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Day 15 – The List

Welcome to Week 3! You’re still here! I’m very impressed… This week we’ll be looking at some of the fun ways short stories can be written that are nothing like mini-novels. The Prompt Write A Story In The Form Of A List Ideas for your list story: Shopping List 10 Things I Hate/Love About You … Continue reading "Day 15 – The List"

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Day 14 – M.I.C.E. and Where Stories Start & Stop

Today I want to give you an overview of something that I find useful when figuring out where to start and stop a story and how to keep it on track. It’s called the MICE Quotient and I learned about it from Mary Robinette Kowal, though it was invented by Orson Scott Card. The letters … Continue reading "Day 14 – M.I.C.E. and Where Stories Start & Stop"

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Day 13 – Start With A Bang

Today we continue with the third of my ‘fairy story’ structures: Hansel Gretel. The Prompt Start with a life-changing moment and lead your characters through the story to show us who they become.   Hansel and Gretel starts off with a bang: two kids, alone in woods, abandoned! What are they doing to do? After … Continue reading "Day 13 – Start With A Bang"

Day 12 – You May Be A Swan

Today’s story structure is a little more balanced, and is illustrated by the Ugly Duckling story. The Prompt Use the Ugly Duckling Story To Write A Balanced Story With The Life-Changing Moment In The Middle Unlike in Cinderella, the Ugly Duckling’s life-changing moment comes in the middle, and then the author spends the second half … Continue reading "Day 12 – You May Be A Swan"

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Day 11 – Cinderella Story Structure

For the next three days we’ll be writing stories based on their strcuture. Today’s will be very familiar to anyone who’s heard the words ‘three act structure’ or ever heard of “Cinderella”. The Prompt Write a story in which your hero wants something, tries and fails to get it, and eventually has their life-changing moment … Continue reading "Day 11 – Cinderella Story Structure"

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Protected: Day 10 – Let’s Make Them Flash, Superstar

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