Today’s morning prompt is variable. Come join us in Second Life® or work from home at 6am PST for 15 minutes of writing inspired by the word.
Please feel free to add your dash piece to the comments section of this blog post below.
FAQs
I found #dailydash/#writersdash on Twitter, what is it?
The Writers’ Dash (#writersdash or #dailydash on Twitter) is a 15-minute free writing exercise held on Twitter, Facebook and Second Life® every weekday. At 5:30am & 5:30pm PDT we share the word prompt on our social media channels; the live event begins in Second Life® at 6am & 6pm PDT. Write whatever comes to you. Don’t fixate too heavily on what you are writing and disengage your inner editor – the key is for you to get the words on the page first; you can worry about editing later. If you are attending the live event in Second Life® there will be an opportunity for you to show your work to the other participants after the 15 minutes are up. If you are unable to attend the live event you can share your work on our blog. Just look out for the prompt post and leave your dash piece as a comment.
Do I have to do the Writers’ Dash in Second Life®?
No, you can do it at home, if you prefer. We share the prompt word at 5:30am & 5:30pm PDT on Twitter and Facebook and start the timer in Second Life® at 6am/6pm PDT every weekday.
How do I join the live event in Second Life®?
You will first need to join Second Life® through the Second Life® website. Go to http://www.secondlife.com to start the process. It’s free to join.
Click on the JOIN NOW button and this will take you to the Registration screen. Here you simply fill in your personal details and choose a name and look for your avatar. Don’t worry too much about your avatar’s appearance as there will be plenty of opportunity to tweak it once you are inworld.
Once you have completed your Registration, you’ll be asked to download and install the Second Life® viewer to your computer. You will then be taken to a screen that allows you to choose which community gateway to enter. This is important as we want you to go through as smooth a transition as possible. Please choose the Caledon (Victorian Steampunk) Community Gateway. Once you have chosen the gateway you will find yourself appearing inworld at the University of Oxbridge in Caledon. Now begins your brief induction.
Follow the signs and read the information boards as you come to them. There is also a brief Second Life® tutorial provided on screen. Try and absorb as much information as possible but be mindful that you can always return to Caledon at a later date if there is something you feel you missed. At the very least try and understand the most important concepts such as how to move, how to talk and your camera controls.
Once you have completed the Orientation Tutorial you will need to find your way to Milk Wood. This is the sim that is home to Virtual Writers, Inc. At the bottom of your screen you will see a search tab. Click on this and look for Milk Wood. Now the teleporting fun begins. Click on ‘Teleport’ and you will be moved from your present location to our welcome area. Make sure you save the landmark so that you can easily return there.
We look forward to meeting you at one of our various daily writing events. Don’t forget to click on one of the group joiners so you can stay abreast of happenings in the writing community. You can also join Virtual Writers, Inc. through the search facility. Simply put Virtual Writers, Inc. under group search, click on the group name to bring up the profile screen. Then click ‘View Full Profile’ followed by ‘Join’.
About Virtual Writers, Inc.
Virtual Writers, Inc. is a free online writers’ community first established in 2007 and committed to showcasing established and emerging writers in a range of interactive and immersive environments. Here we learn to experiment with digital, social and virtual world platforms to push the creative envelope and develop a strong, unique voice.
We provide a wealth of opportunities for writers to meet other writers, share resources, access new markets, attend online writing events, workshops and interactive readings, and discover the best writers’ conferences, competitions, colonies and literary organisations.
If you want to become involved in an active writing community then visit us on Second Life® , our writers’ network, or our social media channels (Twitter, Facebook and Google+) and get interactive. To learn more about our services please contact us through our online contact form.
Whether you are dashing in Second Life®, on Twitter or Facebook we welcome your dashes in the comments section below.
The light swept the horizon, on and off and on and off, a bridge between moments of bright hopes and dark fears. For a split second, Tom thought he had seen something in the horizon, as the light brushed through the waters. There were only more shadows and more light, and the occasional seagull. They told him never to look, never to try to understand, never to ask questions. Here he was, looking and trying to understand. But there was something in the horizon. First a small dark dot, then a growing shape that became a ship followed by a thick fog. It would drop something close to the coast. That something would be picked up by dark figures running from the rocks and disappearing again. The next morning, he couldn’t help it. He asked Peter, the guy who had the day shift, if he knew what was going on. He shook his head. He didn’t ask questions, he didn’t understand and he didn’t look. Two days later, Peter saw an ad at the local café about a job for a lighthouse keeper. He had seen a few go through the night shift, but he was still alive and keeping the day shift for himself, no matter what. There was something about the night that made people want to ask deadly questions.
©2012 Lizzie Gudkov
Variable
x and y
the most famous
protagonists in mathematical universe
so easy to write
so difficult to grasp
x and y
illustrious unknowns
searching solutions behind our imagination
building bridges
probing deep space
testing new theories
meanwhile
gliding over saddlepoints
discovering unexpected discontinuities
differentiated by equations
integrated through time
simulated at monte carlo
x and y
wriggling through the smalles frequencies
multiplying through the exponential marvel
diving into imaginarity
transformed by laplace
factorised by fourier
x and y
once the equations are tailered
ordered in rigid tensors
once preconditions are set
once the button is pushed
they evolve through their own logic
strict and precise
aiming to
fitting everybodies wishes
finding the missing bleep
in a heartbeat
detecting airplaines fatigue
precisely punching a whole in our trainticket
suspiciously detecting human behavior
x and y
our precious companions
our adventurous mates
no hill too steep
no valley too deep
faithfull following friends
illuminating our paths
our quest
for the ultimate answer
of our life
Goodie
She calls him inconstant, he says he’s just adaptable.
She says that she’s reliable, he say’s she’s just intractable.
He says that he wants unrestrained but she’s merely neurotic.
She says she found erratic, when looking for erotic.
We look on with repulsion wondering what is their attraction.
We see them being fractious but what we see’s just a fraction.
We ponder on the qualities that make a partner marry-able
but some are individual and others may be variable.
End of Days
Issued by the Met Office at 0500 UTC on Friday
21 September. Inshore Waters Forecast to 12 miles
offshore from 0500 UTC to 0500 UTC.
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including
Orkney.
24 hour forecast:
Wind: westerly 10 or 11 becoming variable 10,
becoming northwest 11 near Rattray head by
tomorrow morning.
Weather: Squally, mainly in
the east.
Visibility: Very poor in the east, with fog patches later in the Moray Firth.
Sea State: High, increasing very high
between Cape Wrath and Orkney, and
near Rattray Head.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind: Force 12 hurricane imminent
Weather: heavy rain in east, and later near
Cape Wrath.
Visibility: Poor in the east at first with fog patches.
Sea State: Very high, increasing phenomenal
between Cape Wrath and Orkney, and
near Rattray Head.
©2012 Harriet Gausman
workings
here in the gears
the stem twists
tightening the spring
I could bear the tension
if the dream moved back
but time pushes forward
time pushes me living
and I can just bear the
giving
and I can just bear the
giving
but now the tension’s slowing
time’s pushing going
slack and I’m knowing
that the dream’s nearly done
and I’m not quite right
(with your fingers on the stem)
I’m not quite right
here in the tears
where the gears are not going
without time pushing
this is where I fit
where your fingers on the stem
want to wind me up
and I know you
will not keep me
once the movement’s sprung
once the movement’s sprung
I am only a dream
a variable undone
who will not keep the time
lonely and unknown
but still right
two times a day
still right two times
a day, still i’m here
in the gears
and wondering
if you’ll notice
that the dream is
nearly
still
©2012 Grail Arnica
Colored Palettes
When I grow tired of black and white,
I stack my canvases away
and leave the candle in the night
to seek the dawn where light is grey.
The sand is golden in my hand.
The sun’s new curiosity
makes rosy patterns on the land
and weaves a yellow path for me.
I follow it into the hills
through mingled green and russet hues
while bumble beeds in daffodils
sing out to me their honey bues.
When the sky begins to frown,
my fingers reach for silver rain
that falls from heavy buckets down
upon a brown and still terrain.
Then a rainbow comes in sight.
Every lovely color seems
to glow once more in black and white
from palettes that are made of dreams.
©2012 Uldene Bravin
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