#Write30 – First Paragraphs
The first paragraph of a surprising number of best-selling novels serves multiple purposes. These are to: Establish a goal Set the scene Develop a character A little more than one… Read more »
The first paragraph of a surprising number of best-selling novels serves multiple purposes. These are to: Establish a goal Set the scene Develop a character A little more than one… Read more »
Choose 3 numbers from 1-10Pick a new character or one from your work-in-progress.Now write the lists indicated by the numbers you chose, from the POV of this characterEach list must… Read more »
Pick a number from 1-6. Pick the prompt that matches your number. Start writing a story or a poem or a scene in your WIP. WRITE THIS Who is coming… Read more »
Metaphor compares without using the words ‘like’ and ‘as’ that we find in most similes.Do not confuse symbolism with metaphor. In metaphor the comparisons may be shockingly different, surprising, often pleasant,… Read more »
Describing the absence of something can be as hard as describing something that is there. Some useful links https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/20/top-10-books-about-silence-abbie-greaves-the-silent-treatment https://muse.jhu.edu/article/745510/pdf https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/24136/1/SILENCE%20AND%20REPRESENTATION%20final%20submission.pdf Write this In a scene or a poem, describe… Read more »
If not a word of dialogue is spoken, could you, as a writer, describe the smile or frown of one of your characters? There is a smile which indicates pleasure… Read more »
Adapted from my workshop on endings for Bath Spa Uni, this is an exercise to get you thinking about endings and what you want your reader to feel at the… Read more »
◦January means so many things to so many people. “If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead”. Roald Dahl “Married when the… Read more »
Music can add richness to a scene. Whether the character is playing a musical instrument or listening to music or singing. Musical instruments themselves have character – they can tell… Read more »
Endings can be joyous, bittersweet, tragic or jubilant.Endings can be about relationships or characters.The end of an era, the end of a journey, the end of a sentence… “Endings” can… Read more »