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May 7, 2015
Guest Prompt from Phil Giunta
Today’s prompt comes from horror-and-paranormal author Phil Giunta. But just because it starts with gore, doesn’t mean you have to try to write the kind of story Phil might write. The magic of these kinds of prompts is in seeing what different writers do with the same prompt. If you write this one, why not […]
May 8 – Fairy Tale Redux
Congratulations! You’ve written for seven days straight! If you’re anything like me, things are both easier and harder now. The writing might be becoming a priority in your day: something of a habit that you’re making time for. Sitting down and starting might come easier with all this practice. After coming up with seven new […]
May 6, 2015
Guest Prompt from Meg Wolfe
Meg Wolfe‘s prompt introduces a little mystery into our writing, unsurprisingly since Meg is a mystery writer! The Prompt An Unexpected Acquisition What suddenly shows up on your character’s doorstep, or in the mail, or on his or her birthday? It should be something that wasn’t expected or asked for or even thought about–how would […]
May 7 – The Object of the Story
The Prompt Look at a museum’s website. Find an object. Or an object in the background of a painting. Think about its significance to the culture it belonged to. Write a story about a character in a culture that values such things (real or imagined). Tips If you know a lot about a particular historical […]
May 5, 2015
Guest Writing Prompt from Joe R Lansdale
Today’s guest writing prompt comes from master storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, who has won the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker awards and The Horror Writer Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award among others! Our thanks to Mr Lansdale for taking the time to provide this provocative prompt for us. The Prompt On the day they saw the […]
May 6 – Ripped From The Headlines
The Prompt Steal a story from another source, and use it as inspiration Tips Great places to look for stories like this include: News sites. Subjective sites like TMZ and Unworthy give you more editorial and emotion to work with. Harder news sites like The New York Times or the BBC, or the front page […]
How To Sign Up
To sign up to do the challenge, you only have to promise you’ll do it! You can write stories anywhere, post comments on blog entries and pat yourself on the back. If you’d like to be part of the online community please send an email to editor at storyaday dot org and include the username you’d […]
May 4, 2015
Guest Writing Prompt from Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant
Today's guest prompter is Seanan McGuire who also writes as Mira Grant. I love these little peeks inside the minds of successful writers, don't you?
May 5 – Setting
First: a little Day 5 pep talk. If you’re finding it hard to write every day; if you’ve missed a day; if you’ve just found us and are wondering if it’s too late to join; if you’ve been here since April and and wondering if it’s time to quit…To all of you I say “don’t […]
May 3, 2015
May 4 – Heroes
Today we’re focusing on the heart of any story: the characters. We often refer to the protagonist as the ‘hero’ whether or not he/she is heroic. Today, however, we’re going to take that word literally: The Prompt Write A Story With A Heroic Protagonist Tips A hero is not necessarily someone with a cape and […]
