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Novel Kicks Writing Room: Coming Home

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Write a story about a man named Max. He is twenty-six years old. He’s just returned home after a ten year absence. He’s returned for his mother’s funeral.

What is the reaction of the people he returns to? Why has he not been back for so long? What made him leave home at sixteen?

Write in the first person and up to two thousand words.

What if it was a twenty-six year old girl named Rachel? How would the story be different?

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Novel Kicks Writing Room: Titles and Dedications

rp_writeanything-300x19911-300x1991-300x1991-300x199-300x1991-300x199-300x199-1-1-1-1-1-300x199-1-1-1.jpgNovel Kicks Writing Room: Tuesday 30th August 2016.

Today’s prompt is a little different.

Today, jot down ten potential book titles for a current or future work in progress. Once you have ten, pick the one you think is most suitable.

Also write your acknowledgements page and dedication for the novel you’re working on or just about to start.

Once you’ve done that, pick a title and keep that, the acknowledgements and dedication somewhere nearby for when you need a boost and or inspiration.

You can do this!

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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: A Villain With A Happy Ending?

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Today’s Prompt: A Villain with a Happy Ending.

It’s always good to see things from another point of view. What is the villain in fairy tales got their happy ending? What if they are not evil but been misunderstood. Rewrite a fairy tale from the villains point of view.

What is going on with the evil stepmother? Is she evil or is Cinderella not as nice as she seems? What about the ugly step sisters? What if Gaston told his story? The witch in Hansel and Gretel? How different would the stories be if the villains got the happy ending?

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Novel Kicks Writing Room: Childhood Stories

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Think about a story you used to be told when you were little about something that happened in your parents or grandparents childhood.

Write down as much information as you can remember.

Now take that incident and write about it in the first person and present tense. Who was there? What happened?

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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Mythical Creatures

rp_friday-300x16411111111111111-300x164-300x1641-300x164-300x1641-300x16411-300x164-300x164-300x1641-300x1641-300x164-300x164-300x1641-300x164-300x164-1-1-1-1.pngFiction 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 box below.

Today’s Prompt: Mythical Creatures.

There is a meeting today. The attendees are a dragon, a fairy, a mermaid, a unicorn and bigfoot. They are all meeting up for their weekly catch up over a drink.

Write about their evening. What would they talk about? Do they get on well? What would their day have been like?

Write up to 1,700 words.

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