Today’s writing prompt takes place in a bakery. Your character gets a job there. Is it a first ever job for a teenager? A part-time job for someone looking for extra income? Or maybe it’s a retiree looking for something to do in their spare time. Have fun and happy writing.
Tag: short stories
Monday Writing Prompts-Old Friends
For today’s writing prompt, your story takes place in a coffee shop. Two friends who haven’t seen one another in twenty years decide to reunite there. Do things go well and do they promise never to lose touch again? Perhaps they were once childhood sweethearts. Maybe seeing one another again sparks old rivalries or even thoughts…
April Workshops
I’m teaching two workshops that both begin tomorrow- The first one is Writing the Continuing Story and Trilogy which is offered through the Outreach Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Here’s the link with all the details- http://www.oirwa.com/forum/campus/ And Crafting the Short Story is my first time teaching for the Maryland…
Monday Writing Prompts-Last Line
Lots of photos of eggs and basket on the Web so for this prompt the last line of your story is- I told you not to put all your eggs in one basket. Lots of directions you can take the story. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Five Words
For this prompt you have five words that you have to include in your story at least once- Car Road Foolish Rabbit Horizon Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Hobbies
The week’s prompt focuses on hobbies. Your character decides to try his or her hand at a new one. What that hobby is and its outcome is up to you. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-A Glimpse of Spring
Today feels like spring could be on its way soon. I’m finding it hard to believe that there’s only one more week left in February. Before I forget, here’s something that might interest any screenwriters out there and it’s Final Draft’s Big Break Contest- http://store.finaldraft.com/big-break-contest.html Also, a little self promoting for my March workshops which…
NaNoWriMo-Day 14
I know NaNoWriMo is supposed to be about writing 50,000 words for one book…but if you need to, just aim for the word count and don’t worry about them all being in the same story. Maybe you’ll create a couple of novellas or a whole bunch of short stories. Aim for word count and not the actual project as your goal. I…
Monday Writing Prompts-Turn Back Time
Daylight Savings kicked in over the weekend but what if you could turn back years instead of just one hour? Your character invents a watch that lets him or her do just that. How many years do they set on the dial, why, and what are the consequences? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Halloween
You’ve probably guessed the theme of this week’s prompt. It’s Halloween but why not go against the norm and maybe even write a non-spooky story. Have fun and happy writing.