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✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT ✐THE ACCIDENTAL SUMMONERWrite a story...

✐ DAILY WEIRD PROMPT✐

THE ACCIDENTAL SUMMONER

Write a story from the point of view of a student with a ritual they have for preparing for finals. The catch? They made a change to this ritual recently. Double catch? This subtle change has made this ritual identical to that for summoning a particular type of demon.

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"Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously."

“Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously.”

- Lev Grossman

Hey, Max. I love to write, and I want to make a career out of it, but I'm pretty young. I don't think anybody takes my writing seriously, and it's hard to write when I know that nobody will want to read something written by someone who's fourteen. Do you h

Hello there, dear anon~ ♥︎

Well, first off I want to say that it’s hella awesome that you’re writing! Seriously. That’s awesome :D

Now… time to talk about the elephant in the room:

Should you care that nobody takes your writing seriously?

Any other writing blog would point you in the direction of something they wrote that could help you. Such as: Who are you trying to impress?

But not here. There’s more to your question. Because, personally I don’t think you should worry about what people think of...

"Most “impossible” goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite size chunks,..."

“Most “impossible” goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going full speed ahead as if they were routine.”

- Don Lancaster

⚘ DAILY STORY SEED ⚘Loot HoarderWrite about a character who...

⚘ DAILY STORY SEED⚘

Loot Hoarder

Write about a character who happens to be examining an abandoned building… except that they soon stumble upon an enormous cache of LOOT! How do they react to this? Were they looking to find treasure? Will they take the loot without questioning who put it there?

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"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

maxkirin:Hello, writerly friends, the VWA is back! :DWhat is...

maxkirin:

Hello, writerly friends, theVWAis back! :D

What is the VWA?

TheVirtual Writing Academyis a weekly writing class where we explore strange writing exercises. This is NOT a lecture. You are not going to learn by listening— but by doing. So, take out your notebooks because we are going to write!

In this week’s episode:We look at a colorful way to make dialogue and narration even better~★

Missed our previous classes?Check out the playlist!

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"You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind."

“You cannot plough a field by

turning it over in your mind.”

- Author Unknown

✶ DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶Opening Old WoundsPick one of...

✶DAILY CHARACTER QUESTION ✶

Opening Old Wounds

Pick one of your secondary characters:

Write a scene where this character relives the one moment that, years later, still brings tears to their eyes.

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"Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you..."

“Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that – but you are the only you.”

- Neil Gaiman