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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #27

12 March 2010

Well, it’s Friday and time for another creative writing exercise. Today we have random phrases and the idea with these, as you must already know, is that I give you a list of ten randomly chosen phrases, which you must then string together into a story, poem or flash. Pretty easy, really, so I suggest [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #30

10 March 2010

Well, we’ve taken quite a break, haven’t we? But the important thing is that creative writing prompts are back now and it is definitely time to get writing again. So today we have the story starter creative writing prompt, which basically means that I give you a sentence and you must then use this sentence [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #30

19 February 2010

Before we get started on today’s exercise I would just like to let you know that I added a new list of all the creative writing books I would recommend you read. You can access it by clicking RECOMMENDED READINGS in the navigation menu above, or this link. Ok, and now with that out of [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #26

10 February 2010

Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #26 Today it is time to use some random phrases as creative writing prompts that will help us write great stories and poems. By now you know how it works, I’m sure. I give you a list of ten randomly chosen phrases and you must then weave [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #29

5 February 2010

Ok, it’s been a bit of a lazy week here on the site, but that does not mean that we should not go out with a bang, right? The creative writing prompt this week is the sentence starter and I am sure you are all very familiar with it by now. And if you are [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #29

29 January 2010

Well, it’s Friday, the end of the week and therefore time for one more creative writing prompt. Today we have the random words writing prompt and I am sure you all know how it works by now. Read the list of words a few times and try to imagine a story that is hiding behind [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #25

22 January 2010

To end the week, we have a random phrases creative writing exercise. As you know, these are great for getting that writing practice in, as well as for dispelling writer’s block and getting back to creating. Remember, allow yourself at least thirty minutes for this exercise and only go back to edit it after you [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #27

20 January 2010

Today’s creative writing prompt is in the form of a story starter sentence. You must know the drill by now. I give you a sentence and you use it anywhere and in any form in whatever you are writing be it a short story, poem, piece of flash fiction. Be sure to write for at [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #28

15 January 2010

Alright it is time for the last creative writing prompt of the week and we have some lovely words to work with today. Should be a breeze. Now, as you probably know by now, the aim of this creative writing exercise is to write a complete first draft of a short story or poem using [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #24

6 January 2010

I hope that you have all successfully completed the first writing exercises of the week because, guess what, it is time for another. Today we have the random phrases creative writing prompt and the idea here is that I give you a list of ten random phrases and you must connect them into a story [...]

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