Here are 100+ flash fiction prompts to help you start your short short stories, drabbles and one page stories. Challenge yourself to write less & say more!
Creative Writer Worksheet – Writing Retreat (PDF) Sometimes you need to retreat to move forward. Use this worksheet to plan your dream writing retreat. Imagine your ideal writing setting, do your research, set your budget, and create your itinerary. You don’t have to spend a lot of time and money to get a lot of writing done.…
“He who has a why can endure any how.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Have you ever been in a situation where you had to do something as if your life depended on it? Your why and your reas…
But don’t worry, most writers are and I’m here to help because reading them is making me cRAzY. I’m writing this because I’ve read three otherwise great romance novels back to back featuring...
Writing a fantasy novel means paying attention to common elements of the fantasy genre, worldbuilding and more. Use these helpful fantasy writing resources.
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Writing a historical novel means knowing how far they can travel on a horse, This is good info right here. (via Pinterest)
A screenplay is made up of a lot of different pieces: acts, sequences, scenes, etc. Think of them as multi-sized blocks that you must stack, tear down, rearrange, and throw away until what you have before you looks something like a story. But before you can enjoy the tedious task of formation, you have to create these pieces, or blocks, from scratch. To help with this, screenwriter and frequent Tim Burton collaborator, John August (Big Fish, Corpse Bride), whose blog you should be reading religiously, released a handy infographic/PDF of his popular post "How to Write a Scene" that gives
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Writers Write is a comprehensive writing resource. In this post, we’ve shared Canadian author, Margaret Atwood's 10 rules for writing fiction.
Writing humour can be a challenge, especially if you are more serious by nature. Read these practical writing tips on writing humorous stories now.
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Naming your characters might be a small part of the writing process, but read these tips anyway to make sure you do it right.
When we begin this dream of writing, there are a number of hurdles we must pass if we hope to become successful. Some of those obstacles are on the outside, yet many are internal battles. If we was…
This has so jolted me into action, thanks Dr. Jung. There's no contest - for me the answer to the thought Jung posed just has to be reading...
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How to write a novel using the Save the Cat! method
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Writing children’s literature is kind of like comedy. Everyone thinks it’s easy when, in reality, it’s actually much harder than it looks. Perhaps it’s the lower page count or the simplified language, or the popular belief that kids will be satisfied with any form of entertainment – no matter how superficial. Waggle some bright objects
“So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them.”
“what’s your greatest ambition? to be immortal and then die”
Earning story events means paying attention to context (deep, situational, and immediate) as well as giving the character time to arrive at a response.
TweetPin1EmailShare It can be tough to write a character falling asleep. Falling asleep isn’t something that you can be very aware of as it is happening, so it can be... Read more »
The impact character helps create your protagonist's arc--usually in a positive way. But now, discover the power a negative impact character can offer.
What's the most important part of your story? The aha moment, of course! Today we're studying what makes this moment so emotional and memorable.
all living things have the responsibility to lift and hold one another up. Death of Ego = Freedom of Earth we’ve got the whole world in our hands. we must all come together as o…
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I’ve found some AMAZING resources for worldbuilding your fantasy novel that I just had to share with you guys. As always I want to note that I truly value and believe in high-quality resources that are actionable and deliver actual results. I’m so not about those fluff resources that over promise, u
This week, I came across a piece from the Ransom Center magazine highlighting the archive of Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro, who turns 64 today. It begins with a note from Ishiguro that explains…
You are smart, no matter what others say. Discover the major types of intelligence and find out where you are most intelligent.
