Your Prompts and Tips
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Prompts:
1. Write a few pages about a character who reluctantly embarks on a fishing trip and reels in something other than a fish.
2. Write a few pages about a well-meaning protagonist who experiences an unexpected stroke of bad luck. Did the character deserve this misfortune? Do they maintain a sunny disposition or let it rain on their parade?
3. Imagine you get a summer job working in an ice cream truck, but one day it breaks down on an especially hot day. Write a few pages about how you would handle it. Do you give away as much as you can? Or do you pop the hood and try to fix it yourself? Think fast, it’s melting!
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Tips:
1. Literature is a mirror into the author's mind, but also into the reader’s. Every story is open to interpretation: yours, mine and theirs. When discussing a story with others, focus on how the work elicits your interpretation, and be specific. Don't be dismissive of other people's interpretations. Instead, ask how they came to it.
2. 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.
3. There are seven primary types of conflict in a story: person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. fate, person vs. nature, person vs. society, person vs. technology and person vs. the unknown. Each one brings with it its own unique challenges. When you read, think about which types of conflict characters are facing and how they drive the narrative forward.
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TO DO LIST:
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SCRATCHPAD:
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PRIVATE JOURNAL:
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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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