Category: Writing

Begin writing with the following sentence: “That was the time he stopped believing ———-.” That was the time he stopped believing all was going as planned.  It wasn’t his fault although others close to him would later say it was only his fault.  He had grown up in such unusual circumstances, but was it really…

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An estranged mother and son who haven’t seen or spoken to each other in a more than twenty years meet in line at the post office in December, arms full of packages to be mailed.  What do they say to each other? Tory smiled at the woman in front of him who had turned around…

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Jot down a list of things that make you angry.   Some of them make me legitimately angry, but others are just pure annoyances.  I will list ten of them although I’m sure I could make it longer. People who expect everything to be perfect when they order any food or beverage item as if they…

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Put two characters, each of whom wants something from the other, in a room together.  Neither of them is allowed to ask for it straight out.  Give them five minutes with only dialogue to get what they want. “Is there something I can do for you?” (Woman A) “No.” (Woman B) “Okay but you’ve glanced…

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As you know, well some of you, I’ve reached the deep end of the pool with my rewriting.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rewritten certain parts of it.  Way too many and while I wasn’t going to release any of it until it was ready to be published in a physical form…

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(Tell a story that begins with a ransom note) When Sally read the note, she couldn’t believe what she was reading.  Here was someone asking for money she didn’t have.  How was she supposed to get five million dollars when she wasn’t allowed to work?  She hadn’t worked a single day in her life.  The…

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