life of a georgia Artist

Good Sunday Morning to you all! So our first interview is taking a little longer then we first thought while tackling this project. So I am sharing a Sunday Story with you. If you have been with me for awhile you may remember the Sunday series I used to run. I always tell you you can find me on Medium, but wanted to include one here too. So without further, well you know, here is one that is on Spillwords under Debbie Aruta.                               Photo by Ján Jakub Naništa on Unsplash                                         Horror House   She lived in that house at the end of the road. You know the one I am talking about. The one that you were told that if you go close enough to it, that it will eat yo...

With a recent writing prompt I went down a rabbit hole to Bali. I had a character who won a trip and first place that plopped into my head was Bali. Now I have never been and would love to go, but Bali? Not somewhere I went already, somewhere where I knew the place, people, customs, nope Bali. Photo by Omer Rana on Unsplash   I included the scenery in the story, the markets, the village, the house the character lived in and just about everything else I knew nothing about. My point is sometimes writing fiction is doing research. Sometime it is not the writing, but the writing with accuracy that matters. I love the lush landscape of the Bali countryside. The natural curves of the land are pure God's work. The being surrounded by water helps too.     Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash   A house in Bali may have doors, but the house is pretty much open. The air is sweet to nap in, the temperature is perfect. The sun is not fierce to fry you, and...

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Interview Sunday's will start this Sunday and run for at least 6 weeks if not more. This will be a place where we share our creative. We will share how we started, the hard work, the success or failures. We will encourage each other. Yes all my interviews are of women. I support women who are trying to make a name for themselves. They are struggling to be heard and this platform I hope will allow them to be seen by a wider base. These interviews are meant to be fun and lighthearted. So Im going to answer some of these questions about myself as a writer and get the ball rolling. The first real interview will be published Sunday. My name is Debbie and I come from New Jersey, but have moved all over the world and call Georgia my home. My creative gift is with a mixture of photography and words. I stir them together to form a cohesive story that I hope resonates with people's hearts. I hope I build characters that you root for or a...

Writing Rules & Breaking Them It has been said that there are only two story lines: a journey happens or a stranger appears. It has also been said that there is a formula that makes for a well written story. Your antagonist needs to do X, your protagonist needs to do Y. We are told good writing must have some conflict, someone learns something, someone solves something, and someone helps someone. In between X&Y there are five differentiating circumstances. Supposedly if you follow the formulas many websites, published authors, and editors agree upon then you will have a successful book, sell lots of copies, and have a hoard of happy readers praising you in life. I suggest throwing out the rules after you mastered them, abandon all inhibitions, and write from your heart and with whimsy and exuberance. It might not be an award winning story, but I guarantee you that it will include some really good threads that you can continue an amazing stor...