Writing prompt: First job
What was your protagonist’s first job? What memory of that experience stands out for them,...
Writing Prompts
Writing Prompt: Escape
Escape… Where does your character go when she needs to escape and...
What’s missing?
Your character realizes that an object of great personal value has been lost or stolen. What is...
Writing Prompt: What Doesn’t Your Character Want to Do Anymore?
Writing Prompt: What Doesn’t Your Character Want to Do Anymore?
Writing Prompt: A pet begets a thousand words
Imagine your character buys a pet. What kind of animal is it and how does it inform his or her...
Writing prompt: Age difference
Your character reluctantly overhears one side of a cellphone call of a person twenty years younger...
BFF
WHO WAS YOUR MAIN CHARACTER’S BFF IN HIGH SCHOOL? ARE THEY STILL CLOSE? WRITE ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP, PAST AND PRESENT.
Writing Prompt: Packing It In
Messy or meticulous? How does your character get ready for summer vacation–throw stuff in a...
Writing Prompt: Caught on Film…
Contemplate the power of incrimination. Contemplate the power of a photograph. How far would you go to bury the truth? How far would you go to expose it?
