What opening lines would you write about this photo for a mystery story?
Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts: What’s the Plot?
Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts: What’s the Plot?
How would you write the opening lines for a plot for a romance involving rain boots left out in a storm?
Monday Sparks — Writing Prompts: What’s the Plot?
In August, I will focus on plot in our writing. And my prompts will borrow from an activity we did at an ACFW chapter meeting. We each brought a food for lunch. The writing exercise after lunch was to work a randomly selected food and genre into a story. I had to write a thriller… Continue Reading →
What’s the Friendship?
I’m taking a somewhat different approach for this week’s prompt and this month’s theme of love and romance. Many of fiction’s best friendships are between non-human characters. Charlotte and Wilbur, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, Frog and Toad are just a few I could name. So what’s the friendship and love between these two stuffed… Continue Reading →
Six Tips for Plotting Elegantly
Last week, I gave some examples from movies and books of what I considered plotting elegantly. This week, I list six tips for plotting elegantly–three for how to recognize when you’re not plotting elegantly and three for how to fix the problems. Three Clues to When You Aren’t Plotting Elegantly Too Much Explanation. If I… Continue Reading →
