Write a story about super hero(es).
November 2016
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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.
08 Thursday Sep 2016
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It’s Census Night and we’re at the house of the Three Bears. Mama Bear is trying to fill out the census on-line as Papa Bear is computer illiterate. Baby Bear, now a teen, has just gone to bed to find Goldilocks there. There is a knock at the door…
Use mostly dialogue to continue the prompt.
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.
13 Wednesday Jul 2016
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Think of a conversation you have had in the last 24 hours and take that conversation or topic in a different direction, introducing conflict.
25 Wednesday May 2016
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inTake a scene you are working on and insert a hook to pique the reader’s interest. As examples:
19 Thursday May 2016
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inPart 1: Describe Rundle Mall for five minutes.
Part 2: Write a scene / story in which one person is chasing another through this setting because one of them has a secret. Write from either point of view.
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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inWrite a story or scene involving one or more of the following SA icons:
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.