Synopsis: Young up-and-coming author Liz McKinnen has no idea that her life is about to change forever when she comes home from her first book tour. When she's kidnapped and told by her captors that she has to kill her fantasy book's antagonist, she thinks that she's fallen into the hands of crazy, dangerous... Continue Reading →
WHAT IS PREWRITING? Prewriting is the process of organizing your thoughts. For example, as a novelist, I would think of a character, a conflict, and a setting. Then, I would create three big boxes. Inside of these big boxes, I would jot down a few sentences as to what will happen in the beginning, middle... Continue Reading →
Select at least two characters from your character bio sheets, and write a scene (no longer than 1,000 words in length) where one of these characters wants something—and wants it badly—but cannot get it. (This “something” can be internal or external.) Think about how this blocked desire can move your scene forward. How do the... Continue Reading →
Write a novel within 12 months! How is that possible? Most novels are about 10,000 words. Within 12 months you can write a total of 12,000 words. By breaking it down into small sections. Each month your goal is to write 1,000 words! That's right! A grand total of 1,ooo words a month. Now, you... Continue Reading →
We would have Cammie from the Gallenger girl spy series be undercover as a normal girl on a co-ops mission in a theater... as the movie Hansel and Gretel is playing, until all the lights go out and the next thing Cammie realizes is that the Hansel & Gretel characters are let out of the... Continue Reading →
Finding your characters motive is hard, but there are steps to finding it.First let's take a look at several things that can give your character a motive.Religious beliefs (or lack thereof): Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Atheism, etc., all have the power to affect how people see the worldRelationships: family; friends; love; hate; betrayalFear: the... Continue Reading →
How does your character imagine his/her new life ahead of time? How might the reality be completely different from what your character was expecting? What mistakes might your character make based on wrong assumptions?
Fiction Writing (Part 1) Course coming soon. The course format will be self-paced with lessons and assignments being sent via email to students. Assignments are to be turned in to instructor for one-on-one feedback. What will the course cover? It will cover, theme, character developments, scenes, settings, act I, act II, act III, conflicts, creating... Continue Reading →
For this writing competition, you are to write and edge of the seat thriller, horror, or something that will terrorize your readers. This can be any length. Those with the most votes on their responses will be published in our monthly magazine featuring them and their story. Post you responses down below in the comment... Continue Reading →
For this challenge you are presented with a "what if" for your character.What if your character called one of the numbers written on the wall of a public restroom? This can be of any length and of any genre. Post your responses down below in the comment area for feedback! Best of luck 🙂
Leslie and her detective boyfriend, Mark, have been asked as chaperons for the upcoming Spring Ball at the local high school. Leslie and Mark dressed up to blend in, while keeping an eye on students were having fun. Until a high school student dressed in a pink prom dress walks across stage covered in mud.... Continue Reading →
New Writing challenge for our Cozy Mystery book we are writing. So, far we have written that a young woman named Susie Hayes was last seen alive walking towards the Opera House. And has since then vanished without leaving a trace. Now, five years later after reconstruction of the old Opera House, a young woman's... Continue Reading →
It's now 1879, when a young woman named Susie Hayes body is found after an old Opera House was being reconstructed. No one knows how she got there or why. And what was the cause of death? Upon further investigation, police found out that in her right fist held in so tightly was a note!... Continue Reading →
Writing Short Fiction- Free Writing Course Assignments # 2 & #3 are posted. If you need any help with these assignments do not hesitate in emailing me on there. To access these assignments please click on the above link! The third Assignment on there is one that will be of your own choosing. I will... Continue Reading →
Ready for a different topic? One that can be written as a Cozy Mystery? Well here it is: In March 1874, a young woman called Susie Hayes goes missing. Nobody knows where she's gone. She was last seen walking towards the Opera House. No one saw her go in or exit the Opera House. After... Continue Reading →
Free Writing Course- Short Fiction Writing Fiction in short 600 word parts. This gives writers a challenge to meet daily and a way to add chapters quickly to compile into a book to be published after they complete the course. Every day there will be a new assignment to complete. That will add continuously to... Continue Reading →
Writing Short Fiction is a free writing course that will be open for all to access. It is self-paced and will help writers, write fiction in a short easy way! In this course, writers will learn characterization, creating conflicts, adding suspense, hooking readers, how to develop different scenes as the plots develop. You do not... Continue Reading →
Ready for another writing challenge? Here is the second part: In 500 words, write about who sent the 30-year-old woman the letter? Was it from someone she knew? Or is it from someone from her past that brought up something bad that happened years ago? Either way, mention who gave her the letter and why?... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow, I will be posting the second part of the first writing challenge. The second part will also be a 500 word requirement as well. We will take what you posted for the first writing challange and add to it. We will also keep readers hooked by creating another conflict. Conflict hooks readers in because... Continue Reading →
Today, I challenge all of you to a writing challenge. Are you ready? Okay, here it is: Using only 500 words write what happens to a 30-year-old woman who recently was laid off her low-income job as a waitress and is so behind paying her rent is kicked out with nowhere to go.... Continue Reading →
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