If you’re looking for scary story prompts or horror writing ideas, you’ve come to the right place! These are great Halloween writing prompts, and some of these could also be used as suspense story prompts or dark fantasy story ideas. These are all from my book 5,000 Writing Prompts: A Master List of Plot Ideas, Creative Exercises, and More.
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Many writers love setting daily word count goals. It’s not for me, because days can vary so wildly. On one day, I might get a ton of writing done. On another day, I might have to drastically rewrite something, or take my dog in for emergency surgery, like we had to do last week. (He’s making a good recovery!) I
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Like everyone who works in the greeting card industry, I happen to know that August is a month when a LOT of people have birthdays. And since so many writers read my blog, I wanted to do a post about great gift ideas they might like to give to their writer friends or add to their own wish lists for birthdays
Hey friends! I created this list of dialogue prompts mostly with novelists and short story writers in mind, but they would also be helpful for script writing, for creative writing teachers, and even for improv coaches. I’ve tried to include both funny dialogue prompts, more serious ones, and some that are really open-ended. No matter what you’re working on, the
It’s easy for a lot of us to lose our way in the middle of a writing project. We start out fine, but then we get confused. We start to ask ourselves: where is this story going? What is the theme? Why am I not feeling this any more? We can also doubt whether the story has a place in
I am fascinated by rare, strange, and mystical books. I think they intrigue most geeks who love to read. It might be a stretch to call a couple of these “books,” since they’re compilations of stories that weren’t written down at first, but let’s not quibble. (This post contains some adult content.) [AdSense-B] The Saga of the Volsungs