What’s Plinky?
Plinky was a service that made it easy for you to create inspired content. We provided a prompt (i.e. a question or challenge) and you answered. Plinky shut down on September 1st, 2014. For inspiration, head over to the Daily Post-
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Category Archives: writing
The glimmers of beginnings: on keeping a notebook
Writers are the great close observers of everything that happens in our world. The quality of the light filtering through the window in winter; the glint of the moon on snow; the sound the wind makes in empty branches; the … Continue reading
The best-self editing tool you’ve already got
Stories and characters populate your mind — you’ve been writing and making up stories since you can remember. You’ve already got a daily writing practice in place to jumpstart your creativity and ease in to your writing projects each day. … Continue reading
Use Plinky Prompts as a Writing Warm-up
Are you a poet, a novelist, a short-story writer, or even all three? Writing is like exercise for the mind. When you’re about to do a workout, be it running, weights, or any other physical activity, you need to stretch … Continue reading
Plinky helps author overcome writer’s block
Meet Faith Cook. She recently completed a novel for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) that grew out of a Plinky Writing Prompt. Tell us the story of how you became a writer. I think I’ve always been a writer. I’ve … Continue reading
Make writing a daily habit
Sometimes the thought of starting a writing project can feel overwhelming: excuses can flood your creative brain: It’s too big a project — I’ll never get it done. I don’t have it in me! Soon enough, your mind drifts away … Continue reading
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