Julie Duffy's Blog, page 153
May 16, 2015
May 17 – Limits: Third Person – Limited
The Prompt
Write A Story In The Third Person, Limited
Write A Story In The Third Person, Limited
May 15, 2015
May 16 – Limits: Second Person
The Prompt
Write A Story In The Second Person
Write A Story In The Second Person
May 14, 2015
May 15 Limits: First Person
The Prompt
Write A Story In the First Person
Write A Story In the First Person
May 13, 2015
May 14 – Write What You Don’t Know
The Prompt
Spend 15 minutes Researching Something On Wikipedia Then Write About It
Spend 15 minutes Researching Something On Wikipedia Then Write About It
May 12, 2015
May 13 – Limits: 100 Words or “Drabbles”
Ready for another break? This exercise is ‘easier’ than writing a 5,000 word story, only because it takes a little less time. It does, however, take a lot more time than any average 100 words in the middle of a longer story. Crafting a complete story in 100 words is not easy. It is, however, […]
May 11, 2015
May 12 – Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
The Prompt
Fictionalize an almost-unbelievable real-life story
Fictionalize an almost-unbelievable real-life story
May 10, 2015
May 11 – Memories
Just because something happened in real life, doesn’t make it a good story. At a writers’ conference I heard agents sigh every time someone said they were writing a memoir. “Why not turn it into a fictional story?” one said, brightly, with barely disguised overtones of desperation. Today we’re going to try to do that. […]
May 9, 2015
May 10 – Agony Aunt
You’re a writer, which probably means you’re at thinker, which probably means that a fair percentage of your friends come to you for advice on a regular basis. And you probably give this advice in a thoughtful, reasoned, I-don’t-want-to-hurt-your-feelings kind of way. Not today. The Prompt Write a response from an advice columnist with an […]
May 8, 2015
Guest Prompt from Gregory Frost
Today’s prompt is a real treat: a writing exercise from author Gregory Frost. (Side note: his classes are the kind that writers only tell their best friends about … and then only after their own application has been accepted!) Here he shares a prompt that seems to be about setting but turns out to be all about character. Flex […]
May 9 – Lists
A lists can be a whole story in itself, but lists can also provide a framework for a series of stories. Today, give some thought to list-making. It might help you later in the challenge when your idea engine is running on fumes. Pick your favorite idea today, and save the rest for later in […]
