Supreme King Z-arc he/him Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 I was wondering what everyone's favorite writing prompts were. Mine was the one where they had you create an alien that communicated differently and write a conversation with a person 1
ryshadium90 Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 We did one recently in club that was 7 ways to cook a unicorn, written like a blog post (or something else if we had qualms) 1
Robinski he/him Posted January 15, 2018 Posted January 15, 2018 After 12 years of Writing Excuses, I couldn't even begin to tell you!! I'll have a go though. For me, it's got to be measured by what comes out of the prompt, because a prompt is just a means to an end, and kind of irrelevant in itself. So, I pick this one: (Writing Excuses, Season 10, Episode 5) Take three different characters and walk them through a scene. Convey their emotional states, their jobs, and their hobbies without directly stating any of those. The scene in question: walking through a marketplace, and they need to do a dead-drop. The prompt itself is pretty standard and a bit pedestrian, but, from this, I created the three characters who are the 'stars' of my current space opera series, the first volume of which I've just complete a third draft of and submitted to Angry Robot books through the Open Door for submissions in Nov./Dec. '17. The second books is 52k words and the third is summarised. I've grown to love these characters, and have received some very favourable feedback on them from the Reading Excuses writing group, and others, all growing out of this writing prompt, or certainly taking off from it, and the prompts that followed. Go Writing Excuses (and Reading Excuses)!!
RogueWriter she/her Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 The writing prompt was a sentence of sorts: "She died." And that was all we were given. We could work backwards from there or forwards. I think my best writing came from that prompt.
Robinski he/him Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 On 17/01/2018 at 7:48 AM, RogueWriter said: The writing prompt was a sentence of sorts: "She died." And that was all we were given. We could work backwards from there or forwards. I think my best writing came from that prompt. Interesting... My first thought about that prompt was the danger of 'fridging', which is a thing that happens all the time, and more often than it should.
RogueWriter she/her Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 On January 19, 2018 at 10:40 PM, Robinski said: Interesting... My first thought about that prompt was the danger of 'fridging', which is a thing that happens all the time, and more often than it should. Oh, true... Fortunately, it didn't go in that direction for anyone.
Robinski he/him Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 3 hours ago, RogueWriter said: Oh, true... Fortunately, it didn't go in that direction for anyone. Excellent!
ryshadium90 Posted January 21, 2018 Posted January 21, 2018 I remember we had to do some hint fiction/iceberg prompts. Like that one: Baby shoes for sale: never used.
Robinski he/him Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 10 hours ago, ryshadium90 said: I remember we had to do some hint fiction/iceberg prompts. Like that one: Baby shoes for sale: never used. oooh, good one - hidden depths, right enough.
Feruchemist he/him Posted November 4, 2018 Posted November 4, 2018 "Hello there Reader, now that you've read this, there's no turning back. Are you sure you want to continue?"
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