Writing Exercise
A Business Woman, And Her Fiance
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise - In a few sentences, create a specific character in a specific situation. Complicate his life with opposing forces and alternatives within that situation. Ask, Given the situation, what would my character want? What would my character do? How would he act or react? How will those actions propel the story toward a point of crisis and a final resolution? Practice creating characters involved with specific situations. Then outline miniplots for how you would complicate their situations and move them toward an ending. Keep this outline brief. The Objective - To understand how the most effective plots are those driven by character. To see how a character within the given of any situation creates his own destiny.
By Denise E Lindquist3 months ago in Writers
No name story..
I would say my name, but it’s unnecessary. I’ve written poems, short stories, my feelings and it’s something that’s never left my notebook. What can you do when your mind races from the moment you awaken until darkness quiets the world? Does your mental health take a toll on you like it does with me? I lie there wondering what I’m doing to cause the problems everyone seems to see come from me. Do they think like I do? I guess not, huh? Is me wondering what I’m doing wrong mean I have some good left in me? No matter how many times I bottle up my thoughts and feelings, nothing that strong can be held without a consequence. Im not sure I understand the purpose behind being so judgmental. Aren’t we family? Aren’t we all from the same origin? We all come from common grounds and to hear that one doesn’t see or doesn't help another is killing the foundation of where this all started. How can we build and grow— even maintain a life that is now considered “sustainable” if we don’t come together. One must understand another, to grow itself.
By Mariah Ciera3 months ago in Writers
Beneath the Table
Anxiety. Burnt coffee. Students with baggy eyes. It was a week to the final exams all right – that not-too-welcome yet inevitable time of the semester when students were in a constant state of panic. Brains were in a frenzy, overheated from cramming topics that were long overdue. Everyone was scared. These grades would determine if they passed on to the next class or not.
By Michelle Ewenam Akakpo3 months ago in Writers
The Judge
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise — Break your story idea down into three sentences of three words each. That will give you a beginning, a middle, and an end, and help you understand the architecture of the work. By having to choose three verbs, you’ll be forcing yourself to consider the three parts of the action. The Objective — To see if your story, like a good stool, has three legs to stand on.
By Denise E Lindquist3 months ago in Writers
Uncertainty
The crack of dawn arrives; the sun beams through the curtain gap, with the wish that the light brings unceasing hope so my heart sees pass the shadow that clouds it. Yet time moves softly, swiftly, silently slipping through my grasp...seeking to find:
By Pau in Motion3 months ago in Writers
The Importance Of Dialogue
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter — What if? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers prompts — The Exercise — Highlight the dialogue in a story by a writer you admire. Then determine how much dialogue is summarized rather than presented in quotation marks. Next, set up a situation in which one character is going on and on about something — complaining about grades, arguing with a spouse about the children, or recounting an accident to a friend. Summarize the dialogue, occasionally interspersing it with comments and stage directions. The Objective — To understand what summarized dialogue accomplishes and how it affects tone, pace, and the shaping of a scene.
By Denise E Lindquist4 months ago in Writers
Part 5: The Storm and the Test — When Faith Is Challenged
For days, Shafipur had been wrapped in strange weather. The sky stayed heavy, gray with the promise of rain that never quite fell. The air felt restless, as if the city itself was waiting for something to happen.
By Shazzed Hossain Shajal4 months ago in Writers
Part 4: Evening of Reflection — Where Hearts Meet Again
Evening draped itself gently over Shafipur, coloring the narrow streets with gold and shadow. The city’s noise softened — the call of vendors fading, the smell of fried snacks floating from distant stalls, and the faint murmur of Maghrib Adhan weaving through the air like a sacred thread.
By Shazzed Hossain Shajal4 months ago in Writers
Part 3: Ayan’s School Day — Lessons Beyond the Classroom
The sun hung softly above Shafipur High School, its light glinting off rows of tin roofs and the laughter of children echoing through the courtyard. Ayan, his satchel pressed neatly against his side, walked through the school gate with the calm confidence that only good upbringing could give.
By Shazzed Hossain Shajal4 months ago in Writers
