Writing Exercise: Something Ordinary
Exercise: Take something common, an activity or object that you’re familiar with, and then have a character describe it to someone who has a completely different frame of reference. (Writing …
10 Line Writing Exercise
I’ve been a long time lurker on the Write Anything website. They have a lot of good articles on writing and every once and a while they post these fun …
World Building with a Magic 8 Ball
So perhaps I wasn’t as ready to start a new novel as I thought, but I needed to do something while I wait to see what happens to my novel …
Real Life Mystery
(Something from the news to get your creative wheels turning…) Man Died Naturally Same Day Lover Was Killed From: Associated Press CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (June 18, 2009) – Police have determined …
Money Found in Cracker Box
Here’s another strange story for you, according to http://www.cbcnews.com. “The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it _ an envelope stuffed with …
Story Ideas from the News
I saw the most interesting article today. It was a very short article that said, last night a woman fell three stories from her apartment balcony and survived with minor …