experience helps some authors here
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Writing Prompts #340 & #341

One of the great aspects of GayAuthors is the variety of ways that members can improve their writing, from various writing tips to the availability of editors and beta readers, to these - writing prompts that encourage authors to take a chance and see where a prompt may lead them. Based on the responses we've had in the past, these prompts have a tendency to take on a life of their own and really capture the imagination of both our fledgling as well as veteran authors.   This week, we've got t
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Writing Prompts #338 & #339

We're at the end of another week and I hope that everyone had a great week so far. To help you start your weekend off on a good note, Comicfan has provided two new prompts to hopefully inspire you! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for this week's prompts, so don't forget to share them in either the Prompt Forum or GA Stories. Just remember, if you post them in GA Stories, flash fiction under 1,000 words need to be part of a collection.   Prompt 338 – Creative Tag – List of Words
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Writing Tips: Overcoming The Obstacles

I don't think there's really too much that I can say to introduce the topic for today. There's obstacles everywhere we look and today Cia has written up an article that takes a look at some of the most common ones that plague authors. Not only does she name them, but she gives some great tips on how to overcome them. We'd also like to hear some of the obstacles you're faced with when writing and how you overcome them! Overcoming the Obstacles By Cia   Any good writer knows it does
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Writing Prompts #336 & #337

For those in the US who are celebrating the holiday, I hope you all have a very safe and happy 4th of July! Being as it's Friday again, it's time for two new prompts from the Prompt Guru. Hopefully one of these two prompts will spark and idea. Remember, if you decide to post your prompt in GA Stories, stories that are under 1,000 words need to be placed in collections. Enjoy this week's prompt offerings!   Prompt 336 – Creative Tag – First Line “Oh God. This isn’t what it looks like!”   Prom
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Writing Prompts #334 & #335

There are many reasons that people might look forward to Friday, but here at the GA News Blog, we look forward to Friday because it means one thing.... New Prompts!!! Sometimes we get stuck and need a little push to help us get writing again, that's what the prompts are all about, to help get the juices flowing. As always, Comicfan has provided two new prompts for you to take a stab at. Hopefully one of these will inspire you to write a little something!   Prompt 334 – Creative Tag – List of W
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Writing Prompts #332 & #333

I almost can't believe it's already Friday again, this week just seems to have gone by so quickly. Thanks to Comicfan, we have two new prompts for you today. As a reminder, you are more than welcome to upload your prompt responses into GA stories (we even have a genre for them), but if you do so, please remember that all stories under 1,000 words must be posted in collections. Now, lets see what Comicfan has for us this week.   Prompt 332 – Creative Tag – First Line “Try it again, and I will k
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Writing Tip: Crafting A Story

Crafting a Story... More Work than You Might Think! by Cia   There's a lot that goes into writing a story, more than what the average reader would think. After thinking up the story, and writing then it, there comes the many rounds of editing. This is the nuts and bolts process, when you strip something down to its basic components and put it all back together--hopefully without any extra pieces! For me, that involves several reads of the story. Then I ask for help from my tea
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Writing Prompts #330 & #331

It's Friday again!!! I hope that everyone has had a great week so far. It's that time again for two new prompts, supplied as always by our prompt guru, Comicfan! *Reminder: Authors are more than welcome to post their Prompt Responses in GA Stories, but please remember that flash pieces under 1k must be posted in collections, not as individual stories.*   Prompt 330 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – puppy, circus, clown, underwear, and toilet paper.   Prompt
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