Late at night the doorbell rings. Your character looks out the window and sees no one, so goes about getting ready for bed. Just as your character is drifting off to sleep, it rings again. What does your character to? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future…
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Writing Prompt: Snow banked
Your character’s car gets stuck in a snowbank on a deserted stretch of road. The weather is bad and getting worse. No help is coming, even with a call to 911. What does your character do to survive? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via…
Writing Prompt: The Gift
What is the one gift your character really wanted for Christmas? What did s/he get instead? What are the consequences? I hope this and all of your holidays are filled with things that matter most. And, in the years that holidays are difficult or heartbreaking, remember that next year is an opportunity to write a…
Writing Prompt: Stop Clock
At midnight Eastern time, and simultaneously around the world at the respective time, all clocks stop. Why? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email.
Writing Prompt: Time to meet the family
A couple has been dating for almost a year when one of them finally decides the other can meet his or her family. Why was the family kept such a secret? What happens when they meet? (In my mind, this could go in so many directions–comedy, horror, melodrama.) If you enjoyed this post, look around,…
Writing Prompt: Flash Flood Warning!
Your character is on his or her way home from work. A torrential rain is flooding roads and cars getting trapped everywhere. The character’s children are home alone. What does he or she do to get to the children? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via…
Mayhem Monday: The Strange Children
It’s #MayhemMonday! I supply the mayhem, you try to survive.
Motivation—Just When You Need It
Ideas are exciting. Bringing ideas to fruition, however, can be daunting. Writing is as much keeping motivated as it is a creative process. For most self-published authors, writing is also an act of love. Seldom does the work pay the bills or breed rewards of oodles of praise or reviews. So how does one keep…
Tighten your #NaNoWriMo Writing
Writing is an art and a process. The best writing requires revision. So, as you finish up your #NaNoWriMo masterpiece, it’s time to think about ways you will strengthen the work that you’ve done (after a much deserved pat on the back). One easy step is to tighten your writing—or remove wordiness. Here are a…
Mayhem Monday: Zombies, Vampires and Werewolves
It’s #MayhemMonday! I supply the mayhem, you try to survive.
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