Another exercise from the CityLit workshop. A very short one, but one I like. We had to look at a bunch of pictures laid out on some desks and choose one as a prompt for a piece of writing. My main writing partner for the day, Lee, who was a ridiculously talented Irishman with a …
I've just been in a one-day creative writing workshop at CityLit, highly recommended! After a year's worth of dry spell, I have enough creative exercises and explorations to make several posts, using prompts and exercises from the day. In this prompt, you walk along a corridor filled with doors. This does not obey the laws …
Quick and late one this weeks as my brain is fried. What would you choose from the following options? I think I'd choose Exploration. Domain would be the Genie's Palace, the Forest Shrine or the Pirate Ship. Genie's Palace probably coming out on top by a whisker. I'd go with the gifts of Command, Flawed …
Pinterest Story Prompt: She bought the shirt for a dollar at the thrift store and found the key in the pocket a week later. - deepwaterwritingprompts.tumblr.com Melly loved her monthly thrift store treasure hunts. She usually went in with a particular theme or purpose, but was just as usually diverted down fascinating rabbit holes of …
Have you ever been completely jarred out of a story by something so wrong, you just can't accept it in that story's context? You have to sit back, process and then try to put the pieces back together to go on. I've just been reading the second book in a series, romantic fantasy, set in …
So, Pinterest is now inundating me with story-related spreads for Tarot cards. I'm doing one more and then will leave well enough alone unless something truly epic hits my screen. This week's effort is a Story Outline Spread: And here's the reading... Card 1 - Hero Ace of Cups - the aces are about the …
I plugged myself into an Ogilvy webinar on Mastering the Craft of Storytelling, presented by David Hofmeyer a few weeks ago and wanted to share some of his observations on story structures in particular. One of the first points he made was around why storytelling is so effective as a transmitter of information. Human brains …
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I found this image of a tarot card spread on Pinterest t'other day, to create a character, and thought it might be a bit of fun to try. Here's what I got from my cards... Now I'm wondering if it should be done with the major arcana only, thank goodness this deck is fully illustrated! …
I thought it might be nice to share some of my favourite places for stories and ideas: Ilona Andrews - Ilona and Gordon Andrews are urban fantasy authors with a knack for turning out tales that manage to be both unexpected and yet feel completely 'right'. They're in the final stages of preparing the final …
Pinterest Story Prompt: "You said you didn't need me any more." "That was before the dragons escaped sir." - sites-google/site/thesiteforwriters/ Ex-commander Samuel looked at the nervous courier and raised an eyebrow, but didn't move from his seat by the fire. "It's a pity you didn't find me isn't it." The courier paled further, "Please sir, …
The DNA of Stories 