Your Prompts and Tips
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Prompts:
1. Write a few pages about someone who is walking down the street one day and notices a jack-o’-lantern on someone’s porch that is carved to look just like him or her.
2. Write a few pages about a character who goes to work one day, at a job they have held for years, to find that none of their coworkers recognize them.
3. Whether it’s a pumpkin turned into a carriage or a talking jack-o’-lantern, write a few pages about a pumpkin that plays a magical role.
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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. Whether an outright romance novel or a story in which a character reminisces on a romantic memory for a moment, loving relationships can play a varying role in many stories. When you read such a story, ask yourself: Does it show the reader a character in a different light? Does it expose a character’s driving force? Or, is it part of a conflict that drives the plot forward entirely?
3. Style may seem difficult to nail down, but think of it as what sets a writer’s work apart. It goes beyond the content: it is the way a particular person tells the story. It’s comprised of everything from tone and figurative language to sentence structure. When you read, think about how you would describe the writer’s style. What elements in their work contribute to it?
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TO DO LIST:
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SCRATCHPAD:
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PRIVATE JOURNAL:
Reflect on your process — good, bad and ugly — in your dated diary.
TRACKING:
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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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