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Aloha #WriterMonday. On my side of O‘ahu there was no storm at all. Today’s #WritingPrompt is the last July one for the monthly Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest: police So, the contest prompts for July so far are water masks juice freedom soda police Use any of these prompts to inspire a piece of writing, and…
Aloha #WriterMonday. I hope you all had a good weekend. Today is Monday, so this #WritingPrompt is a Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest prompt: water So, the contest prompts for July so far are water masks juice freedom soda Use any of them to inspire a piece if writing, short or long, a sentence or a…
Aloha, and a very Happy Monday to you : ) A new writing prompt for the month will appear every Monday. July writing prompts so far are soda freedom juice masks police (Jim’s suggestion for today) Use any July writing prompt to inspire a piece of writing, short or long, a haiku, a sentence or…
After that fall I thought going to the beach by myself was a great way to escape from everything. Almost, except, you know, it’s just you go there wearing your blue corduroy board-shorts and blue Maui Divers tank-top, spread your blue beach towel set up your blue sand-chair under a blue sky, sit silently staring at…
July writing prompts so far then are soda freedom juice masks Use any July writing prompt to inspire a piece of writing, short or long, a haiku, a sentence or two, a few lines of dialog, short story, any kind, any style,and then post that piece on our brand new Bamboo Ridge Press website. You…
Aloha #WriterFriday, I hope you are ready for a safe and restful weekend. Today’s #WritingPrompt is freedom Use it to inspire a piece of writing, a sentence or two, a poem, a paragraph, a conversation, and then post that piece as a contest entry below, or as a non-contest entry on the Shoot da Breeze…
Aloha #WriterThursday. Today’s #WritingPrompt is juice Use it to inspire a piece of writing, and then post that piece as a contest entry below, or as a non-contest entry Shoot da Breeze piece: https://www.bambooridge.org/bambooshoots/shoot-da-breeze/ You might get published in a future issue of Bamboo Ridge : ) Here’s today’s draft. Apology (Part Thirteen) Chan holstered…
K’den. Get two winnahs dis mont. DoreenB. You win Da Mos Naked Gecko Poem Award Darrell: You win Da Mos Mist-ologicalifragilistical Story Award Guess what? Still get prizes. Guess what da prizes. Eh, you know, right? Da mos sought afta prizes in da BRP universe: Bamboo Bucks. You know how much? Das right, ten. You…
Las Vegas — do I expect to see Sinatra’s Rat Pack, or maybe Elvis himself? Why not? When I’d not found Kerouac at Big Sur? The best Elvis songs from an English teacher’s perspective? “You’re Right, I’m Left, She’s Gone” and “I Forgot to Remember to Forget”. As an English teacher, what do I like…
Aloha “WriterWednesday, I hope you had a safe and healthy June. Today’s #WritingPrompt is masks Use it to inspire a piece of writing and the post that piece as a July contest entry below, or as a non-contest entry on the Shoot da Breeze page: https://www.bambooridge.org/bambooshoots/shoot-da-breeze/ We would love to read it, and it may…