And Now We Write

  • 2025 Writing Challenge Day 15: Writing Exercise – Eyewitness Testimony

    For a handful of exercises this month, we’ll look to works from the long and living legacy of Japanese literature for sparks of inspiration. For today’s ten-minute writing exercise: In the Akutagawa short story “In a Grove,” which was adapted into the movie Rashomon, a series of characters give testimony on the events leading up…

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  • 2025 Writing Challenge Day 14: Writing Exercise – Wait, Let Me Start Again

    In January, we’ll be working on first lines and beginnings in honor of the new year. Happy 2025! Today’s ten-minute writing exercise is: Write a story in first person, in which the narrator keeps changing their mind about where to begin. Our themes this month are: We’ll also be writing a complete work of flash…

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  • 2025 Writing Challenge Day 7: Writing Exercise – Cat’s-Eye View

    For a handful of exercises this month, we’ll look to works from the long and living legacy of Japanese literature for sparks of inspiration. For today’s ten-minute writing exercise: In Natsume Sosheki’s I Am A Cat, a supercilious housecat tells stories about the foolishness of the people around him. Have a hoity toity housecat narrate…

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  • 2025 Writing Challenge Day 5: Writing Exercise – Exploring First-Person Plural Narration

    Today’s exercise from Brian Kitely’s The 3am Epiphany involves a first-person plural narration.

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