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Robert Ellison @robert-ellison.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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#WIPSnips - Effort #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing #FlashFiction #ShortStory #WritingPrompts

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Rachel Schneider @writingrachel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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"Hey sexy mama you sure look cute with your hair up and those shorts and tank top" he lets out a whistle. I appreciate the effort but only a while ago Jimmy was telling me not to talk about him to anyone. #WIPSnips it happened this way

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Probably the best comment I had all week 😁 Seriously, I have started to get a little more interaction with my #wipsnips and other #prompts which has really helped me mentally. #weeknightwriters #adhdwriters

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voswalen.bsky.social @voswalen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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-We With No Names- Your body is trying to protect you the best it can, Xander! #WIPSnips, #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Blue background, purple text. The word effort highlighted in pink
Squeeze, extend… Squeeze, extend…Squeeze, extend. Three times for good measure I opened and closed my hands, stretching my fingers out, feeling the tightness slowly ebb away. I turned my hands over, palms downward, watching now the rusted iron manacles and the lack of effort it took for them to cut into my skin. The flesh was already starting to react to the harsh edges by inflaming and blistering slightly from being rubbed raw. I wish that my body just would get the memo to adapt; to just harden more so I didn’t have to deal with skin irritation. Unfortunately, that just wasn’t the case for soft fleshy humans. And I, Xander No Last Name, was as human as they came. I leaned forward, resting my elbows on my knees as my hands dangled between my thighs, my hair falling to cover my eyes as I stared at the bolt in the wooden planks that chained me to the cart.

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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My snip for the word of today: effort I snipped it earlier, but forget to send it. Kiradeii and Rodario on a 'break'. She keeps herself busy to see him as less as possible #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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#FrankMatsura arrives in Alaska and is dismayed at the chaos. #WIPsnips #effort

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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The #WIPSnips word for September 17th is "effort" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From book 1: beneath dark skies

Greg grabbed his iPhone, snapped a picture of Yi-erwu and showed it to him. “Look at yourself now!”
Yi-erwu laughed at the photo. He hadn’t even thought, he was still covered in coal dust apart from the white patches where the dust mask, clothes and helmet had been but beneath the dust he could tell he looked older.
“Take it that poster was the one splashed all over the media, too?”
“Yeah.”
He sighed in relief.
“So what about those? Why can’t we just take my dad’s angle grinder to them?”
“There’s something electronic in them. Told you they loosened them. They had some gadget, hold it near, push a few buttons and pop, loosened a notch. I’m not prepared to take the risk of shorting something out inside that makes them tighten again. There’s a release mechanism, but from what Lingjiu said, it’s on the inside. The only way to reach it is to remove them.”
“How? It can’t be removed without the release mechanism and the release mechanism is the only way to open them? Doesn’t make sense!”
“It makes perfect sense, but it wouldn’t be good for me. They’re meant to be worn for life, that’s how they were designed. Only when the head, feet and hands are removed will they come off and the release mechanism allow them to be opened… And only then so they can be put on someone else.”
“Shit! That’s sick!”
“Life’s cheap. As a slave the only value you have is the work you do. The moment you can’t do it you’re no use to them any more and then…” he made the finger across the throat gesture. “Oh, they’ll put the effort in if it’s just a broken bone but if it’s something incurable or old age it’s up to the great big slave compound in the sky.”
“No wonder you escaped when you did!”
“Nah, I had no fear of that. I ended up being one of the best workers on the camp. I was safe. Could’ve kept it up for another thirty or forty years no problem barring accidents and illness. I told you the reason I escaped. My brothers need me, remember?”
He put the jacket on and zipped it up, pleased that with th…

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Kim Findlay (she/her) @authorkimfindlay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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He nodded. “When you’re ready, come to my room. I’ve got condoms.” The air punched out of my lungs. We were doing this. I had butterflies from nerves, but underneath…excitement. I wanted this. I stood up and headed to my room. I didn’t run, but it was an effort to maintain a normal pace. #wipsnips

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Mark Johnston 🍁 @markjohnston905.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Bertram and the crew learn of a new enemy standing against them. #WIPsnips #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

5: The Fox
"I thought the Eel was enough," Elric said. "He was certainly slippery enough. I'm not sure I want to deal with a Fox next."
Bert realized he was the only one laughing at the pun, and earned a wink from Elric. The Fleetmaster and first in line for the crown of Keelwick had proved his merit in battles at sea and earned his place in the leadership group of the ongoing rebellion against the High King and The Capital. His fleet now held the entire sea making up the central east of their country. The man had always been fair to Bert, despite the fact Bert had been a major reason then-Princess Catrin Wyrmblessed had broken off her betrothal to Elric's brother, Darian Storme. Darian was still out there somewhere with a small force of knights. He had been drawn in by another Shepherd, Garrick Crowe. With Crowe's defeat and the loss of his engagement, the man had gone to ground and vanished. Nevertheless, Elric and Darian's parents, Queen Aldera and King Rowan still supported their overall efforts to overthrow the High King and return to peace with the Wyrm People and the dragons.
"I'm afraid we'll need to deal with many more before all this is over. Each new Shepherd we meet is worse than the last," Dray said, shaking his head. "I had hoped most of them would be stuck in The Capital with Arnaud, but it seems there is at least one more on the loose still."

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Kasolka @heliosc7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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STEPHAN MICHAEL LOY @stephanloy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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#WIPSnips The word is 'effort.' In 'Stormbreak,' the airmobile hospital ship has trouble securing its landing zone during a tropical storm. The assigned parking lot was supposed to be cleared of cars. Patients are on the way. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #AmWriting

Nurse Schulz already commanded the ambulance crew in removing the extraneous cargo. She could probably run the whole show herself.
Esparanza got his two orderlies into her care then peered about to locate the approaching helicopter. That's when he saw the effort expended to get his own aircraft on the ground.
A couple of wreckers still worked at hauling cars from the parking lot. The Mil's pilot hadn't waited for them to finish. At least four cars brushed the fuselage. The front end of someone's Bentley had been crushed.
Even the ambulance had gotten into the act. Coming off the helicopter ramp, it had shoved the cars in front of it aside. A jam of them abutted its nose.
"A lot of bills to pay!" Esparanza shouted into the storm.
"Life's tough all over," the crew chief called to him as he and a crewman hurried by with landing flashlights in their hands.
A flare of brightness lanced over the parking lot. A helicopter's belly lights hung maybe twenty meters up, the aircraft's rotor wash whirling the rain into a mini maelstrom. The chief and his man waved their flashlights at the ship. They'd put that helicopter somewhere, maybe on top of a rich man's Rolls Royce.

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Low tide, clear sky & a waning crescent moon. It's not what you bring to the table, it's having a table big enough for what they're bringing. -- Debatable Morality: Broken Brothers #Wipsnips #effort #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

The engine went silent about 100 metres offshore and continued to glide effortlessly towards the beach. LeDouc and Godbout stood waiting as the silent boat approached. Behind them, footsteps on the gravel as Edward approached.

A searchlight blazed from the boat, “Rot in hell, you miserable bastard!” a voice yelled from offshore. A figure stood up. A burst of machine gun fire from the rocking boat sprayed the beach, sending everyone running.

Edward quickly aimed his Glock, shooting twice towards the boat. The first shattered the searchlight. A painful scream meant the second struck flesh. The boat’s motor roared to life. The helmsman steered hard, disappearing into the darkness.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 17th is "effort" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 17/09/2026

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The opening of my new #WIP, "Supreme Danger and Gwen White, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Perhaps not the greatest novel on politics and power, but I am having enormous fun writing it! 📚 #amwriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #WIPSnips

An excerpt from Supreme Danger and Gwen White, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The passage describes a fictional president mouthing the national anthem while staging a tear for the cameras, then reflecting on his repeated stump speech, attacks on foreigners, the press and the Supreme Court, and his frustration with the justices who have overturned his initiatives. It ends with the president noting that the justices are appointed for life and he cannot fire them.

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DeryckEleven @deryckeleven.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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#WIPsnips

“Krzht!” Devon exclaimed in his cubal tongue. Despite his best efforts to put forth minimal effort, there were just too many souls for Gus to process alone. His body’s throat would hurt from the chanting. His body’s knees and back would hurt from all of the kneeling. And despite how nice they smelled, his body’s nose would grow sick of smelling the burning herbs. He was becoming pre-fatigued just thinking of all the work they would need to do. He decided the best course of action would be to take a nap.

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Virgil James @virgiljames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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#WIPSnips Context: Cloak (The Cheshire Cat) created a hyperrealistic illusion for Alice that made her think she was 10 years old again and being chased by ghosts of her past... and this is her after figuring out that it was all fake. (Definitely rewriting this when I get to it lmao)

Alice sighed sadly and without turning around, she said, “I know you there, Cloak.”
Cloak gasped from behind Alice, and Alice turned around to face the cat.
“Rezina told me you could do illusions. I shoulda figured you was behind this from the beginnin’.”
“What are you doing? Get the illusion back up!” Alice heard Madigan’s voice yell, making her giggle.
“Oh, there will be no need for that, Madigan! I admire the effort, truly… but I’m bored of this place, now.” Alice blew out air, and conjured fire into her hands, grinning again. “How ‘bout we go have some real fun?” Her child voice and her adult voice melded together perfectly.
She shot fire at Cloak, setting the cat on fire.

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Nel @wasphole.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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🧛‍♂️ A Gentleman's Tour of the Empire 🦇 Edwards makes himself so poorly chasing the vampires through stormy weather that Kenneth is obliged to nurse him back to health. Jo does NOT approve. #wipsnips #writesky #writingcommunity #vampire

“Don’t tell him where we’re going!” Jo howled, ripping off her bonnet in frustration and flinging it onto the ground.

“He knows where we’re going. It’s obvious where we’re going.”

“You don’t need to spell it out for him!”

“No; because he’s not an idiot!”

Edwards watched to the pseudo-siblings squabbling through the open tent flap with a fond half-smile, which he wiped from his face the moment he realised he was doing it. The storm had abated at last, though the air outside his bedroll was still chilly. His throat still felt raw but the cough had subsided.

He sat up, bare chested still, wondering what had happened to his soaked clothes. His bag was open beside him. Someone had rummaged through it while he was asleep and made no effort to hide their pilfering. It looked as though the thief had gone through and unwound all his rolls of bandages on purpose and knotted them, like they were trying to make a point.

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cassieoakman.bsky.social @cassieoakman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Monique's health has deteriorated, and her medication makes it hard for her to think straight. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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Jess Faulks @jessfaulks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Today I'm editing a 3rd edition of the first #PairsOfPumpkins story, "Family Ties." Portia and a young man she just met, have to move a body she incapacitated! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

They both pulled, planting feet firmly in the floorboards and tugging with their whole bodies. The limp horse moved slightly within his clothes and armor until the friction caught against the floor, and he would no longer budge. They tugged harder still at the resistance, muscles flexing and teeth gritting in strain, but the horse proved all but immovable by this method.
Joseph’s added strength didn’t help much at all, as much as he tried. He wasn’t quite a runt but short and lanky for his age. The unconscious horse was easily two or three times their combined weight and by the time they gave up, they’d both broken out in a sweat. For her, it was from the dramatic change in temperature from the freezing outside to the balmy interior and being quite overdressed but for him, it was entirely from the effort.
They both stepped back to reconsider but Joseph went straight to shrugging off his robe and tossing it aside, revealing the long, purple nightshirt he wore beneath. Another vanity item forbidden in The Pale Lands were dyed textiles that served no practical function. Perhaps the wizard was some kind of smuggler but what were the value of clothes one couldn’t risk wearing outside?

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 17th is "effort" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 17 - effort
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You could pass him a dozen times on the street and never know he was there. Jake would have been voted as the quiet and unassuming Man of the century. -- Debatable Morality: Beginnings #Wipsnips #call #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

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Jake sat nervously yet comfortably in his chair. Daniel Goldman’s office was clean and appropriately appointed, with the necessities of a law office. Certificates and family pictures adorned the panelwalls, while a nearly dead fern stood in the corner.
As Daniel walked quickly into the office, he closed the door behind him.
“Mr Jacob Riley, I presume?” He said, extending his hand.
“Yes, sir, I am, but you can call me Jake, everyone else does.”

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The #WIPSnips word for September 16th is "call" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Things were happening and Max needed a lead. Any lead would do. Throwing a Hail Mary wasn't good enough. It was time to throw the whole Rosary. -- Debatable Morality: Broken Brothers #Wipsnips #month #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

“Can’t you leave me alone? I don’t need this shit while I’m working.”

“Any cooperation goes a long way to making all this go away.” Max needed to make sure that Dennis was still on the hook.

“They have something going on somewhere around Saint John at the end of the month. They wanted me to go, but they were making me too nervous. “

“Why?”

“They hate each other. They just need me to drive a truck, and they wouldn’t tell me anything else. I gotta get back to work.”

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The #WIPSnips word for September 14th is "month" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Time goes slowly but carries on, a singer once sang. Then time stops. Everyone tries to breathe when the inconceivable happens & blood runs cold. -- Debatable Morality: Justified #Wipsnips #blade #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

Max and the now sockless Fairweather slouched on the couch, half laughing at the emotionless Fred and his ‘we’re even’ expression. The rest of the party were trying to decide the best way to salvage the flaming disaster that was once Edwards beloved grill. The exhausted decision was to order the pizza from the usual place with the usual toppings.
The ice seemed to be finally breaking when Peterson whistled, and called out. “Hey guys, who the hell did this?” On the empty draft board, the first slot had been filled. A knife Max had not seen in two months, pinned a selection to the wall. He felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up and a chill ran down his spine. He remembered locking the backdoor.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 14th is "month" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 14th is "month" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 14 - month
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We have an image of our parents. We know how we got here and maybe that ended with our youngest sibling. Maybe it didn't. --Awaken The Child #Wipsnips #blade #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

“I was still bummed about the fight thing and then I found out you and mom were in my room. It’s like, next level…icky”
“Yeah, our bad, she likes the ottoman and there’s no place else in the house to put it.”
Sylvie wondered if she could just go to the airport and stay there. Now Mom and Dad? She thought it had been just her and Blair. Does she have to save that for her kids, or can she throw it out of the window and burn it?
Finishing the beer, she knew that nothing was as it seems and everything around her was a distraction. Like makeup over Magic Marker, you might have to look real hard but it’s still there.
Just one more day and four more beers to go.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 13th is "distract" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 13th is "distract" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 13 - distract
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wallace had too much to think about, too much had happened while he was away. Now he was caught with too much on his mind and too little on his backside. -- Debatable Morality: Justified #Wipsnips #exhausted #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

Relieved, washed, and awake, Wallace could hear Sister Collette’s voice calling from the foot of the stairs.

“Wallace, I have made something for you to eat when you are ready.”
As he Exited the bathroom, Wallace began to respond, “I’ll be right…”

“Wallace Kewitt, be mindful of whose house you are in.

In his exhausted state Wallace forgot he slept commando that night, and quickly retreated to his room.

Fully dressed and apologetic Wallace found a giggling Sister Mary Ellen and stern faced Sister Collette in the kitchen with their coffee.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 11th is "exhaust" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 11th is "exhaust" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 11 - exhaust
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Floovian behavior is considered an esoteric science discussed in backrooms & hallways. Fred knows there are no rules unless he says so. -- Debatable Morality: Broken Brothers #Wipsnips #teeth #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

Fred expressed concern about Marissa’s erratic behaviour, trying every conceivable tactic to get her to calm down. He first rolled around on the freshly ironed black slacks so that the appropriate amount of non-removable hair had been applied before crawling into the bathroom sink, forcing her to brush her teeth in the kitchen, and making sure to be underfoot no matter where she tried to stand. Fred thought it was for her own good; evidently, she did not really understand cats. Those slacks didn’t work with that top anyway.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 10th is "teeth" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 10th is "teeth" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 10 - teeth
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking is never as good as finding especially when you weren't looking for anything in the first place. -- Debatable Morality: Justified #Wipsnips #mental #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

Bernie made a mental note to put the basement stairs on the priority list, as they creaked their way down.
“I was standing here, and when you called the first time, I think I had my hand here.”
In the silence, they heard Shannon growl.
“Bingo!” Bernie said he walked to where the kitchen drain came through the floor, but it didn’t.
“This is very nicely done.”
“What is nicely done?”
“Please push the switch box again.”
As Leanne pushed the switch box, Bernie pulled on a suspicious nail in the wall and opened a section of the wall.
“Well, I guess no one thought to check this out.”

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The #WIPSnips word for September 8th is "mental" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 8th is "mental" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 8 - mental
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Dennis left home with high hopes & a bad leg. Now he had little hope, a bad leg, and a busted hand. Today, a little hope was all he needed. -- Debatable Morality: Justified #Wipsnips #sigh #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

“I’m just trying to get back to New Brunswick.”

“The good Lord and my wife wouldn’t forgive me if I didn’t help out a man in need. I can get you as far as Florenceville and after that you are on your own.”

Dennis breathed a sigh of relief thinking Irish luck was with him again.

“Thank you very much. I am going to Fredericton and I can call someone to come and pick me up there.”
“And I will tell you right now that if you try anything I will mess up your left side worse than your right and leave you in a ditch. I don’t care what the good Lord or my wife thinks of that.”

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The #WIPSnips word for September 6th is "sigh" I'm sorry for this one. I know my characters sigh way too much. :D #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 6th is "sigh" I'm sorry for this one. I know my characters sigh way too much. :D #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The end isn't the end until it's over. Edward had more allies than cats have lives. -- Debatable Morality: Broken Brothers #Wipsnips #collapse #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

Edward’s right arm would not respond to any attempt to raise his weapon and through his half-open eyes, he could see that Godbout was injured. He caught the glimpse of the blade being raised, he closed his eyes and prepared to breathe his last.

“I just wish I wasn’t putting you out of your misery.” Godbout hissed.

A crack, a spray of liquid and the faint smell of oxide, and the collapse of a body on the gravel. A familiar shape in the night, then warm, comforting words.

“C’mon, Ed, no time to be screwing around. We have to get you out of here,” Max ordered.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 4th is "collapse" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 4th is "collapse" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 4 - collapse
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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wallace was unique, so was Harvey. Nothing would stop either of them from completing the mission. -- Debatable Morality: Broken Brothers #Wipsnips #effective #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

Too many crime documentaries and late-night cartel movies gave Wallace an idea for how he would handle this. Some of them, gruesome; most of them, effective. And in the end, something completely different. His faithful Quigley, a big, mean-looking 4x4 Ford Econoline van he affectionately referred to as Harvey the RV, was ready for anything and everything. People asked questions. They thought he was just another pleasure seeker heading out to the woods for some fishing. Perhaps, a little photography, he would always joke with people. No one ever suspected who or what was in the Thule box.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 3rd is "effective" Dragon Con is getting into full swing today. I'll do my best to keep an eye on #WIPSnips, but DM me if you need me! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The #WIPSnips word for September 3rd is "effective" Dragon Con is getting into full swing today. I'll do my best to keep an eye on #WIPSnips, but DM me if you need me! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 3 - effective
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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Rachel Schneider @writingrachel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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After Gabe dropped me off by the driveway I pressed the button but realized I don't know the code,so I called Jimmy."Hey babe I am at the driveway what's the code" "We forgot to give her the code my dude." He opened the gate remotely and texted me the code.. #WIPSnips it happened this way

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Andrew Halliwell @spike1967.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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The #WIPSnips word for September 2nd is "button" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts From book 3

When my MC decided to join in with some training with the army units that'd moved to the village to help with the breakup of a weird meteorite, he left a radio capable of communication with other worlds in the charge of Greg...
After he'd dealt with one of the things they needed the radio for, Greg turned it off, not thinking others might also be trying to contact them, like, for example, Captain Yates, from a world near where they originally came from.
When they finally try to contact Yates, this is what they get...

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☆𖤓Calliope Amice𖤓☆ | 🏳️‍⚧️he/him🏳️‍⚧️ @fromcalliope.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Naturally, Lio was actually so prepared for today’s meeting that he got dressed the night before and simply slept in his clothes! But I suppose I can see why Sir Percival would think he’s underprepared. #WriteSky #QueerWriters #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips #Writing #TransMascProtagJam

A screenshot from a story titled “My Light”; the word “button” is highlighted. The snippet reads:

He opens the door and comes face to face with his guard. “Good morning,” he attempts without yawning. Unsuccessfully.
“Good morning.” Sir Percival looks at his outfit. “Are you ready to meet with her?”
Lio nods. “I am.”
“Are you… sure?”
Lio looks down at himself.
Not only does he lack shoes, but his shirt is wrinkled and the button on his pants has come undone. He can only imagine what he must look like with drool on his face and his hair undone. At least Sir Percival cares enough to warn him.
“I’m going to change.”
“Take your time.”

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Dan Sato @tellthestory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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This is from the only spicy scene in my novel. This is around 1912. Buttons, buttons, so many buttons. #WIPsnips #button www.dansato.com

Another button.
“If they cannot contain, let them marry.” But I cannot marry, I thought. I will not live long enough.
I could not offer to marry Noriko, even though I wanted to. I would enter into that marriage knowing that presently, I would make her a widow.
The fourth button.
I felt heat rising from my own body. My breath was becoming fast, puffing out the fabric of the handkerchief. I could see another garment underneath her blouse now. I could feel my self-control weakening. I wanted her more than I’d ever wanted anything.
The fifth button.
Noriko is over forty and thinks she is too old to marry. Because of my condition, I cannot marry.
The last button was released and she let the blouse fall from her shoulders. The corset that bound her had many buttons. “Please help,” she said, meaning the buttons.
My hands moved to her body and helped undo buttons. There were so many. I wanted them to all be open right away. If we gave ourselves to each other, I thought, there would never be a wife who would feel that I gave away what belonged to her. And if Noriko never married, there would never be a husband who would think she had given away her virtue.
A realization dawned on me. We were the only husband and wife either of us would ever have.

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Judith Lalone @poeticsofthemask.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Aisling starts this snip in the shape of a mouse burrowing into Franco’s grave to visit his ghost. She changes shape and gender upon entering the spirit realm. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #button

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She reached Franco’s teeth quickly enough. After some scratching she found a husk of a hand as well. That would give the finder more ground for identifying the remains as human, providing the acid rain didn’t erode those bits to dust before the builders started. She also caught a thread of the translucent silver veil between the planes of existence. A little digging in the Veil’s way brought her to a gap where she could slide through.
He resumed his doctor’s body, this time wearing a white button-down shirt and black pants. His feet hit the wooden floor of a modest kitchen lit by kerosene. A plain wooden table sat across from a now-antique stove without a fire.
A muscular man with receding gray hair and three days’ growth of beard walked through the doorless doorframe in the corner. His rolled-up sleeves displayed a simplistically coloured tattoo of a mermaid holding out an oyster shell and pearl on his right arm. He had a lit cigarette in his mouth.
The sight of an intruder in his abode halted him at the door. With a groan he took a drag of his cigarette. At length he removed it and breathed out the name, “Aisling Oweynagat,” with the smoke.
“Ya recognize me, do ya?”
Franco snuffed out the cigarette on the brick wall. “I learned a couple things from death, like how to see past my eyes.”
“Isn’t that always the way of it.”
Franco walked across to the cabinet. “You speak from experience?”
“Not to speak of.”

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A day for double checking all the timelines while mapping game night parties, tide tables, and snow storms. -- Debatable Morality: Justified #Wipsnips #blade #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

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Tomas Peiser🇨🇦 🗡️ Debatable Morality 💉 @writinginsawdust.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

However small it had been, LeDouc felt his empire crumbling beneath his felt He had one chance left. Failure might be fatal, but that wasn't an option -- Debatable Morality: Broken Brothers #Wipsnips #button #adhdwriters #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #wip #penstricken #writesky #newbrunswick

LeDouc had spent over an hour studying the map, trying to figure out why that place then. He always had other people do this; now they demanded that he be there. It’s a new business, and he has to play by their rules for now.

The worst part wasn’t the wait; it was making sure that Godbout held up his end. A truck, good enough to handle those roads, and an expendable driver. No excuses this time, because Godbout knew he was expendable as well.

Picking up his phone, he looked at the message one more time before forwarding it to Godbout.

“We can’t screw up this time,” LeDouc said to himself as he pushed the send button.

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The #WIPSnips word for September 2nd is "button" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Mark Johnston 🍁 @markjohnston905.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Bertram gets to see behind the curtain with the royal family. #WIPsnips #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts

The guards looked shocked at the suggestion, but followed orders, taking up position outside the door. Sana walked in first and gestured for Bert to enter. As soon as he did, she closed the door and joined her father. He sat in a less ornate chair at an oak table and pointed at one opposite for Bert to sit.
Sana reached behind her and popped some button or undid some strap and her dress suddenly became larger, a corset loosening. "Thank Kaelen himself, that thing was digging into my ribs something fierce," she said. She stretched her sides and back as she said it, smiling at Bert. "You'll have to tie me up before we leave, Bert. Just the corset, mind you." She grinned, letting him know she was just playing around.
The king rolled his eyes. "The things we do for propriety, my love." He slid a mug of something across the table to Bert and drank from his own. "A round of Royals, lad?" He took out a game board and pieces from a drawer and set it up.
Bert had learned the basics of this game as a child and had spent days practicing when Yellow had taken an arrow and needed time to recover. He was pretty sure he could beat anyone at it. "Uh, sure, your majesty."
"It's Kaemon, kid. Be happy you're playing me. Filia would wipe the floor with you." The king was slapped lightly on his aging head by Sana. "Sorry, Sana would wipe the floor with you. Happy?"
Sana nodded and flopped down onto a nearby chair, kicking her shoes off. One knocked a pitcher of water from a table, but the king just smiled.

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STEPHAN MICHAEL LOY @stephanloy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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#WIPSnips The word is 'button.' From Stormbreak. The last words of the novel. Mac is in his helicopter, preparing to launch into a raging hurricane. ("Look up" is a reference to advice Peekaboo gave him. Look up and see the wonder in things.) #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts

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Rodario @rodario.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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My snip for the word of today: Button I have a single button in part 1 of the Drakaros Saga. Just a few hours before the life changing Midwinter festival. This is the catalyst for the biggest change in Rodario and Kiradeii's life #WIPSnips #Writesky

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Robert Ellison @robert-ellison.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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#WIPSnips - Button #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing #FlashFiction #ShortStory #WritingPrompts

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Kim Findlay (she/her) @authorkimfindlay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Mary wouldn’t have left the place like this. Had some stranger actually squatted here? I heard footsteps coming down the stairs from the second floor and pressed 9 and 1 before the person came in sight. I held my breath, finger trembling on the 1 button. #wipsnips

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🫜 Jim the Vampire 🫜 @jimthevampire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Got a button on a coffee machine. Happy friend adventure club sat around enjoy "food" #WIPSnips #sff #StatuesErode #SciFiWriters #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

hmm.”
“You can have mine, I’ll trade you a couple chips.”
Mouth half full, she reached across, scooped his untouched burger up and pushed her plate toward him. He grimaced at the curled up mass of reconstituted, lightly fried potato there, but still stole a few anyway.
The kid had about half a bite left when boots thudded on the deck from the corridor, one set with a clang rhythm followed by a softer clink. Elara and Caul. “Sounds like friends are coming.”
Kaili swallowed the last of her so-called food and washed it away with a swig of cola just as the Captain and the Doctor walked into the room. Elara’s mouth was pinched in a sour looking rictus. Caul managed a smile at them. “Nice to see that you have shown our guest to our finest cuisine.”
He smiled at Caul who had stopped at their table. “Nothing but the best. Kid wanted a burger. This was, well, near enough.” He looked at Elara. “What brings you down here?”
She walked to the dispenser, hit the coffee button then turned to face the room

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