#Write30 – Ethical Dilemma
“Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn’t the will to do what is right.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918 – 2008), Russian Novelist and Historian, Awarded Nobel… Read more »
Category: Writing Prompts
#Write30 – Bucket List
Pick a character either from your WIP or a new character. Write one paragraph that ”SHOWS” us the character – use exposition and dialogue as you like For this character,… Read more »
#Write30 – First Sentence
Write 25 first sentences. The sentence can Introduce character Setup a scene Shock the reader Reveal something dramatic Hook the reader Pick one sentence from the list you wrote just… Read more »
#Write30 – Shame, Shame
Your character is forced to face a shameful moment. Either to themselves or to someone else.Create a list of such shameful moments for one or more of your characters.Pick one… Read more »
#Write30 – In a manner of speaking
Characters can be brought to life and made 3-dimensional by giving them specific mannerisms and/or habits. We all consciously or unconsciously have ways of doing things, talking styles, and movements… Read more »
#Write30 – Weather Permitting…
Weather affects people – and therefore your characters. Weather can indicate Mood of the character or provide a contrast to the character’s feelings Tone of the story Plot point –… Read more »
#Write30 – Fear, Fear!
Inspired by a prompt from Craft in the Real World_ by Matthew Salesses The idea of this prompt is to start inwards with your own experience and project it into… Read more »
#Write30 – The Shape of You
How can shapes create a motif in a scene? What shapes do you see in nature vs man-made structures / environment? How can this feed into a scene?Think about shapes… Read more »
#Write30 – The Epiphany
Epiphany according to James Joyce is “a crisis action in the mind”, a moment when a person, an event or a thing us seen in a light, it hasn’t been… Read more »