Writing Prompt: Dirty Laundry
What might your character—perhaps a new bride—find in the laundry?
Writing Prompts
Writing Prompt: Kicking Death
Imagine the kind of abandon it takes to kick death in the ass. Put that in your sex scene.
Writing Prompt: Soliloquy
Bring Shakespeare’s ideas to your character. Write a soliloquy for your protagonist.
Writing Prompt: Aha!
The last time you had an ‘aha’ moment … how did it manifest itself?
Writing Prompt: Shadow
Reputation is the shadow of character, said Lincoln. Write a scene that reflects each.
Writing Prompt: Stranger in a Strange Land
How does being a stranger in a strange land make a difference in your plot?
Writing Prompt: Sacred Places
Poet Wendell Berry says there are only sacred places and desecrated places. Choose a setting from your WIP and write about it as each.
Writing Prompt: Eraser
Rewrite a memorable scene from your own life—and use an eraser.
Writing Prompt: Runway
Why would someone want a delay … or be devastated by one?
