Novel Kicks Writing Room: From Three Different Ways

Published January 28, 2026 | By Laura

Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.

Today’s exercise is about looking at the same event in three different ways.

First, pick one of the following scenarios –

You’re at a magic convention and you bump into the one person who has made your life a misery.
You go speed dating but it’s all your previous partners.
You wake up and all of the colour has disappeared from the world. You go on a quest to find out why.
Your life is being narrated by a mysterious voice.

Once you’ve picked, write the story in one sentence, then one paragraph and then one page. If you’d like to carry on, you could write up to 1000 words in addition to the sentence, paragraph and page.

How did the story change depending on the length. Which one did the find the easiest? Most difficult? When you reached the end, did one of the other scenarios above creep in when you weren’t looking?

Have fun.

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.

Novel Kicks Writing Room: From Three Different Ways

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