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Creative Writing Revision Research Task

Light Imagery

Each Paragraph Is Going To Be A different Idea

The lights behind the windows were distorted by a hazy mist, and the faded white of these bulbs slowly flickered and dimmed out. Now the only source of light was the patchy yellow of the moon and the subtle glow of stars burning in the distance, all of which were blurry against the wet night sky.

The yellow glow of the candle was nearly extinguished and was turning each harmless shadow into a stretched black monster. As the candle gave a last flicker of life everything was thrown into complete darkness. When my eyes adjusted to the darkness that was trapping me i saw a eerie green glow from the depths of the stairs that seemed to bounce off the walls.

As the red glow turned amber and finally green it was the sign to go. The world raced by and the lights turned into streaks of colour, I had never realised how beautiful it all was: the lights that seemed to have no end, the pulsing red dots in front of me, and most beautiful of all was the flashing board that only I could see at that moment in time.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

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