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prompt 2425
Write about a dinner party thrown by someone who doesn't want to be the host. Who attends? What happens? Does it go horribly wrong or is it a great success?
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Do you ever just start writing and then it's a few thousand words later, and you're just like, 'Where the hell did any of this come from? This was not the plan. Wtf?'
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Who else out there has to woo themselves into writing? Like, my darling brain, I am going to set the vibe so good for your right now. Got the lights turned down just right. All wrapped up in the comfiest pants. Oh yeah, that's absolutely your favorite seasonally inspired scented candle burning right now. Here, have this delightful cup of herbal tea as well, gorgeous, that'll really put you in the mood. And the mood is 'make words happen' now GO!
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Oh my gosh. I just found this website that walks you though creating a believable society. It breaks each facet down into individual questions and makes it so simple! It seems really helpful for worldbuilding!
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prompt 2424
Describe an event that happened to you (or your character) that has a beginning, a middle and an end, with a description of steps in between. Separate the steps into a list of sentences. Reorder the sentences to create a more interesting way of telling the story. What happens?
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That moment when the unrelated scenes you've been writing for two weeks both somehow connect (i have no idea how this happened)
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prompt 2423
Write about a character who has finely tuned observational skills. Put them in a threatening situation where this skill is useless, and then end with a twist.
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Throwback thursday to when I was like 12 and I was putting out new writing DAILY...... Like entire Chapters of my then-current wips just, over an afternoon. What the fuck was I on
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prompt 2422
Words associated with libraries:
circulation
reference
Dewey Decimal System
carrel
date stamp
card catalog
fine
borrower's card
stacks
rare book room
shhhh
overdue
hold
return
bookmark
spine
damage
cover
book jacket
wait list
reserve
check out
book drop
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prompt 2421
You've always thought antique stores were creepy, so you'd always avoided them. One day your friend wants to visit one. You go into the store with them and realize that when you touch an item, you can feel its entire history. Then your friend selects an item to buy.
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prompt 2420
“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.”
--Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
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prompt 2419
what would be something completely unexpected for your character to do? Write a paragraph where they do just that and see where it takes you.
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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.
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