Welcome to the biweekly round of Writers’ Guac. Here was the prompt for submissions: Teach a medieval peasant about some piece of modern life. Post your submissions below. A brief reminder of the rules: Limit of 2 submissions per person. … Continue reading Writers’ Guac – Medieval Peasant
Welcome to the second biweekly round of Writers’ Guac (formerly the Avocado Creative Writing Derby). Here was the prompt for submissions: Narration from a nature documentary Post your submissions below. A brief reminder of the rules: Limit of 2 submissions … Continue reading Writers Guac – Nature Documentary Narration
Welcome to the first monthly round of Writers’ Guac (formerly the Avocado Creative Writing Derby). Here was the prompt for submissions: You awake to find yourself in a Kafkaesque “transformation”; what have you transformed into and how do you respond? … Continue reading Writers’ Guac – Kafkaesque
I hope everyone’s prepared for our expedition to Mount Kilimanjaro, where our goal will be to construct a bridge between the two peaks. First things first, let’s discuss routes. Well we’ll be leaving on January 22nd and taking the following … Continue reading The Night Thread Summits Both Peaks of Kilimanjaro
Welcome to the first round of the Avocado Creative Writing Derby. Here is the prompt for this week’s submissions: Write a Reddit-Style AITA (Am I The Asshole?) post Post your submissions below. A brief reminder of the rules: Limit of … Continue reading Avocado Creative Writing Derby – Am I The Asshole?
Thanks for those who expressed and interest and offered feedback for this feature. This will be evolving as I get more feedback and see how well things work as it goes along, but here’s how things will work for now: … Continue reading Avocado Creative Writing Derby – First Prompts
This is an idea I’ve had for a while, and have floated once before to some mild interest. Self-deprecation aside, this site is host to a number of intelligent and creative minds. And sometimes that creativity is limited to the … Continue reading Avocado Creative Writing Derby – Spitballin’
This is the Night Thread. It’s like a Day Thread, but at night. And that concludes our intensive three-week course. Continue reading Emergency Night Thread 2/15
Undone is a comedy-drama series streaming on Amazon Prime. Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar) is a woman disaffected with her everyday life, until one day she gets in a car accident, and subsequently begins communicating with her deceased father (Bob Odenkirk), … Continue reading The Day Thread Has Come Undone (1/13)
The rules of the game are simple. Describe the plot of a Movie/TV Show/Book/etc. in a vague/misleading manner, and other people will try to guess what you’re describing. Example: “A guy wakes up naked one day and then goes to … Continue reading Describe a thing badly
The game is simple. You give the beginning of a movie pitch, and other users complete it. Continue reading Finish This Movie Pitch
My Avocado brethren, sistren, and other siblen, hear my words. This great gathering place of ours has existed since time immemorial, except to those blessèd sages who can remember more than three years ago. It is a long and storied … Continue reading The Old Lore Night Thread (4/13)
