Write a story based on the photograph provided (no link available) of six people waiting at a bus-stop with various bags and a seeing / hearing assistance dog.
October 2015
19 Thursday May 2016
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in19 Thursday May 2016
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inWrite a story based on the photograph provided (no link available) of six people waiting at a bus-stop with various bags and a seeing / hearing assistance dog.
19 Thursday May 2016
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inWrite something where the only character is experiencing a strong emotion, using only description and no dialogue.
23 Friday Jan 2015
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inTags
My new neighbour hammered on my front door and said that he had to leave for Sydney immediately. He asked me to feed his pet. ‘He gets agro if he isn’t fed three times a day,’ he said. He thrust his door key into my hand and told me the food is in the ‘fridge on the back veranda. ‘He’s usually in the swimming pool,’ he told me. ‘Only don’t take a dip, it isn’t wise.’
As I stood by the pool, a head emerged and glared at me. I realised it was –
Hurriedly I opened the ‘fridge door and discovered the food for the beast. It was –
Write the story from the first person POV or from the POV of the departing neighbour or from the POV of the Beast.
Fifteen minutes approximately to complete exercise.
17 Saturday Jan 2015
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inThis month’s exercise is to write a short Christmas story in 500 words or less to read out loud at your Christmas Party.
17 Wednesday Dec 2014
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inOur writing exercise this month was derived by adapting and combining two of the exercises on another writing website: Writing Exercises. This site is well worth a bit of exploration if you need a speck of inspiration.
Write a dialogue between two characters showing the differences in personality and behaviour between them using ONLY DIALOGUE. (No he said / she said and no narrative today).
Here’s the first line. It comes from the random first line generator at Writing Exercises.
“Oh yeah, you really told him, didn’t you?”
Here are some possible characters for the second guy/girl (adapted from Writing Exercises character generator to have a more speculative bent).