This prompt is inspired by “Vanilla Bright Like Eminem” by Michel Faber, a story that captures a moment in time for one family as they travel on a train. (Read my review.) The Prompt Write A Story That Features A Mode of Transportation You Have Used So Often You Take It For Granted. Tips It [...]

This post is the second of two. Check out last week’s prompt or stay here to go straight to the part where you steal a story from someone else! This prompt is part of a two-part prompt. Last week we wrote stories for other writers to steal from. This week we’re doing the stealing. The [...]

This post is the first of two. Come back next week to steal a story from someone else! This prompt is part of a two-part prompt. This week we’re writing a story that we won’t mind someone stealing. Next week we’re going to look at someone else’s story and steal their character, setting, premise or [...]

It’s easy to raise objections to writing fiction in the second person point of view (“You do this, you do that and then you feel …”). The most obvious objection is that it reads like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” novel. It’s hard to pull off. But this morning I was listening to an interview [...]

It’s February. What does it mean to you? Shortest month? Leap year? Darkness and winter? Summer in the southern hemisphere? Write A February Story Tips What might “February” mean to an old woman? A young man? A kid whose birthday is in Feb? Might you write a story with a sentence for each day in [...]

Today’s prompt is a whole scenario with a named character and a tricky situation. Your job is to decide who this character is and how they will ultimately react. I’m really curious to see how different people deal with this, so please do post either the story or a link to your version in the [...]