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Day 19 – Direct To Camera

May is far from over! Don’t give up now. And if you’ve just discovered StoryADay May, it’s not too late to jump in. Here’s today’s prompt, and you can find a new episode of the podcast here: Is It Time To Quit? (spoiler: no!) The Prompt Tell A Story ‘Direct To Camera’ This is probably … Continue reading "Day 19 – Direct To Camera"

Day 18 – It’s A Bit One-Sided

The Prompt Write a story today in which the reader only hears one side of the conversation This could be a telephone conversation, a text conversation, a series of social media updates, a series of letters, whatever. Examples Bob Newhart telephone does this in telephone calls Watch Neil Gaiman read his story Orange here or read it … Continue reading "Day 18 – It’s A Bit One-Sided"

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104 – Getting Your Mojo Back

In Week 2 of StoryADay May 2018 we’re working on craft-based writing prompts (character desires, conflict, structures, openings and endings). Picking up skills and putting down words. But now that the novelty has worn off, what can you do to rekindle your excitement about writing every day for a month? Another new episode of Write … Continue reading "104 – Getting Your Mojo Back"

Day 17 – Write A Sonnet

Today’s prompt is all about limits, but don’t worry, you don’t have to know anything about poetry and you don’t have to make this rhyme! The Prompt Write A Story In 14 Sentences That’s it! (Sometimes limits can be surprisingly freeing so if you hate this idea, try it anyway!!)

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Day 16 – We Need To Talk

Extra! Extra! A fabulous new collection of 100 word stories has just hit the shelves. It’s called Nothing Short Of 100 and it comes from Grant Faulkner (also the head honcho at NaNoWriMo), Lynn Mundell and Beret Olson, all of 100WordStory.org To see four excellent examples of a 100 word story, hop on over to the … Continue reading "Day 16 – We Need To Talk"

Bonus: Writing Contests as Prompts – a guest post from Elise Holland

Today’s bonus prompt comes from Elise Holland, writer and editor of the 2Elizabeths online literary magazine There are so many excellent contests available to short form writers. Sometimes the clear-cut parameter of a deadline serves as inspiration, and many contests are genre specific, creating a built-in, detailed prompt. In order to provide a precise prompt, … Continue reading "Bonus: Writing Contests as Prompts – a guest post from Elise Holland"

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