Today we explore the power of three and use it to make your story Bigger, Badder, (Too Much For Mr. Incredible!! Wait, no, that’s something else….)
039 – The Challenge – Day 29 – writing prompt
Hey, we’re almost there! It’s almost the end of the month.
By now you’re probably pretty sick of this StoryADay nonsense, but you can’t quit because you’re so close, right?
Take out your frustrations on your protagonist! There’s nothing better for a compelling story than a little bit of mistreatment of your beloved protag…
038 – The Challenge – Day 28
Today we take a look at pacing, and the differences it can make to a story.
037 – The Challenge – Day 27
This is a bit of a ‘cheat day’ because I encourage you to write something that may not be a complete short story. Gasp!
036 – The Challenge – Day 26 – Writing Prompt
Today’s prompt encourages you to think about stirring up some emotions in your readers.
035 – The Challenge – 25 – Writing Prompt
Today’s writing prompt is all about changing perspective. Most of us have a particular POV we like to write in. Today, we try something completely different.
034 – The Challenge – Day 24 – Writing Prompt
Today we’re going to take a deeper look at genre and the expectations readers have, based on that genre…
033 – The Challenge – Day 23 – writing prompt
Quick: grab a book from your bookshelf, and look at the first page. Can you tell what kind of book it’s going to be just from the tone of that page? Does it match your expectations?
Today you’ll write a story focussing on tone: is it consistent? Is it appropriate to the story you’re telling?
032 – The Challenge – Day 22 – writing prompt
With four weeks of writing under your belt, you will have learned a thing or two about your strengths as a writer. This week we use what you’ve learned and build on it.
Today’s focus: Finding Your Voice
031 – The Challenge – Day 21 – writing prompt
I don’t often give you a traditional ‘story starter’ kind of prompt, but today that’s exactly what I’m doing. I’m really curious to see what everyone does with this one!