Writing Prompts: Character Hardships

Life is not easy nor do I believe it should be. It is the challenges in life that mold us, help us to become the characters we are today. Likewise boring characters are the ones who have perfect lives.
Society presents us with many obstacles to overcome. Some time ago a man shots up a bar [...]

Writing Prompts: Annoying Characters

Fodder for character development can be found in our fellow human beings. Like for instance, there is a woman at my job who’s voice grates against my nerves like steel scraping against steel and she likes to talk…a lot. She also likes to ask a lot of questions with obvious answers like, “Do you know [...]

Writing Prompts: Religious Myths

I am fascinated by the things that we choose to believe in and one of my many hobbies is figuring out where these beliefs come from and how they’ve developed over time.
Since religion is one of the main purveyor and influencer of beliefs, this week, we are going delve into the realm of religious myths.

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Writing Prompts: Thirteen Essay Ideas

Up until now, the writing prompts have focussed on fiction writing. This week, however, I’m going to show some love to our nonfiction writers and throw out some ideas for possible articles/blog posts/school essays.

1. Just recently a young girl in India was born with four legs and four arms due to a rare condition where [...]

Writing Prompts: Edumacation

Fall. That most wondrous time of the year when summer’s heat starts wearing off, the leaves turn beautiful shades of orange and red and all is quiet…because the kids are back in school. Woohoo!
So in honor of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and babysitters everywhere, this week’s writing prompts will focus on the joys of school [...]

Writing Prompts: Games

This week we are going to take a trip into the surreal. Your assignment is to turn these popular board games into real worlds for your characters to operate in. Just to make things a little interesting, you have to use the “Official” rules of the game. I know how some of you like to [...]

Writing Prompts: Settings

Where your story takes place is just an important component as the story’s plot or the characters themselves. The story’s setting is apart of its architecture. It frames the plot in meaning and frees some of your characters strengths, brings out some of their weaknesses and draws the reader further into your story world.
A setting [...]

Writing Prompts: Mystical Powers

This week’ writing prompts delve once again into character traits. This time we are going to explore some otherworldly gifts you can bestow onto your characters to make their lives a little more interesting.
As before, I want you to take a character that you have not thought about in a long while or even a [...]

Writing Prompts: One Picture = One Thousand Words

In the spirit of personal interpretation that started last week with our audio prompts, this week we are going to do the same with a classic tweak. Pictures. Pretty much just write what comes to mind. You write a story about the picture, about the characters looking at the picture or what is in the [...]

Writing Prompts: Music Madness

We are going to try something a little different this week. When I was in high school we did a little experiment in my English class. We listened to a piece of music and then wrote a story to accompany it. The story could be based on what we thought about when we heard the [...]