In today’s writing prompt, is your character’s outward appearances showing us the truth or is it masking something else?
Write a story about a person wearing a black mask with the slogan, “NOT TODAY, SATAN” in white print, all caps.
Gabrielle Johansen is a fantasy writer who wishes she had a magic wand.
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Write a scene in which your character’s physical space is smaller than usual.
Maybe the scene will take place in a vehicle.
Perhaps place a limit to one particular room in a house.
A whole dramatic scene could be set in an elevator.
Limits on physical space could be as large as one planet in a solar system or as small as one fairy treehouse.
Megan is a writer who lives in New Jersey.
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“Loretta’s face was hidden by the wide brimmed hat boldly covered in ribbons and one rose. Rising slowly from the fourth pew, she raised her chin towards the minister and declared, “I object.”
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Leslie Stack is a writer, musician, camper, and teacher who loves being on the water or in a museum. You can usually find her doing research behind dark glasses on a park bench. She lives in a house with her husband where the books are plotting a takeover.
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Write a story for children. Prompt is “The Golden Rule,” treat others are you wish to be treated.
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Miriam is a best-selling children’s author who loves to empower children to believe in themselves. She does this through her own books and by helping other authors write and publish their books.
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Someone finds two dates listed on a piece of paper. The dates are in their own handwriting, but they do not know what the dates mean. They have to find out what the dates signify.
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Anita G. Gorman grew up in Queens and now lives in northeast Ohio. Since 2014 she has had 85 short stories and 20 essays accepted for publication. Her one-act play, Astrid: or, My Swedish Mama, produced at Youngstown Ohio’s Hopewell Theatre in March 2018, starred Anita and her daughter Ingrid.
Anita’s website is anitaggorman.com
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I love concept albums, albums in which a singular story is told throughout the tracks. Some are silly, some are deep, but all of them are fascinating. Write the story that comes to you out of this lyric from Eagles’ Desperado album:
“The towns lay out across the dusty plains like graveyards filled with tombstones waiting for the names.”
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Fleet is a queer trans author usually found hanging out around the DC fandom waiting to be picked to write comics. Zie also does original work, some of which zie posts on Archive of Our Own (AO3). When not writing, zie can be found reading, thinking about writing, or slipping slowly into madness in Southern California.
Original work can be found here:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/FleetSparrow/works?fandom_id=2692
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