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September 25, 2017

Monday Writing Prompts-Words With More Than One Meaning

  This week I thought we’d try something a little different. Here are two words, fall, leaves. In your short story you’re not only going to use them but try and use them in as many ways as you can to show all of their meanings… For example, It’s fall. I hope the tree doesn’t fall down. The…

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August 14, 2017

Monday Writing Prompts-Three Word Challenge

  I thought we’d try something different this week. I’m calling it the three word challenge.  Using your main character’s dialogue, he or she has to say the following three words somewhere in your story. They are- camera watch whiskey I hope this one’s a fun prompt for you to tackle. Happy writing.

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July 3, 2017

Monday Writing Prompts-Fox

  This week’s prompt focuses on a fox. Does your character wake up one morning and see this fox in the backyard? Maybe they’re driving along and see it by the side of the road. Perhaps they stop to take a photo. Does seeing a fox even have some significance for your character? Have fun and…

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May 15, 2017

Monday Writing Prompts-Stormy Weather

  This prompt’s theme is stormy weather. It could be your character runs into a bad storm while traveling or maybe they’re trying to outrun a storm or have to find shelter. Have fun and happy writing.

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April 11, 2016

Monday Writing Prompts-Bakery

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.

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March 28, 2016

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.

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March 15, 2016

Flash Fiction Tips and a Contest

I received these tips from the Writer’s Bureau School in the UK and they’ve kindly agreed to let me share them with you. By the way here’s a link to their current flash fiction contest in case anyone wants to enter. http://www.wbcompetition.com     Writing Great Flash Fiction     Flash fiction has to cover…

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February 8, 2016

Monday Writing Prompts-Window

It’s an opening line for this week’s writing prompt. Your character looks out of the window and says-I can’t believe it actually happened…   Have fun and happy writing.

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November 9, 2015

Monday Writing Prompts-Talking

Yesterday my tip was about skipping ahead in your story to a dialogue heavy scene so this prompt focuses on what your characters say. Here’s a photo to get you started. What are these two men talking about and can you build a story around it? Have fun and happy writing.

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September 14, 2015

Monday Writing Prompt-Blood Moon

I’ve just been reading an article about the upcoming blood moon. Some doomsayers predict very bad things will happen such as floods and earthquakes. So for this writing prompt your character has to deal with some natural disaster. Have fun and happy writing.

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