Time for another challenge and this week it’s time to take a ride on a Ferris wheel. Maybe it’s your character has never been on one before. Perhaps they’ve been scared and today they decide they’re going to put their fear aside. Maybe they own the Ferris wheel. They might even get stuck on the…
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Accept The Challenge-Leap
It’s not only a leap year but today is February 29th. You’ve probably guessed that this challenge has a leap year connection. The theme is leap and you can do lots of things with it. Maybe your story’s title is leap. Maybe your character’s name is leap. Perhaps your character takes a great leap. Or…
Accept the Challenge-Meditation
This week’s challenge features a character who decides to give meditation a try. They’ve signed up for a class and hope it will bring them the stress free break they’ve been looking for. What happens in the class? Is it a good or bad experience and what does your character learn? Happy writing.
Accept the Challenge-Cafe Owner
This week’s Accept the Challenge focuses on a new cafe owner. It’s opening day, the first customer steps inside and orders the two items in the photo above. What happens next? Do they like the food and drink or do they have a complaint? Have fun and happy writing.
Accept the Challenge-Location, Location, Location
Ready for this week’s challenge? This one is a combination of a character, a photo and a line of dialogue. Here’s the challenge. Your main POV character is a real estate agent. They’ve just agreed to sale this abandoned property. Somewhere in the story they have to say the line, location, location, location. Hope you…
Monday Writing Wisdom-Don’t Plan Your Ending
Do you plan the ending of the book? Or does the ending surprise you? Sometimes actually writing the book can take your story in a whole new direction you never saw coming.
Accept the Challenge-3 Lines of Dialogue
A new challenge that I hope you’ll enjoy… Here are three lines of dialogue. “That will have to do.” “I told you this would happen.” “It’s going to rain tomorrow.” The challenge is to weave all three into your story. One could be at the beginning, one in the middle and one the final words…
Accept The Challenge-Snapshot
Are you ready to accept this week’s challenge? Our scenario for this week is your character purchases an old camera…yes, the type where you had to buy film and have it developed. Your character finds a bargain camera at a flea market. When they bring it home, they realize there’s an old film in there….
Fiction Predictions for 2024
I hoping I’m not breaking a rule that I always tell my students and that’s to never write to trends. However, I thought it would be fun to do some research and try to figure out what’s going to be hot in the world of fiction for 2024 and maybe even beyond… First of all,…
Writing Prompts for September
NaNoWriMo isn’t far away so this month, I thought we’d polish some writing skills ready for this year’s event. Five writing elements…some might be your weakness or even or strengths. Ready to give them a try? Have fun and happy writing.