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 set on a beach, where a character’s metal detector turns up a valuable but disturbing item.

2. Write a few pages from the point of view of a potted herb. What are your hopes and dreams? To be utilized in a delicious salad or sauce, perhaps? Or to be dried and placed in a tulle sachet for a soon-to-be bride's trousseau?

3. Write a few pages about a new principal at school who is hiding a secret from their past, but one student or teacher is on to them.

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Tips:

1. 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.

2. You may remember learning in elementary or middle school that writing has three primary purposes: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. When you read, ask yourself what the author’s purpose is.

3. Reading a story requires patience and paying attention to detail. With so many available distractions, we can sometimes miss important aspects of a story we’re reading, especially if we’re multitasking or face interruptions. A quiet, distraction-free environment is ideal, but no matter where you’re reading, try to focus on the story alone. There is no shame in re-reading either!

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TO DO SCRATCHPAD PRIVATE JOURNAL TRACKING Update Assessment
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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,
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