Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Rena Willis
Rena Willis

1.5K Followers

Home

About

Published in The Haven

·Oct 13, 2021

Barnyard Woe

A Microfiction — Just for fun! Florence Flatbottom, affectionately known as Flory by his two-legged friends, had a problem. Flory’s problem was not his lopsided ear, which, no matter how much he tried, would simply not stand up straight. Nor was his problem to be found in his unusually short…

Flash Fiction

2 min read

Barnyard Woe
Barnyard Woe
Flash Fiction

2 min read


Published in The Land of the Forgotten

·Sep 3, 2021

Is This It?

A GenX Mid-life Crisis Rant “You’re so brave,” she says. She waves her cell phone, pointing at my most recent Instagram post. …

Gen X

4 min read

Is This It?
Is This It?
Gen X

4 min read


Published in Microcosm

·Sep 1, 2021

Fragment

A Micro-fiction Monologue — I don’t remember being brave. — I don’t remember much of anything — memories sift through my fingertips and stick to the backs of my knees. Unable to hold on to my past — the feelings too big to be contained. …

Microfiction

3 min read

Fragment
Fragment
Microfiction

3 min read


Published in SYNERGY

·Aug 13, 2021

A Snipe Hunt

A writer in search of a story — Distractions. Excuses. I pick up my pen — put it down again — tap the side of the desk. They say writing is routine, ritual, perseverance. I snatch my coffee, nod at my children, mumble about how I have writing to do, and plunk down at my desk each morning…

Writers On Writing

2 min read

A Snipe Hunt
A Snipe Hunt
Writers On Writing

2 min read


Published in The Land of the Forgotten

·Jul 27, 2021

Slackers and Smartphones

A Generation X Rant — I am not a millennial. I do not sleep with my cell phone, and I cannot send a text message one-handed from the pocket of my jeans. I am a Generation Xer. And by that definition, I am an adaptable skeptic — a part of the generation that helped shape…

Generation X

4 min read

Slackers and Smartphones
Slackers and Smartphones
Generation X

4 min read


Published in Microcosm

·Jul 25, 2021

Provocation

A Micro-Fiction —

Alphabet

1 min read

Provocation
Provocation
Alphabet

1 min read


Jul 22, 2021

Writers Write

Writing Life — They tell us words matter. We nod, thinking of great fiction, our most beloved stories. They provide lists of tools and rules: metaphors, similes, rhythm, pacing, plot, structure, setting, character. We are warned that our chances of success are slim, or nil. …

Writing Life

1 min read

Writers Write
Writers Write
Writing Life

1 min read


Jul 14, 2021

Loose Ends

Writing Life — I slump behind my keyboard, staring at a blank page, begging for the words to appear. I whisper a prayer to the Muses. Inspiration, creativity, mastery, greatness. These are the intangibles — the magic — the whiff of something unidentifiable, just beyond naming. How do I conjure that? It is…

Writing Life

2 min read

Loose Ends
Loose Ends
Writing Life

2 min read


Jul 8, 2021

Fear Inventory

Writing Life — “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.” - Frank Herbert, Dune I hunt for words. I wrack my brain. I spend hours thinking, creating, polishing…

Writing Life

2 min read

Fear Inventory
Fear Inventory
Writing Life

2 min read


Jul 1, 2021

I am a writer.

Writing Life — Although most of the time, I feel more like: “My name is Rena Willis, and I’m a writer?” Or, if I’m honest, the sentence would read: “My name is Rena Willis and… (ugh, if I wanted to be a writer, I would make it a priority. I would write every…

Writing Life

2 min read

I am a writer.
I am a writer.
Writing Life

2 min read

Rena Willis

Rena Willis

1.5K Followers

Writer & Educator — one midlife crisis away from a bestseller.

Following
  • Zane Dickens the Instigator

    Zane Dickens the Instigator

  • Dazzling Shene

    Dazzling Shene

  • James Gordon

    James Gordon

  • Marla Bishop

    Marla Bishop

  • Connie Song

    Connie Song

See all (1,058)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech