Fiction Friday – Lottery Fever
Fiction Friday
Friday 4th July 2014 – Lottery Fever.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: Invent a character who has just won the jackpot on the lottery. What happens next? What does he/she do when he/she finds out? How does he/she handle the win? Who do they tell and how does it affect their life?
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Fiction Friday – Time Travel
Friday 27th July 2014
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt – Time Travel. Pick one of the three suggestions below then write a fictional story beginning with the line ‘as I walked toward the door.’
Is your character a person of that era? Has your character got there using time travel?
The day Elizabeth I found out she was going to be Queen.
1914 – the beginning of the First World War.
The day you were born.
by Fiction Friday – A Fly On The Wall
Friday 20th June 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: A fly on the wall. Many of us have said that we wish we could have been a fly on the wall on a conversation we want to hear. Write about a time where you did get to overhear a conversation. What was said?
by Fiction Friday – Lucky?
Friday 13th June 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: Lucky. Friday 13th is unlucky for some. Write about a character who has always had bad luck except for Friday 13th when they seem to have a large reversal of luck. What happens? Is it all too much at once?
by Fiction Friday – Trapped
Friday 6th June 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: Trapped. There is a power cut and as a result, your character is stuck in a bank vestibule with a stranger. What happens? How long are you there?
by Fiction Friday – The Wedding
Fiction Friday
Friday 30th May 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: The wedding. You are back in town for a wedding. You used to live in this place but not been back for a while. Why did you leave? Do you like the couple getting married? Are you seeing a group of friends that you’ve not seen for a while?
by Fiction Friday – When I Grow Up.
Fiction Friday
Friday 23rd May 2014 – When I Grow Up…
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: We have such big imaginations as children and anything is possible. What did you want to be when you grew up? An astronaut? A fireman? A princess? Write about what would happen if you suddenly got a chance to be what you wanted to be as a child.
by Fiction Friday – Carry On The Story…
Friday 16th May 2014 – Carry on the story.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: Carry on the story, using the following line as a starting point.
‘Miranda was sat next to Tim when she saw the article. She quickly snatched the magazine from him.’
by Fiction Friday – Observation.
Friday 9th May 2014 – Observation.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below. 0
Today’s prompt: Set your timer for a minute. In that minute, write down everything you notice whilst looking out your window – people you see, objects, colours. Do you have the window open? What can you smell? Write down everything that you notice within that minute. Once you’re done, start putting all of your notes into a story.
by Fiction Friday – Superhero School
Friday 2nd May 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: You have just found out that you’ve got superhero powers and have been enrolled in superhero school. Write about your first day. What’s your power? Have you been enrolled by accident? Do you earn yourself an arch-enemy? Do you come from a family of superheroes and now have a lot to live up to?
by Fiction Friday – Transportation
Friday 25th April 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly writing prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post in the comments below.
Fiction Friday
Today’s prompt: You are transported into your favourite book or movie. Which character are you? What changes in the story now you are there? Do you alter something significant?
by Fiction Friday – Opposites
Fiction Friday
Friday 18th April 2014.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt where the internal editor is asked to step out. We post a prompt. Use it as inspiration to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you like. Once you’ve finished, post in the comments below. Don’t edit, just post.
Today’s prompt: Take a story you love. Maybe one you liked as a child or a snippet of a book you’ve read recently. Swap all the characters around. Make the hero the sidekick and the villain the hero? Maybe the adult who offers advice is the nervous and unknowing character? What if the hero’s best friend is actually the villain? Have a go at swapping everyone around.
by A Fairytale Story
Fiction Friday
Fiction Friday: 11th April 2014.
The idea of Fiction Friday is to write. We post a prompt every friday. Use it as inspiration to write for a minimum of five minutes. Then, keep going for as long as you can. Once you’re done, don’t edit, just post in the comments below.
Today’s prompt: Fairytales.
Write about a cowardly girl who must save a princess, evade an unwanted lover and defeat a tyrant before she can return home. Things become complicated because of a jealous rival. Assistance comes in the form of a magic ring.
by Strange Days
Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: 4th April 2014
Fiction Friday
The aim of Fiction Friday is to shut away your internal editor for a while. We post a prompt. You write for a minimum of five minutes and then, keep going for as long as you can. Once you’re done, don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.
Today’s prompt: In approx 250 – 350 words, describe the strangest day you can imagine. What’s the setting? What’s happening? Who is it happening to?
by The Heist
Fiction Friday: 28th March 2014
Every friday, we post a writing prompt. The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keeping going for as long as you can. Once you’re done, don’t edit your piece of writing, just post in the comments below.
Today’s prompt is that your characters are in the middle of some sort of heist. How many people involved and the scale of the robbery is up to you. The first line is, ‘Just get on with it. We need to get out of here, now.’
Remember, don’t edit, just post.
by Phone Call
Fiction Friday: Phone Call.
Fiction Friday
The aim is to use the prompt and write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit. Just post.
Today’s prompt: Your character gets a phone call at three am in the morning. It wakes you up. When you answer, do you recognise the voice and know who it is? Is it a stranger?
by Using Your Words
Fiction Friday: 14th March.
Fiction Friday
Using all your words.
Fiction Friday is our weekly prompt. The aim is to use the prompt, write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’re done, post in the comments box below. Don’t edit, just post.
Today’s prompt:
You have six people sat around a table, three men and three women. The reason as to why they are there is up to you. Your first sentence is from one of the women and it’s Continue reading
by Magical Objects
Fiction Friday: Magical Objects.
Fiction Friday
Every Friday is Fiction Friday. We post a prompt. You write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’re done, you don’t edit. Just post in the comments box below.
Today’s Prompt: You come across a seemingly ordinary object. It can be anything – a scarf, shoes, a lamp, a remote for the TV. You almost discard it but then magical things start to happen. When you realise it’s this object making things happen, you decide to keep and use it. What happens next?
by The List
Fiction Friday
Which three things would your character like to try?
Fiction Friday: 28th february 2014.
List three activities that you could have your character doing. It could be anything from sky diving to a road trip from one end of the country to the other. Once you have your three things, pick one. If you are working on something at the moment, use your main character and write from the point of view of your character whilst they try this activity. If you’ve not got a character, open the book nearest to you and pick a name from there.
Write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going. Once you’re done, don’t edit. Just post.
by NK Fiction Friday: Money Money Money
Fiction Friday
Fiction Friday – 21st February 2014.
The prompt for today’s fiction friday: You find a money clip on the ground whilst walking down the high street. It contains £10,000. What do you do next? Which problems does it create? Solve?
Write for five minutes minimum and then keep going. Once you’re finished, post in the comments box below.
by Is it Love?
Fiction Friday
Fiction Friday: Friday 14th February 2014: Is it Love?
For today’s prompt, it’s all about love (as it’s Valentine’s Day.) Your two main characters are Lucy and Tom. Have they just met? Are they are at a turning point in their relationship? Is it about to end? That’s all your choice. What will you have happen to Lucy and Tom?
Write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Don’t edit, just post in the comments below.
by If You Go Down To The Woods Today…
Fiction Friday Prompt: 7th February 2014.
Fiction Friday
Today’s prompt: If you go down to the woods today…
What does the picture below inspire? Does it conjure up wonder? Fear? Curiosity? Write down everything that comes into your head when you look at it and then try to craft it into a story. Write for five minutes minimum and then keep going as long as you can.
Once you’re done, Continue reading
by Who’s Coming To Dinner?
Fiction Friday
Fiction Friday – 31st January 2014.
Today’s prompt: Pick three to five guests that you’d like to invite over to dinner. It could be anyone you like; friends, celebrities, people you admire. Write about the evening starting from the moment your first guest arrives.
Write for five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. When you’re done, post in the comments below.
by Interviewing Your Character.
Fiction Friday
Friday 24th January 2014: Asking your character questions.
The Fiction Friday prompt this week is about getting to know your character. Do you have a piece of fiction you are currently working on? If so, ask these questions about your main character. If you don’t, pick a random name out from a newspaper or a book you’re currently reading.
Ask these five questions:
1. Who is your hero and why?
2. What is your earliest childhood memory?
3. Does your character have a secret? Continue reading
by Snippets
Fiction Friday
Fiction Friday – 17th January 2014.
It’s amazing what lines of dialogue or ideas for books we can get from accidentally overhearing other people’s conversation.
For today’s prompt, try to catch little pieces of information from conversations going on around you. Anything you find interesting, write down. Once you’ve got between five and ten lines, put them into a paragraph of dialogue. Once you’re done, post.
Write for a minimum of five minutes, then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’re done, then post in the comments below.
by The Conversation
Fiction Friday
Fiction Friday: 10th January 2014.
The aim of Fiction Friday is to take the prompt below and write for a minimum of five minutes, then keep going for as long as you can. Don’t edit, just post your attempt in the comments below.
Today’s prompt: Keep this conversation going:
‘Don’t I know you?’
‘No, I don’t think so?’
‘No, I do. Weren’t you the woman who, you know, got involved with all that business a while back?’
What comes next?
by Fiction Friday: Strange Happenings.
Fiction Friday: 3rd January 2014.
You wake up to find that a household product is having a strange effect on your pets and children and they start to act strange. What happens next?
Write for five minutes minimum and then keep going. When you’re done, post in the comments box below.
by Fiction Friday: Mistaken Identity
Friday 6th December 2013
The prompt today – you get mistaken for someone else? Who do you get mistaken for? What happens?
Write for five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit, just post.
by Fiction Friday: Dinner Party
Friday 29th November 2013: Dinner Party.
You are invited to a dinner party by a stranger. When you get there, you find that you’ve been joined by friends and enemies. What happens? Why have you all been brought there?
Write for five minutes and then, keep going if you can. Don’t edit, just post.
by Fiction Friday: Sensitive Information
Fiction Friday: 22nd November 2013.
Today’s prompt:
You are at work and you hit print on a private or sensitive document. However, you send it to the wrong printer and now you don’t know where it’s gone….
Keep writing.
Remember, don’t edit, just post.
by Fiction Friday: Family Celebrations
Fiction Friday: Friday 15th November 2013.
It’s Friday. Every week, we have a fiction prompt and the aim is just to write, not edit.
Today, it’s all about family celebrations. Your character’s name is Mark and he is going back to his family home for a get together for the first time in five years. Who is there? Why has he not been back for so long and what happens once he gets there? Does he bring anyone with him and how are they received?
Write for five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can. Once you’ve finished, post on here. Don’t edit.
by Ghostly Happenings
Friday 25th October 2013:
As Halloween is nearly upon us, today’s prompt has a ghostly theme. Write a ghost story. For example, a relative who has recently passed on is now sitting on your sofa, talking to you.
Write for five minutes then keep going. Don’t edit, just post.
by Close Your Eyes
Fiction Friday: Friday 18th October 2013.
This week, close your eyes. Write about the first thing you see or think about. Add a what if to the mix.
Write for five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit. Just post.
by Hide Out
Friday 11th October 2013:
Using mostly dialogue, write about someone who finds a person hiding out in their garage or attic. Has your character met this person before?
Write for five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit, just post.
by Alternative Fairy Stories
Fiction Friday: 4th October 2013
We all know many fairy stories. For this week’s fiction friday, how about you rewrite one. What if it were the princesses who went off to slay the dragon? What if Cinderella was horrible to the ugly sisters? You can pick any fairy story and rewrite it.
Write for five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit, just post.
by A Curious Letter
Fiction Friday – 27th September 2013.
Prompt:
A hand delivered letter gets put through your letter box. It’s addressed to your spouse/partner or ex. Do you open it? If you don’t, do you fight not to open it? If you do open it, are you happy with what you find inside?
Write for five minutes and then keep going. When you are done, don’t edit, just post.
by Speed Dating
Fiction Friday: 20th September 2013.
Today’s prompt: After getting out of a serious relationship, you get talked into going speed dating. What happens? Maybe your ex is there? Write in the first person. Write for five minutes and then keep going. Once you’ve finished, don’t edit, just post.
by Fact with Fiction
Fiction Friday: Friday 13th September 2013.
Pick your favourite or least favourite historical character and then create a fictional piece around them. For example, what if Elizabeth I did get married? Write for five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit, just post.
by Empty Room
Fiction Friday: 6th September 2013.
You find yourself sitting in a chair in an empty room and you have no idea how you got there.
Write for five minutes and then keep going. Once you’re finished, post on here.
by Time Travel
Fiction Friday – 30th August 2013.
You stumble across an unusual object that then transports you back into the past. What happens next?
Write for five minutes then keep going. Don’t edit, just post.
by Printer Error…
Fiction Friday prompt for 23rd August 2013.
You’ve printed off some sensitive material. Maybe its confidential company information? A private letter? However, you realise too late that it’s been sent to the wrong printer and you don’t know it’s location. Keep writing….
Write in the first person.
Remember, write for five minutes then keep going.
Don’t edit, just post.
by Fiction Friday: Dialogue
Friday 16th August:
This week, write something that’s almost completely dialogue. You can pick the theme, subject, characters etc.
(Write for five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit, just post in the comments box below.)
by Week Nine: Your List.
For this week’s Fiction Friday, choose something you’ve always wanted to do (something on your bucket list,) and then write a story where your character experiences it.
The rules:
Write for the minimum of five minutes and then keep going.
Don’t edit, just post.
(Fiction Friday, 2nd August 2013.)
by Week 8: Music
For week 8, it’s all about music.
Pick one of your favourite songs and use it as your inspiration. Your main character’s names are Katy and Ryan.
Write for 5 minutes minimum and then keep going. Don’t edit and post in the comments box below.
by # Week Seven – Nursery Rhymes.
Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Week Seven.
This week, write a piece using your favourite nursery rhyme as inspiration. Write in a third person point of view.
(Rules: Write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going. Don’t edit and when you’re done, post below in the comments.)
by # Week 6: A Letter To Your Sixteen Year Old Self.
Your character is post 50’s. They write a letter to their sixteen year old self. What would it say?
(Write and then post. Don’t edit.)
by # Week 5: Predicting the Future.
Week 5:
Write in the first person about suddenly having the ability to see into the future.
(Don’t edit, just post in the comment box below.)
by #4: Online Dating.
Week 4.
Your character has just come out of a relationship and is talked into joining an online dating site.
(As usual, write for 5-15 minutes and remember, don’t edit. Just write and post.)
by #3: Losing something important.
Week 3:
Write a story where something important is lost.
As usual, write for 5-10 minutes without stopping and don’t edit – just post in the comments below.
by #2: Lost Love Letters.
Week 2:
Write a letter to your lost love. What would you want to say?
(Write for 5-10 minutes and then post your writing in the comments section. Remember, no editing.)
by NK Fiction Friday #1: Introductions.
NK Fiction Friday.
Every Friday, we’ll post a prompt. The idea of this is that you then write for 5 -10 minutes and then post the result in the comments section. There is only one rule. NO EDITING. It’s all about getting the words down on paper.
Week One:
Introductions. You meet a stranger in a lift that then gets stuck. Try to get all the essential information out in dialogue.
by Book Club
