Novel Kicks Writing Room: Things Left Behind
Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
Today’s writing exercise is all about “the thing left behind”.
Write a short piece of fiction inspired by this sentence:
When they opened the door, everything was exactly as they had left it—except for one thing.
Write for 20 minutes.
Use either first person or third person.
Set the scene in one location.
Include at least one object that carries emotional significance.
Let the reader discover what has changed gradually.
End with a revelation, decision, or unanswered question.
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Collector
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt – The Collector
You inherit your uncle’s apartment and discover the walls are completely covered with photographs. Not hung or framed, but taped, pinned, and glued in overlapping layers that go back decades. Each photo shows a different person, none of whom you recognize.
On the kitchen table is a single notebook. The entries are cryptic:
by Novel Kicks Writing Room: The Art Of The Free Write
Hello. Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
Having concentrated on the process of editing last Wednesday, I wanted to keep it fairly simple this week.
Today, the task is to free write. The genre, setting, POV, characters – all of that is down to you. My only rule is that you try to reach 750 words. This is roughly three, one-sided pieces of A4 paper (or so I’ve been told.)
Maybe you’ve got an idea you’ve been thinking about for a while? Or, if you’re not sure what to write, there are some suggestions below that you can mix and match.
Grab that drink and snack and head to where you like to write. As always though, have fun.
Genre –
Historical Fiction
Horror
Romance
Comedy
Sci-fi
Dystopian
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Intruder in Plain Sight
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt: The Intruder in Plain Sight
Someone else is living in your home. Thing is, you’ve never seen them or met them.
by Novel Kicks Writing Room: Copperfield Editing
Hello. Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
Today, we are going to be focusing on editing.
Below is the opening passage from David Coppefield by Charles Dickens.
An aunt of my father’s, and consequently a great-aunt of mine, of whom I shall have more to relate by-and-by, was the principal magnate of our family. Miss Trotwood, or Miss Betsey, as my poor mother always called her, when she sufficiently overcame her dread of this formidable personage to mention her at all (which was seldom), had been married to a husband younger than herself, who was very handsome, except in the sense of the homely adage, “handsome is, that handsome does” — for he was strongly suspected of having beaten Miss Betsey, and even of having once, on a disputed question of supplies, made some hasty but determined arrangements to throw her out of a two pair of stairs’ window.
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