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How did you get on yesterday? Did you write a story? Remember, set your own rules, and stick to them. If you miss a day,
How did you get on yesterday? Did you write a story? Remember, set your own rules, and stick to them. If you miss a day,
How did you get on yesterday? Did you write a story? Remember, set your own rules, and stick to them. If you miss a day,
How did you get on yesterday? Did you write a story? Remember, set your own rules, and stick to them. If you miss a day,
Today, in preparation for StoryADay May I’m sharing one of the peptalks I recorded for the Superstars Group last year. (Superstars is a year-long mastermind
The Prompt Write a scene in which your character’s physical space is smaller than usual. Tips Maybe the scene will take place in a vehicle.
Writing in the first person seems simple, since this is the way we talk, write letters, tell our own stories. Introduce a keyboard or a
This time, let’s come out of our own heads and get inside someone else’s. The Prompt Write a story in the Third Person, Limited perspective
Continuing this week’s theme of POV prompts, here is today’s prompt: The Prompt Write a story from the Third Person, Omniscient perspective Tips This is
Today I’m recycling this prompt from March. It offers an innovate way to get into the Second Person (“you do this, you do that”) perspective
In this exercise we’re going to take what we’ve discovered while writing the other Point Of View prompts, and use it to rework a story.
Here’s your digest of this week’s StoryADay September writing prompts. This set of prompts is all about point of view. The choice to write in
Fan fiction has really taken off in recent years, especially with the success (relatively speaking) of several fan fiction stories that became novels and even
The Prompt: Write A List Of Song Titles You’d Actually Be Interested In Listening To. Write The Story Behind The Song, for one of them.
Did you ever, as a child, say a word so often that it lost its meaning? (“Basin”, anyone?) Today I want you to stare at
There’s nothing quite like real life for providing weird and wonderful story ideas. The prompt Write a story ripped from the headlines You can use
More ways for you to steal ideas, as we continue Rescue Week here at StoryADay The Prompt Write a Fan Fiction Story While you can’t
Steal, borrow, it’s all good… The Prompt Have some fun today: Steal something from a favorite published universe Remember, you can’t sell a derivative work
[Ooo, I’m particularly excited about this one. This is a challenging prompt but one that should yield some great stories, since character and conflict are
[Here’s another scenario ripe with opportunities for character development, comedy, tragedy…in other words emotion — that thing that all readers are looking for! – JD] The
The Prompt Write the story that accompanies this ending line: I clicked off the safety, swearing that if she showed her face here today, my
The Prompt Choose a piece of music from the list below. Listen through it once or twice and get your mind in the mood of
The Prompt Write about the best gift your character was given. Incorporate one of the seven deadly sins (wrath, gluttony, sloth, greed, pride, lust, envy)
Happy Book Birthday to Debbie Ridpath Ohi, whose illustrations are featured in the new paperback editions of Judy Blume’s classic books (yes, Judy Blume!!). The
This week I’m encouraging you to flip the order of your story to help you think differently about the storytelling process. The Prompt Start your
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how we build characters (both in real life and in fiction). So much of what we ‘know’ is
Write a ‘hermit crab’ story, a story written in the form of someone’s browser history
today’s writing prompt invites you to write a short story in an unusual format: an overheard conversation
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