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Day 18 | Start With The End by Tim Waggoner
The Prompt When I first started teaching fiction writing classes many years ago, I noticed that most student stories I received were ten to fifteen pages of exposition, filled with purposeless activity and empty conversations between characters, eventually leading up to a cool idea or image…and then they were over. I struggled to explain to … Continue reading "Day 18 | Start With The End by Tim Waggoner"
Day 17 | Villanelle by Walter Lawn
The Prompt This one is just for fun. Write a story of exactly nineteen paragraphs. Sounds like too many? Not to worry; the first and third paragraphs will each be used four times, so you really only have to write thirteen paragraphs. We’re taking a very strict poetic form – the villanelle – and turning … Continue reading "Day 17 | Villanelle by Walter Lawn"
What We’ve Talked About So Far, During StoryADay May
It’s the middle of May and it’s started to kick in: that creative flywheel effect that happens when we make an effort to do more creative work. I’m writing to you today because writing this month has my brain sparking! Not only have I been writing my stories, but I’ve been sharing insights from myself … Continue reading "What We’ve Talked About So Far, During StoryADay May"
Day 16 | This Picture Sparks a Thousand Stories by Michele Reisinger
The Prompt When you arrive at your vacation rental for a much-needed getaway, you are so tired from your travels you collapse into bed without unpacking and without looking around. Next morning, you look out your window and see this: Tell the story of what happens next using only a series of text messages … Continue reading "Day 16 | This Picture Sparks a Thousand Stories by Michele Reisinger"
Day 15 | Journaling A Character into their World by Neha Mediratta
The Prompt Write a single or series of journal entries in first person where your character is exploring something in a set time period – hours in the day, a week, a few years. The entries must end on a note where she/he/they find out or realize that things have never been what they seemed. … Continue reading "Day 15 | Journaling A Character into their World by Neha Mediratta"

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