Category Archives: Down Write Funny

Down “Write” Funny – Why I Suck

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Betsy Norman

Yup. You heard that right. I suck. Big ol’ Dyson-destroying-Hoover robo-vacuum-beat-down suckage of epic proportions. Why, Betsy, why! Because I opened my gigantic maw and got everyone riled up about NaNoWriMo and do the math and write every day you … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – NaNoWriMo Land Part 2

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Betsy Norman

So!  Yesterday, at the stroke of midnight, did you scribble the thoughts ricocheting off your gray matter and rampageously vomit up a few thousand words because the fire to write your story burned feral through your fingertips?? Did you make … Continue reading →

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A Down “Write” Funny “Iron Uterus” Halloween Story

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Betsy Norman

Meet my alter-ego – The Iron Uterus. Enjoy this post from the past as my Halloween Treat to you! In third grade, while all the other kids wore their store-bought, lead-based painted mask and tissue-thin plastic tunics with superhero abs … Continue reading →

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Battling the Death Cough

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Betsy Norman

Heyla Friends, I see you’ve all been visiting and it gives me a gigantic thrill in my eager newbie blogger heart to see you here, but then realization of my-porch-light-is-out-so-no-treats-for-you guilt stomps all the fun out of it. I’m sorry! I suffer from the most … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – Caught Naked and Nothing to Write With

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Betsy Norman

I come up with the best lines when I’m naked in the bathroom. Or at 2:46 a. m., when I’m in that half-fuzzed twilight between awareness and psychedelic sub-consciousness. Neither situation is conducive to preserving the brainstorm brilliance to text … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – NaNoWriMo Land

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Betsy Norman

NaNoWriMo. No, I’m not saying “Hello!” from the planet Ork.  NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month.  The month in question being November, which is poised to sneak and pounce on us likewise the way September basically immaterialized before … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – Rule of 20

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Betsy Norman

Somewhere along your journey of being a writer you’re going to hear the term “Rule of 20.” If you haven’t so far, great, this will be a truly useful tool to learn that once you master you can go forth … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – Muscle Memory

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Betsy Norman

As infants, we learn motor control by the repetition of a series of actions that will result in reaching our goal. Crying and squalling equals a nipple shoved into your mouth to ravage like an angry beaver (Your spawn didn’t … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny – Back to School Blather

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Betsy Norman

So I thought to write a typical back to school post, but I realized I wouldn’t have much new to add to the bevy of blogs currently circulating the net. Oh, gee, I guess I’ll toss confetti, too, and get it … Continue reading →

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Down “Write” Funny Friday – In Defense of Ripped Bodices

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Betsy Norman

     Tell me, exactly, how one ‘rips’ a bodice? Any Renaissance Faire junkie or historical writer who’s worth her knickers knows bodice parts contain some sort of kryptonite where ripping is concerned.  And isn’t that a contradiction of terms if … Continue reading →

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