Task: Write a story of maximum 100 words using only one-syllable wordsThis exercise forces writers to use simple, familiar words. For example, basic words such as bed, earth, stars, bone, yard, house are all simple words, but they're also rich with emotional potential (If you have to, you may use more-syllable words, but try to keep their amount as ( Read more... )

I'm vaguely afraid that with all the meeting we are missing rigth now, we'll be falling way behind on our novel writing schedule.

Hence, I decided that it might be best if I were to simply post the creative writing tasks I had planned for the August meeting (that did not actually take place). I will post one exercise each week, to give people time ( Read more... )

As promised, here are some more random writing prompts.

What to do with these prompts:
Click on one of the lj-cuts below. It will take you to a list of five random prompts.
Then, sit down and write a short piece (maximum 50 words) for each of them.

If you are currently writing a novel or another long story, you should use that story's characters for ( Read more... )

Here's a small task to help you develop conflict out of your character's backstory. I'm certain, it will help you pass the time until the next meeting. :-)

( Conflict and Backstory )

At yesterday's meeting , we didn't get round to decide on a date for the next one.
So, would you prefer Friday, June 1st, or Friday, June 8th?

Also, here's the writing exercise we didn't had time to do at the meeting. If you sit down and write something, I would love to read the dialogues. So, please, post your answers in your blogs.

Task: Setting in ( Read more... )

First, make a list of all the (important) places/settings you are going to use in your story. And then...

Draw your setting:

Take a an hour off one afternoon, sit down with pen and paper and draw a map of the most important place/setting of your story.
Maybe it's the place your final showdown takes place in. Perhaps it's a map of the (fictional) town ( Read more... )

As promised, here's task #3:

Write a Short Synopsis:

Take your one-paragraph summary (you wrote it last week) and expand each sentence in it into a full paragraph of its own. You should get about one full page. This is what we will call a short synopsis.

Your short synopsis should be in present tense, and it must summarize your story briefly. Focus on ( Read more... )

Here is the first task for April. This one is dealing with the characters for your novel project:

Write an octopoem about one of your main characters (or all of them if you want to).

( What is an octopoem? )

I promised you an exercise as a warm-up for our novel-writing project this year. So, here it is, now.
It's mostly preliminary considerations regarding your own wishes and writing style, so it has nothing to do with your story idea yet.

I think it might be best if you tackle the following tasks and/or questions as a kind of pre-novel-writing ( Read more... )

Title: Google Me
Length: 21 lines in 5 stanzas
Rating: G
Warnings: just general insanity... it's a spoof song, for God's sake!

Author's Notes: I wrote this as part of the NaNo-Calendar project of my Creative Writing group. Task was to "Choose a catchy song that you enjoy and rewrite the lyrics."

My only excuse for this is that I was going through ( Read more... )