Writing Room: Time Line
Tuesday 5th July: Time Line.
Write out a time line of your current WIP. If you can, write each major event on post-its so they can be easily moved around. If you’re a stationary nut then this exercise is a good excuse to go out and buy all different colour post-its.
If you have multiple characters and time lines, use different colours.
Once you’ve done this, put them all out in a line and study it. Does anything need to be moved around, taken out, replaced with something else?
Does anything need to be added or extended on? You can do this with a favourite novel if you’re currently not working on anything.
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Alien Question Time
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 box below.
An alien invites you to dinner. You are told you can ask him/her five questions. Using dialogue, create those questions and then get the alien to answer them. What is the aliens reaction to your questions? Is the alien friendly?
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Tuesday 28th June 2016: Write Down The Conversation.
Today’s prompt..
Create two characters. One wants to do something and the other one doesn’t. Each decision has consequences.
Each person believes that they have the winning argument.
Write an exchange between these two people showing the conflict and allowing each to get their argument across.
Don’t use anything but dialogue.
Do they resolve things?
Try to write at least five hundred words.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Fill in the Gaps
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 box below.
Today’s Prompt: Fill in the Gaps:
Fill in the gaps in this story. There should be five words (of any length) between each of them and it has to make sense.
….. ….. ….. ….. ….. snowfall ….. ….. ….. ….. …..elephant ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. double ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. massive ….. ….. ….. …… ….. again ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. clown ….. …… …… …… ….. disagreed ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. health ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. travel ….. ….. ….. ….. ….. season.
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Tuesday 21st June 2016:
Today’s prompt – One and Then The Other…
Find a news article that catches your eye. This news article needs to involve more than one person. It can be from a newspaper or an online site.
Write 500-700 words about the incident from someone involved. Whether you write in the first or third person is up to you.
Once you’ve done that, write 500 – 700 words again but from the point of view of another person mentioned in the article.
Re-read both of the pieces you’ve written. Are there any differences or similarities?
If you like, you could now merge them together with dialogue between the two.
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