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#IWSG February 2020: Is there a story in the picture?

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Created and hosted by the Ninja himself, Alex J. Cavanaugh, the Insecure Writers Support Group posts the 1st Wednesday of every month. Click the image to learn more or sign up.

Optional Monthly Question: Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?

The WEP-IWSG challenge held every other month offers some pretty good theme, word, and image prompts for short stories, but in terms of pictures and longer works, I don’t think I’ve had that experience.

I recently participated in a short story anthology where we all wrote a story based on the same picture and it turned out really good. You can download the free PDF by checking my side panel or visiting my Toi’s Shorts page. Again, a single image has yet to inspire me to write anything more significant than a short story, but you never know.

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I hope for my next IWSG post to be a bit more involved, but this is all I got for now.

Click here to read or watch my January book reviews. Below is my January Wrap-up and Good reads update.

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Has a picture ever inspired your writing?
Read any good books in January?
It may take some time, but I promise, I will stop by your blog.

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After hanging out with Alex, be sure to stop by and visit this month’s co-hosts:
Lee Lowery,
Ronel Janse van Vuuren,
Jennifer Hawes,
Cathrina Constantine, and
Tyrean Martinson!

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Click here to visit other IWSG blogs and sites to receive and share more inspiration and support. (This month, I’m #41).

Thank you for taking the time to read this post. If you like it let me know and share it with others. See you next time, Toi Thomas. #thetoiboxofwords

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By Toi Thomas

Author and illustrator of children's books, as well as clean adult fiction and nonfiction. Toi is a geek-girl blogger, vlogger, reviewer, and advocate for a healthy reading lifestyle. She finds comfort in faith, family, and creative expression. Toi believes in the dream of world harmony and hopes all your dreams come true.

30 replies on “#IWSG February 2020: Is there a story in the picture?”

I think pictures are just one of many ways we can be inspired to write. You’ve obviously got sources of inspiration. 🙂

I love reading stories by different authors from a single prompt. It is simply amazing how many original ideas writers come up with from the same image or or sentence.

I love Pinterest for images, but I seem to work backwards. As I write the story, I look for images. I’ve never had an image spark a story, though. Have a great month.

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