Novel Kicks Writing Room: Genres & Pictures
Welcome to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
Today, we are going to be doing a little mixing and matching.
I’ve posted four pictures below. Your task is to pick the picture that you’re instantly drawn to:
Pictures created using AI – Adobe Firefly.
Once you’ve picked a picture, pick one of the following combinations of genres:
- Historical Fiction and Sci-Fi
- Dystopian and Comedy
- Romance and Thriller
- Magical Realism and Suspense
- Young Adult and Mystery
- Western and Horror
Once you’ve got your picture and genre combination, set your alarm for 20 minutes and write as much of a story as you can, using the elements you’ve chosen.
Have fun.
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Time Travelling Box
It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.
Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.
The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.
Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.
Today’s Prompt: Time Travelling Box.
A box gets delivered to your doorstep. Taped to the top is a handwritten note, ‘Step in’.
When you do, you get transported to another Friday 13th – one in the past. Write about your adventure.
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Hello Wednesday and I’m pleased to be welcoming everyone back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
I don’t know about you but I am a big planner when it comes to my daily life. I don’t always keep to the schedule but it’s the thought that counts right? Haha.
So, today is all about making a plan – a plan for your character.
Grab an A4 piece of paper and down one side, write the times out as if you were looking at a diary –
7am –
8am-
9am…
…and so on until you get to 11pm.
Once you’ve done that, either pick someone from a piece you’re working on or alternatively you could pick a character from the list below –
Dentist
Ballerina
Lawyer
A Parking Attendant
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: If I Could Do Anything?
It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.
Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.
The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.
Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.
Today’s prompt: If I Could Do Anything?
Start with the line – ‘If I could do anything’, from the point of view of one of the following people – delivery person, student, politician, a single parent, an animal.
by Novel Kicks Writing Room: Scenes From Different Genres
Hello Wednesday and welcome to another Novel Kicks Writing Room.
For our exercise today, I thought it would be interesting to write and then rewrite.
Pick from the following genres – Romance, Thriller, Dystopian or Fantasy.
Write a scene which includes the following details:
A open envelope with an address scribbled on it in unfamilar handwriting.
A library with sunlight coming in from the window.
A muddy footprint.
Once you’ve written your scene, pick another genre from the list above and rewrite your scene. Once you’ve done that, pick another genre and rewrite the scene again.
Write a minimum of 10 minutes each time. How different or similar did each one seem? Was one genre easier than the others? I’d love to know how you got on in the comments below.
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