Continuing on from yesterday’s theme of giving you an element of the story you must use, today I’m giving you a character. I’m seeding some hints about this character into the prompt and you should take them where ever they lead you. The Prompt Sam Chase has just left a meeting with the big boss. [...]
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[Writing Prompt] Set At A Wedding
This week I’m giving you some more traditional prompts, where one element of your story is dictated by me. (Oh, the power!) The Prompt Write A Story Set At A Wedding Tips The conflict in this story can be micro-scale (a guest reflecting on a deeply personal challenge, brought into the light by this landmark [...]
[Writing Prompt] A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words
…but sometimes so are a thousand words! The Prompt Go to the Flickr Explore page and pick the first photo that catches your eye. Stare at it for five minutes or so and write a story inspired by it. Tips Pick the most visually arresting picture, the one that interests you immediately. It might not [...]
[Writing Prompt] Social Speech
Can you imagine your life without email, Facebook, Twitter, text messages? Can your characters?
[Writing Prompt] Wibbley-Wobbley, Timey-Wimey
I’m a sucker for a time-travel story. It might have something to do with growing up in the UK in the 1970s, where my generation was weaned on Doctor Who, but time travel in all its varieties works for me. Of course, there are lots of quibbles with time travel stories: can you really kill [...]
[Weekly Writing Prompt] Alternate History
Fifty years ago this week, the US discovered that the USSR was building nuclear missile bases in Cuba. The two weeks that followed brought the two countries closer to disaster than ever before or since. The Prompt Write a story set in an alternate history where the Cuban Missile Crisis turned out differently and someone [...]
[Writing Prompt] Word List
A silly and simple word-list prompt today: The Prompt Write a story that includes the words Enflame, nugget, jingle, spelling and flight. Make it short, make it long, but make it happen! Go! And when you have written your story comment on this post and let us know how it went.
[Prompt] – May 22 – Third Person Limited
This week’s prompts are all about point of view and narrative voice. Write a story from the third person limited POV. “Third Person, Limited” means that, unlike yesterday, your narrator never says “I did this”, rather you talk about “he went to the door”, “He opened it.” The ‘Limited” part means that all the judgements [...]
[Prompt] May 21 – 1st Person
This week’s prompts are all going to focus on Point Of View. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut, writing in third-person, or first person, or inside or outside your character’s heads. So this week we’re shaking things up. Ready? Write A Story Using The First Person Voice The whole thing should be [...]
[Prompt] May 20 – Revenge
I saved this one for last (in the plot prompts series) because it has the potential to be the most fun of all! If you’re a writer, the chances are you think a lot (too much?) about everything that happens to you. And you probably remember every little slight anyone has ever perpertrated upon you. [...]
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