Beginning (and not-so-beginning) writers frequently ask how they can become a better writer. I found this sage advice today, and love it. It’s both funny and deadly serious. To those just starting out with writing, it probably sounds too trite…
The beginning of April is a good time of year to stock up on fun story ideas and creative writing prompts. I spotted a couple of ideas around the internet this week that immediately sent me into story mode. One…
I love finding story ideas through Pinterest. Photos are visual story prompts that can really unleash the muse, creating an instant sense of character or setting. If you’re used to using freewriting as a way of finding and capturing the…
Creative Writing Character Development How to Avoid Victim Characters Fiction thrives on conflict and writers relish putting their characters through as much trauma as possible. Some writers, though, allow their characters to become victims and wallow in the victim…
We sweat and fret over ideas and whether they’re good enough; we worry no one will like it or worse, will laugh or scoff. We even try to write things that we really don’t want to write, just because…
Spanish Village Fiction Freewrite Buildings are amongst the most evocative story prompts. What does this street say to you? Okay, so it’s not Friday, but let’s not let a little thing like that stop the muse from playing. Creative writing prompts…
It doesn’t matter which genre you write in, or even whether you write fiction or nonfiction, creative writing prompts in the form of images are amongst the most fruitful for generating ideas and getting the creative neurons firing. Just browsing…