Your Prompts and Tips
Some free resources to help you write better and achieve the success you deserve
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Prompts:
1. Write a few pages about a character who is looking to expand their horizons and buys a train ticket to an unknown destination. Where do they end up? Who might they meet on board?
2. Imagine there is a knock on a character’s door, and when they peer through the peephole, they see someone who they haven’t seen in over a decade. Write a few pages telling us who the visitor is and why they're showing up now.
3. Write a few pages about a love triangle between coworkers who all happen to be airline employees stuck on a sixteen-hour flight.
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Tips:
1. Whether it’s about trekking through a faraway land of dragons or running into an ex while grabbing coffee, there is something we can relate to in just about any story. When you are reading, put yourself in the protagonist’s shoes (or any other character’s, for that matter) and explore how their hopes, worries, conflicts, etc., relate to you and your life, past or present.
2. Almost every story has some unexpected aspect, ranging from a small moment with a sudden turn of phrase all the way to a sweeping plot twist. When you read, think about what surprises you and how. Is it a pleasant or unpleasant surprise? Do you wish the story surprised you more?
3. Nothing is worse than reluctantly dragging a pen across paper. To improve your output, you have to focus on those things that motivate you to sit down and write. So, how can you feel energized to write? In your Will.Power Notes, make a list of action steps you can take to get ready for your next writing session.
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TO DO LIST:
Add tasks to your sortable list, then revel in checking them off.
SCRATCHPAD:
Cache your gems as they fall in this always accessible place.
PRIVATE JOURNAL:
Reflect on your process — good, bad and ugly — in your dated diary.
TRACKING:
Measure your progress with key writing metrics, automatically,
TO DO LIST:
Add tasks to your sortable list, then revel in checking them off.
SCRATCHPAD:
Cache your gems as they fall in this always accessible place.
PRIVATE JOURNAL:
Reflect on your process — good, bad and ugly — in your dated diary.
TRACKING:
Measure your progress with key writing metrics, automatically,
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Show Dones
Metric:
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Words
Minutes
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