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Category Archives: Write Over the Hump
Prompts that are open=ended but still give lots of room to work within are the best. Here’s one that should get your creative juices flowing fast and furious. What can you do with it in 10 or 15 minutes? I … Continue reading
When we write our stories, we need to dig down deep inside ourselves and mine our own experiences in order to give real life to our characters. Sometimes that can be hard to do. Here’s a prompt to help you … Continue reading
Here’s a fun little question to get your writing juices flowing. What is “it” and what will happen now? Who are these people and what is their relationship? Set that timer and start writing! You had to go touch it, … Continue reading
In keeping with last week’s prompt, we’re still on the theme of love. Let your imagination have free rein on this one, and see if you can integrate some of the emotions you wrote about last week into this week’s … Continue reading
Another “first” to write about today, one that will bring out a lot of tender emotion, as well as some nervousness or uncertainty or even fear, perhaps. All emotions we need to imbue in our characters, so it’s necessary to … Continue reading
Secrets are intrinsic to our stories: secrets kept, secrets shared, secrets revealed. The impact of a secret, either held close or made public, can be devastating for our characters, and make for an enticing plot. Have fun exploring the secret … Continue reading
There are days when nothing seems to come to mind. When there’s so little to work with. But being a writer means being able to cope with those days of dearth, and turn them into productive writing sessions. Here are … Continue reading