It’s week three of the June continuing story. In week one, your character decided to learn to skateboard. Week two focused on the character going to a cafe and seeing someone they knew. This week, after striking up a conversation about learning to skateboard, it seems the old acquaintance has been skateboarding for years. Your…
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Wednesday Writing Prompts-Continuing Story-Part 2
This is part 2 of our month long continuing short story. Last week your character decided to try skateboarding with the opening line, I can do this. How did they do? Failure or success? After their first skateboarding attempt, they find a cafe. They decide to get a drink. As they sit there, they…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-First Line and Character
First prompt of the month and I thought we’d try something new. Each week in June the prompt will feature a line and photo that will be part of a continuing story. At the end of June, you’ll have a complete story. This first week it’s this photo. Your character is about…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Nature Walk
I thought we’d finish out our May writing prompts with a video prompt. I’ve been using virtual walks to exercise every morning and by coincidence, I found this short clip. [wpvideo m1fdpMbd] Your character, however, is lucky enough to walk outside in this beautiful scenery. What happens on the walk? Who or what do…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Good Day
Another Wednesday, another writing prompt and this one’s all about a cup of something that’s left outside your character’s door. They wake up, open the door to get the newspaper but find this cup sitting on the step. Who left it? Does everyone in the street have one sitting on their doorstep? What does…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Sentence Challenge
For this week’s prompt, it’s all about one sentence which you have to fit into your short story. It can be placed anywhere and can even be part of a character’s dialogue. That sentence is- The road less traveled. Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-A Mouse in the House
Let’s kick off the May prompts with a story centered around a little furry creature. It can also be used as a character building exercise to figure out how he or she reacts in certain situations. Your character wakes up to find he or she is not alone. There’s a mouse in the house….
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Music Lessons
This week your prompt focuses on a character who is about to take their first music lesson. Is it a child? A teenager? Or someone who decides to try something new later in life? What instrument are the attempting to play? Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Wrong Day for Dinner
This week’s prompt is all about a character who is invited to a dinner party but goes to the guest’s house on the wrong night. Do they arrive the day before the scheduled dinner or the day after? Perhaps it’s even the wrong week or month. Do they find it funny or embarrassing? Does…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Setting, Person, Word
Here’s something fun I thought we’d try this week, a setting, a person and one word. All you need to do is string them all together to make your story. The words is-blame The setting is-a deserted beach The person is-a musician Have fun and happy writing.