This month at StoryADay we’re going to focus on dialogue.
Gripping, realistic dialogue can bring a story and its characters to life. Writing great dialogue, however, takes practice.
THE PROMPT
Write A Story Told Almost Completely In Dialogue
[Write On Wednesday] The Anti-You
Completing our month of character-focused prompts, I have a doozy for you this week 😉
The Prompt
Write a Story About A Character Who Does and Says Things You Never Could
Tips
Continue reading “[Write On Wednesday] The Anti-You”[Write On Wednesday] Your Character’s Voice
Today we’re going to play with making your characters sound distinctive.
The Prompt
Write A Story With Lots Of Dialogue That Teachers Us About Your Characters
Continue reading “[Write On Wednesday] Your Character’s Voice”[Write On Wednesday] Secondary & Background Characters
Short stories don’t have a lot of space for non-main characters, but if you’re going to include a best friend or comic relief, make sure they earn their word count!
The Prompt
Write A Story That Gives Your Secondary Characters Something To Do
Continue reading “[Write On Wednesday] Secondary & Background Characters”[Write On Wednesday] What A Character Wants
For today’s Write on Wednesday writing prompt, I’m digging into the archives.
This writing prompt, from 2012, talks about how to use your character’s desires to power a story and contains important tips on how to keep your short story from become a barely-begun novel.
The Prompt
Write a Story In Which Your Character WAAAAAAANTS something
If you share you story somewhere (and here’s why you might not want to) post a link here so we can come and read it.
How is your writing going, now that StoryADay May 2019 is over? Are you ready to write a story today? Leave a comment!
[Write On Wednesday] A Gargoyle’s-Eye View
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I’ll send you a prompt like this, every day during the next challenge.
This week we all watched in horror as Notre Dame burned. It was a great loss for human cultural heritage and a personal wrench for many.
And it made me wonder about other stories we might tell.
The Prompt
Write a story from the perspective of a non-human character