Webby Tips for Writers #18: Get Inspired with Yingle Yangle Prompts

Posted by bridgid on | October 18, 2010 | 2 Comments |

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Tip #18: Get Inpsired with Yingle Yangle Prompts

Writer Paulo Campos is the founder of Yingle Yangle, a blog that offers writers daily inspiration in the form of photo prompts. I found Paulo (and his blog) through The Write-Brained Network, and immediately added his blog to my must-reads list.

The best part about the Yingle Yangle prompts is that not only does Paulo offer inspiration, but he also shares his own response. He takes the scary first step of putting his work out there, so that you don’t have to.

Here’s a snippet of Paulo’s work from a recent prompt:

The middle few stars remain still while the others zoom, zoom. Zoom! They move a bit, but so slowly you need to lean in, squinting. The nature of movement: everything’s moving all the time. Even the monks so still and The Pieta. Imperceptibly moving, but up to it nonetheless.

~Paulo Campos on Yingle Yangle

Paulo uses Flickr photos for inspiration. What inspires you to write?

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