Writing Prompt
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STORY STARTER
Make a list of exactly ten key plot points that will happen in your story.
If you can, get someone else to read these points and ask you questions about them - you may find you've missed key points or added in things that don't matter.
Writings
1) Kyah is consigned to head south to Ettlemont
2) Kyah comes across the ransacked caravan in the road and discovers missives from a warlord about “a boy”.
3) Kyah arrives in Ettlemont safely as more heroes begin to arrive.
4) Kyah explores and discovered Farrago and his reluctance to engage her.
5) Kyah meets with Farrago at the library as a means of connecting with him and gaining his trust....
1. Eric losses his 5 year niece, Maddie to a rare form of leukemia. Eric was helping his sister eaise her as she was a single mom.
2. Eric breaks uo with his college sweetheart Beth after the funeral. They were graduating college and were miving to Baltimore where Eric woukd be starting med school at Johns Hopkins. Beth was going to work a retail job while Eric attended school.
3. Shortly after ...
Jenna misses her family at Christmas time
Jim comes round and tells her of bad rating from his Uber driver
Jenna goes to work Xmas party & comes home and books ancestry test
Ancestry test arrives and neighbour brings package round and mentions delivery guy amongst other things
Jenna gets ancestry email results with family ties
Jenna decided to meet with one of the people against Jim’s wishe...
Sure ten key plots that occur in "The Mirror Maiden" with 500-word descriptions for each:
1. Aurora's Encounter with the Mirror Maiden
The story kicks off with Aurora's encounter with the mysterious Mirror Maiden, a strange woman who beckons her to enter the mirror world. The Maiden provides Aurora with guidance and support throughout her journey, and serves as a beacon of hope and inspiration w...
1. Twelve year old Brady, on the death of his parents, comes to live with Aunt Mattie, a great-aunt he never knew about.
2. Self-educated and brilliant, Aunt Mattie enrolls him in the local high school and Mr. Cavender, the math teacher, becomes a father figure and mentor to him.
3. Through Mr. Cavender he meets Mimi Cavender who will ultimately be his love interest as they both go through thei...
Evie is a Cassandra— she is descended from the legendary prophet whose predictions were never believed. Unbeknownst to the writers, Cassandra had a daughter. And that daughter had five of her own.
The children all possessed Cassandra’s curse— they could see the future, but if they tried to warn others about it, they wouldn’t be believed. A recipe for madness. In theory.
The gods have always be...
Protagonist Myrtle arrives on moon
Myrtle meets ex, Hatchett
A series of minor and major crimes, vandalism, assault, and arson, is linked to the Devlins, the chiefs of security for FlorCorp
The death of Judy and ChiChi Saturnines occurs.
Hatchett reconnects with his son, Django.
The Devlins are linked to FlorCorp trying to get a monopoly on flower market from the Androids and humans.
Ryan, girlfr...
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