The Writer’s Tune-Up Manual by Craig A. Hart


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Creative Writing Exercise #4: ... the end
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Write a ficlet that ends on the following sentence:

Carla packed her bags and left for Europe.

Write no more than 700 words. (Word CounterPost your story in a comment to this post, no later than Sunday, September 24, 6pm GMT ( Read more... )

“Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” Ray Bradbury

Link: 10 Short Story Ideas
Are you struggling with writing? Have a prompt but don't know where to go ( Read more... )

Creative Writing Exercise #3: a drabble
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This Friday's writing exercise is a quickie. :) A drabble is a concise story told in exactly 100 words. The title is not part of the drabble.

Write a 100 word drabble for the prompt (Word Counter):

"a stained glass variation of the truth"

from this song:

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Creative Writing Exercise #2: Writing Darkness, Writing Suddenness
[ #1Imagine the following scene ( Read more... )

In August, I taught a four week online novel coaching course and came up with creative writing exercises for the participants. The exercises were a lot of fun and I thought I'll post them here, every Friday all through September. (Thank you, kitty_fic for giving me permission to post :D). You can write fanfic or original fic.

Creative Writing Exercise #11 ( Read more... )

Are you ready to write at least 100 words today ( Read more... )

Are you ready to write at least 100 words today ( Read more... )

Are you ready to write at least 100 words today ( Read more... )

The exercise:

Choose a country where you have always longed to go but haven't yet been and set a story there. Read old and new travel guides, and the National Geographics, google it, buy a map, study the country's politics, religion, government, and social issues; read cook-books - always, always looking for the persuasive detail, something you ( Read more... )