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"My study throngs with characters waiting to be written. Imaginary people, anxious for a life, who..."

“My study throngs with characters waiting to be written. Imaginary people, anxious for a life, who tug at my sleeve, crying, ‘Me next! Go on! My turn!’ I have to select. And once I have chosen, the others lie quiet for ten months or a year, until I come to the end of the story, and the clamor starts up again.”

- Diane Setterfield

"Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but..."

“Expansion. That is the idea the novelist must cling to. Not completion. Not rounding off, but opening out.”

- E.M. Forster

⚘ DAILY STORY SEED ⚘The Phoenix InitiativeWrite about a...

⚘ DAILY STORY SEED⚘

The Phoenix Initiative

Write about a character who recently lost someone dear to them. How have they dealt with the loss? Explore the point of view of this character as they’re approached by a stranger claiming they have a way to bring the dead back to life. Could this… be true?

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"That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the..."

“That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.”

- Edna O’Brien, Country Girl

"When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved..."

“When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.”

- Maurice Maeterlinck

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶Distant StormsWhat does your...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

Distant Storms

What does your Antagonist believe in? What is their philosophy for life? Write a scene where they explain this philosophy to a stranger.

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"Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than..."

“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

- William Faulkner

maxkirin:Good afternoon, dear followers! ✿Today is Friday—...

maxkirin:

Good afternoon, dear followers! ✿

Today is Friday— and you know what that means! It’s time for me to remind you that today is a GREAT DAY toMAKE GOOD ARTand also take the silliest selfies :3

((Also, I have a little something special for those of you looking for a challenge, read on!))

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (and, of course, the rest of us not included within that binary), IT IS WITH EXCITEMENT THAT I TELL YOU THATTODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.If you were waiting for a sign tha...

"If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day. You don’t go to a well once but..."

“If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day. You don’t go to a well once but daily. You don’t skip a child’s breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning.”

- Walter Mosley

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐MASS AMNESIAWrite about a character who...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

MASS AMNESIA

Write about a character who lives in a city that experienced mass amnesia a year prior. The catch? No one remembers how or why it all happened. Double catch? This character’s memory was not, at all, affected by the mass amnesia.

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Thank you for the submission, tamoranix!