WRITING OBSTACLE
Create a scene that takes place entirely in a character's memory.
What features of a memory might be slightly different to describing a scene happening in the real world?
VISUAL PROMPT
by Maxence Pira @ Unsplash
Compose a story using whatever comes to mind when you see this image.
POEM STARTER
Write a poem about mixed emotions.
It can focus on any two emotions that may coincide with one another. What poetic forms might suit this theme?
STORY STARTER
Capture a conversation between two characters who have a secret history.
Let their dialogue reveal their past relationship without explicitly stating it. Pay attention to body language and unspoken tension.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Choose one of your own writings, and critique it as if it were an award-winning novel or poem with outstanding reviews.
Try to shamelessly pick out positives that can be emphasised in a hyperbolic review-style summary. (Please do not review other people's work!)
STORY STARTER
Inspired by Maranda Quinn
Your protagonist has just been released from a 20 year prison sentence and has to adjust to a world that seems entirely different.
POEM STARTER
Use the 'snowball technique' to write a poem, where the first line is one word long, the second line has two words, and so on.
Remember you do not have to 'build' on the first word - each line should use different words.
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Kasya Willis
“Look, I didn’t ask to be picked. None of us did.”
Write a story, in any genre, which includes this line.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Inspired by Maranda Quinn
Write a story in which there are no human characters.
The story can include anything else, although it doesn't have to have sentient characters, or it could have no characters at all!
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Mariana333
“I awoke not with a bang, nor a whimper, but rather a long steaming tongue scraping its way up the side of my face.”
POEM STARTER
Imagine you are a young child attempting rhyming poetry for the first time.
Consider the language you use to reflect the child’s age. Also try to think about what would be an important topic for them to write about.
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Lynn Kruse
As you regain consciousness, out of breath and leaning against a tree in the forest, you have the urgent feeling that you need to run...
WRITING OBSTACLE
Create a character who is envious of someone without using the words:
jealous, envy, wish, want, desire, or covet.
STORY STARTER
He narrowed his eyes at her, laughing nervously. “What do you mean you’ve killed someone?“
“I’m dead serious, babe. We need to get moving. Pack your bags. “