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Day 1 – Limits: 40 Minutes Freedom is horrible. If you are free to do anything, write anything, then there is an infinity-minus-one of ways
Day 3 – Limits: 640 Words This is the second of our recurring “limits” posts. As the month progresses you’ll come across all sorts of
It’s May 8 and we’re working through our second weekend already. I’m guessing the shine might have worn off this challenge a little by now
This week’s prompts are all going to focus on Point Of View. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut, writing in third-person, or
This week’s prompts are all about point of view and narrative voice. Write a story from the third person limited POV. “Third Person, Limited” means
Continuing this week’s theme of POV prompts, here is today’s prompt: Write a story from the Third Person, Omniscient perspective This is the perspective you
Not quite a POV today, but still playing with character and point of view, today’s prompt is a secret love of mine: Write an Epistolary
Today’s prompt is a little different. It’s going to show you just how much difference Point of View can made. Rewrite A Story From A
Sorry, but give the sheer weight of all the Star Wars Lego in my house these days, I couldn’t resist. Write A Story Featuring An
Today’s prompt comes from a line in an Edna St. Vincent Millay sonnet (from The Harp Weavers) “…a broken dart / of moonlight…splintered on the
Today I’m recycling an idea from last year’s StoryADay because it was so much fun: Re-Write The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood If you
Yet more stealing! After stealing from actors on Friday and songrwiters yesterday, today I’m just going to advocate just plain old ripping off your favourite
Today’s prompt is from writer, illustrator and all-round good egg Debbie Ridpath Ohi, who shares one of her Daily Doodles with us today to help
The Prompt Steal a story from another source, and use it as inspiration Tips Great places to look for stories like this include: News sites.
Huge thanks to StoryADay-er @cidwrites for today’s prompt. They Said It Couldn’t Be Done Cid has created an imaginary book cover at her own StoryADay
This prompt was inspired by Marta Pelrine-Bacon who posted the other day about writing a story about a character she didn’t like. It’s not something
To engage your readers and hook them in from the first line, it’s a great idea to start in medias res, which means into the middle of things. So…
Today’s prompt is from best-selling novelist and popular writing teacher James Scott Bell. Thanks, Jim The Prompt from JSB Write about your antagonist’s life at
Continuing our Guest Prompt week, today’s prompt comes from novelist and teacher Gregory Frost. Thanks, Greg! The Prompt Unusual Ways of Seeing Imagine a person
Today’s guest prompter is novelist Phil Giunta. Thanks, Phil! The Prompt Natalie arrives home from work and is perplexed that her dog is not there to
We’ve looked at the parts of the story. We’ve looked at point of view. We’ve learned the rules. Now I’m inviting you to throw it
Today’s prompt was suggested by the story I read yesterday, Incognito by Susan M. Lemere. The Prompt Write a story in letter form Tips Use two
This month I’m focusing on short story form. Watch out for a few mini-episodes coming your way, with more details on some short story forms.
It’s one thing to be funny in conversation with friends, but writing comedy can seem harder, somehow. Today we’ll try out some techniques to make
inspired by the fact that I’m reading at a Noir event tonight, I’m challenging you to write an atmosphere laden, tragedy-laced noir story today. The
It’s a crazy time of year. You’re busy. You don’t have time to write. You certainly don’t have time to write anything good. Great. Write something
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