Anyone who loves creative writing and wants to write well can tell you that it’s hard work. I can sweat, open a vein, and/or pound my head against the monitor with the best of them. But like anything worth doing, … Continue reading
In honor of Halloween, we’re doing spooky story starters this weekend. Dust off your ghost-story-telling abilities and see where these ideas take you. Daylight, dense fog, muffled sound. You go for noon walk anyway. Describe your walk, and what happens … Continue reading
Do you ever dream of what you would do to get back at someone? Or are you too nice? Even if you’re an understanding person, your character doesn’t have to be. What kind of revenge would he or she take … Continue reading
Here are five writing prompts that ask the classic writer’s question, “What if?” Each of these could create hundreds of story lines depending on the writer’s choices. Where would you take it? What if . . . your brother and … Continue reading
The writing prompts here are geared to some of my younger blog readers, but can be used by anyone – just adapt to something that relates to you and your experience, which is the role of a story starter anyway. … Continue reading
Need an idea for a story? An injection of energy in your novel? Something to get you started in your free-writing time? Saturday Story Prompts are here to help. Every Saturday I’ll post some story prompts: one-line story starters, phrases … Continue reading
“Where do you get your ideas?” is one of the most common questions a writer hears. The answer is: everywhere! Once you start writing regularly, you find yourself with more ideas than you can write about at any given time. … Continue reading