Whether I have one reader or 100,000 readers, I take the power of representation seriously. As authors, we have the opportunity to create characters, who in the best of circumstances can introduce readers to someone unlike a person they’ve ever met in real life, and in the worst case scenario, we create characters who reveal…
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Writing Prompt: The Last Minute Cancel
Your character wants to cancel on an obligation. Maybe it’s work or helping someone move or helping sneak kittens safely out of enemy territory. Whatever the obligation—what lie does he or she make up to get out of it? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via…
Writing Prompt: XYZ…the wardrobe malfunction
During an important meeting or presentation (or a date), your character realizes s/he is having a …wardrobe malfunction. What happened and how does s/he handle it? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email.
Writing Prompt: The Paintings
Patrons in a museum are suddenly cast into the paintings. Where do they go? What happens? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email.
Thursday Writing Prompt: Dialogue Rewrite
Take a piece of dialogue that you’ve written. Rewrite it with one of the characters being from the deep south (US) and the other from Minnesota. What if one character is not a native English speaker? Besides punctuation, what word choices would you change? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below…
Writing Prompt: The Dark Room
A man awakes in a pitch black room with no memory of how he got there. How big is the room? What is the room made of? How does he determine it? How did he get there?
Thursday Writing Prompt: Thank You for Not Smoking
Your character has just quit smoking. How does s/he deal with the nic-fits? What possible scenarios come from the irritability?
Thursday Writing Prompt: The Hiker
A hiker deep in the woods comes across a skeleton dressed in his/her exact (and uncommon) outfit. How is it possible?
Thursday Writing Prompt: The Purposeful Flat
While driving on a deserted stretch of road, all four tires of a car suddenly burst. When the wo/man gets out, s/he sees barbed wire was purposely placed across the road. What does the character do next?
Thursday Writing Prompt: Dark Waters
Swimming in the ocean at night, you feel something large scrape along your leg. What happens next (first person POV)? Photo credit: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=33238&picture=ocean
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