In accordance with the idea that pets and their owners are similar, tell the reader everything they need to know about your main character by describing their pet.
POEM STARTER
Write a poem casually and nonchalantly reflecting on a hugely important event.
What kind of language could portray this tone even when the content is important?
STORY STARTER
Your protagonist is a free-spirited traveller who has always lived minimalistically. One day they start casual work at an opulent mansion.
Create a narrative from this character's perspective, where they find absurd and laughable features of this luxurious house.
STORY STARTER
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
I’m not sure if Cupid had a hangover when he assigned soulmates, but really? He couldn’t be serious…
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!)
WRITING OBSTACLE
Submitted by sarya the ceiling
Write a passage about something you believe is beautiful, but in the tone a newsreader might use if they are speaking of a national tragedy.
Use a positive event or thing, but describe it with language that is formal and emotionally neutral.
STORY STARTER
Two friends discuss how they would rob a bank, using humour to lighten the tone...
STORY STARTER
Your protagonist has just been caught in the act of something that they are ashamed of.
Try to depict their guilt, shame, and remorse through dialogue, actions, and body language.
WRITING OBSTACLE
Use the following objects in a narrative about how your character got a job that they are completely unqualified for:
Teapot
Bulldozer
Stiletto
STORY STARTER
Write a short story that begins with a character saying something they should not have.
STORY STARTER
In a small village where nothing exciting ever happens, a mischievous group of elderly citizens sets out to create mayhem and mischief for the fun of it.
POEM STARTER
Craft an ode to the trials of growing up.
An Ode is a lyrical poem celebrating or glorifying an aspect of life.