Novel Kicks Writing Room: Starting Lines And Genres
Hello Wednesday.
You made it. You’re halfway through the week. It’s time for another Novel Kicks Writing room writing exercise.
Today, I thought it would be good to take the following starting line and then write in different styles.
The starting line is as follows: ‘the last thing I broke was.’
Now pick a genre:
Crime/psychological thriller
Romance
Dystopian
Historical
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Choose a symbol
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: Choose a symbol.
You wake up one morning and there is a tree in your garden that was not there before.
When you go out and inspect it, you realise that there is a door. There is a mark on it.
The mark is one of the following:
A four leaf clover
A love heart
A sword
Your character picks one door and walks through.
Write a story based on the symbol you picked. However, the symbol you’ve picked is representative of what is not present or needed in the world and you have to make it right.
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Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
Today, I thought we’d have a go at doing an interactive story where you can choose your own adventure.
Here is a link to writing.com to give you an idea of what you’re aiming for in terms of mechanics. Have a go at one or two of the stories. It can be very enjoyable. I loved the choose your own adventures as a child.
Next, find a story of your own. I found an idea by googling ‘interactive story generator AI’.
Once you’ve picked a story, write story threads for at least two characters with two endings.
This is a task that may take a while but it’s an interesting way to create a plot.
I hope you have fun.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Into A Magical World
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: Into a magical world.
Whilst working in the garden, your character turns around to see that a big white door with a blue frame has just suddenly appeared in front of them.
On the door handle, there is a sign instructing them to ‘open me’.
Your character walks up to the door and steps through.
Continue the story.
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Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
I hope you’re having a great week so far and excited to get going on this week’s writing exercise.
I am personally looking forward to giving this a go.
There are five lines below. Start your work with the first line and write one hundred words. Then, once you’ve reached that word goal, add the second line. Write one hundred words, then use the third prompt. Repeat until you’ve used all the lines.
The lines to include are –
- It happened the day after my tenth birthday
- The elephant was walking down the road
- My Grandmother knocked on the door
- We drove for a few hours
- You’ve always had a determination I’ve admired.
How did you find that exercise? Did you enjoy it? Did you find it hard? I’d love to hear from you in the comments.
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