Write a story about super hero(es).
November 2016
17 Tuesday Jan 2017
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in17 Tuesday Jan 2017
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inWrite a story about super hero(es).
02 Wednesday Nov 2016
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inA sixteen-year-old growing up on a ranch is out in a storm, gets hit by lightning, and survives. After that, the kid can hear other people’s (and / or animals’) thoughts.
15 Monday Aug 2016
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inChoose a secondary or lesser character from a work in progress. Write a story illustrating the pivotal incident that changes the course of this character’s life. This story need not be something you will include in your work in progress.
19 Thursday May 2016
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inPart 1: Think of two secrets
Part 2: Think of two characters
Part 3: Match one of the secrets to each of the characters. Now write a scene or story in which the two characters are stuck in a broken down train and can’t get out for hours. Neither wants to share their secret, but they can’t think of anything else.
19 Thursday May 2016
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inDelving into the realms of fan fiction – choose a superhero or similar and get them to solve a domestic problem with which they are unfamiliar eg the breakdown of a domestic appliance.
19 Thursday May 2016
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inWrite a scene in which a secondary character (ie not the protagonist or antagonist) creates a pivotal change in the main character’s direction.
19 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.
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).