Write Every Day, Not "Some Day"!
This is the first weekly prompt since the end of StoryADay 2013. Congrats to all those who took part. If you finished even one story you’ll know something about this week’s prompt: The Prompt Write a story with “Perseverance” as the theme Tips You can write a fast-paced romp in which your protagonist perseveres [...]
This is it. We’ve come to the end of StoryADay May 2013. Thank you so much for being a part of it. I would love to hear how you’ve got on, what you have learned. If you post on your own blog about your experience, please leave a link to it here. If you’d be [...]
Don’t miss this news about a new week-long challenge to keep you writing in June — and this one comes with a built-in revision component! The Prompt Take an event/experience from your own life and fictionalize it Last year, at a writer’s conference I was struck by the reaction of a panel of agents every [...]
One of the best pieces of advice I received for writing short stories was to make your character want something. Once your character wants something you have a structure for the whole story: put obstacles in their way and see how they react. The Prompt Create a character who wants something really badly, then thwart [...]
Write A Child’s Story This is ‘the story of a child’, not necessarily a story for children’s story Tips Children are adventurous. They are open. They are surprisingly insightful. They see the world in bright colors, not moral greys. They are, in other words, great hero material. Children are inexperienced in the world and therefore, [...]
Today is a big day for last week’s Guest Prompter Simon Kewin: It’s the day his publisher is revealing the cover of his upcoming novel. Show him support and pop over to his blog to take a look at the cover. Leave him a comment to say ‘congrats’. It’s Memorial Day here in the US. [...]
We’re almost there! This is the last week of StoryADay May 2013. Stay tuned on Thursday for news of another, short-term challenge to keep you writing. Also, I’d love to know who’s been writing this month. Please leave a comment on this post if you’ve written at all this month, and let us know how [...]
After this week’s post about jumping into the middle of a story, I thought I’d go the whole hog: The Prompt Start At The End Start your story with the character walking away from a situation (figuratively-speaking) and then go back and explain how he/she got there. Tips Think of TV shows that start with [...]
Today we have a guest prompt from aspiring-to-be-published writer and StoryADay participant, Cat Lumb. Thanks, Cat! The Prompt Your character wants to find the source of a strange noise they can hear. Tell the story of how they find out what that sound is… Cat Lumb started her blog in 2011 as means to be [...]
Today’s prompt is from writer, illustrator and all-round good egg Debbie Ridpath Ohi, who shares one of her Daily Doodles with us today to help inspire a story. Thanks, Debbie! The Prompt It Wasn’t Me! Tips from Julie Use the words or picture in any way that seems right to you If you’re not an [...]
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