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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #34

9 March 2011

Another Wednesday, another writing prompt! Today we, once again, have the random words. These type of writing prompts are, I find, some of the best to get the creativeness flowing. And if you like them, might I suggest you sign up for my newsletter here, or through the link in the side bar. And now [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #28

2 March 2011

It’s Wednesday and therefore time for another creative writing prompt. Today I have some random phrases for you to work into a story, poem or even a novel. I am also busy putting together the first newsletter and if you would like to see what the finished product will look like why not subscribe now. [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #33

16 February 2011

All right, so it is Wednesday and, as promised, here is fresh new creative writing prompt. Today we have a writing prompt in the form of a story starter sentence and the idea here is that I give you a random sentence and you use it to inspire you to write a compete story. This [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #33

9 February 2011

All right, so it is Wednesday and, as promised, here is fresh new creative writing prompt. Today it is in the form of random words. The way to approach this exercise is really very simple: I give you a set of 10 randomly chosen words and you somehow incorporate them into a story or poem. [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #32

2 February 2011

Alright, time to get back into the swing of things here! Expect a creative writing prompt every Wednesday. No more excuses, just writing. I’m also launching a monthly newsletter that will deliver a, well, monthly dose of creative writing prompts right to your email inbox, along with some other practical creative writing advice. And you [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #31

3 December 2010

Alright, I think it is about time we get back into the swing of regularly doing some creative writing exercises, don’t you? Today we have one of those old favorites, the story starter sentence. Now as you probably remember, with this creative writing prompt, you get a sentence and you must then transform this sentence [...]

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Nano Novel is Done: Now What?

29 November 2010

If you’ve been good and disciplined this year (and of course if you participated in the NaNo challenge) then you now have a first draft of a novel in your hands or on your hard drive. And if you’re anything like me you are now facing the dreaded EDITING process. I have actually, this year, [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #32

30 June 2010

Today I have the super popular words writing prompts for you. It really is amazing how just a few little words can help you to write your next great story. The one that has been sitting in the back of your mind, but you have somehow not been able to get out. So read the [...]

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5 Commandments To Get More Writing Done

21 June 2010

All writers have a need to write, but it is not so easy to translate this need into actual stories, poems or novels. Part of the reason why this is so, is because it is all too often thought that to write (or to write well) one needs to wait to be inspired to do [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #31

14 April 2010

Wow, it’s been awhile since the last update. Sorry about that! But that does not mean that we should not start again right where we left off. Today we have the random words writing prompts, and I am sure these will help you in getting that story or poem that has been hiding in the [...]

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