Synopsis: Then...Grigory "Grisha" Potemkin has had a successful long association with the powerful Empress Catherine of Russia. But Catherine and Grisha are older now and face new threats, both from powers outside of Russia and from those close to them. Haunted by the horrors of his campaign against the Muslim Turks, Grisha hopes to... Continue Reading →
10 Ways to Write a Story
10 Ways to Write a Story 1. Take any random sentence from a newspaper and expand on it. 2. Take a quote from any book. 3. Use a moment from the past and develop it. 4. Take any person, place, or thing and then list one type of action. 5. Take a current event that... Continue Reading →
Summer for Writing!
Writers need to do many things such as keep up their writing skills, tone up their skills to the next level, learn how to engage readers with their plot, and how to make their stories the ones readers won't ever forget. But where do writers begin? And how? By taking classes that kept their minds... Continue Reading →
Story Ideas
Here are two story ideas that I recently came up with: 1. Ashley felt like someone was watching her. But, she kept shaking the feeling off thinking it was just the cool air and being all alone. Opening the door, Ashely stepped into the old plantation home. everything was dark, cold and dusty. Great,... Continue Reading →
Writing Prompt!
The click of the pistol's hammer wakes you. A velvety voice lilts out of your vision, "Give me a good one liner and I just may let you live." You can see two of your friends hiding outside the door, signaling to you that they are working on saving you. What do you tell the... Continue Reading →
Writing Prompt!
"I don't do relationships." "Me either." A waste, he immediately thought. This woman deserved to have a man take care of her. He wanted to take care of her. Write a continuation of what happens next. And be sure to mention who the woman is and why she doesn't do relationships. And who is... Continue Reading →
Homework Assignment #4
Write about a fire fighter who risks his life saving others daily and how one day his finds his wife has cheated on him with on of his fire rescue buddies, and how his sister and her husband die in a house fire leaving behind a little girl. Being the only other family member that... Continue Reading →
Story Idea
Your character has a family and a stable job. Then something happens that reminds him of the plans he had when he was younger, to become an actor and live a creative life without ties of any kind. What happens to make him remember this? He starts to wonder if he's made the right choices.... Continue Reading →
Spy Novel/ Thriller Suspense
This year, your character resolves to learn a foreign language. S/he's heard that the neighbor in the adjoining apartment is a language teacher and signs up for private lessons, which are held in the neighbor's home. But soon, s/he begins to suspect that this neighbor is more than just a language teacher. S/he notices several... Continue Reading →
Spy Novel/ Thriller Suspense
This year, your character resolves to learn a foreign language. S/he's heard that the neighbor in the adjoining apartment is a language teacher and signs up for private lessons, which are held in the neighbor's home. But soon, s/he begins to suspect that this neighbor is more than just a language teacher. S/he notices several... Continue Reading →
Romance Novel Writing!
Your character passes a stranger on the street and has a powerful sensation that goes beyond mere physical attraction. It is a sense that this is the person s/he is destined to spend his/her life with. But before your character has the chance to react, the stranger gets onto a bus and is gone. How... Continue Reading →
A Great Story Plot Idea!
Here is a great story plot idea, that I wanted to share with you all:Your character is in his/her late teens and living in his/her parents' home. One day, your character's parents sit him/her down and say that they've decided it's time for him/her to become independent. They inform your character that s/he has to... Continue Reading →
New Writing Course
New -Romance Writing Course Free A new course has been added. It is free for all to join and participate in. We will be exploring different forms of romance writing. Different ways to write a romance novel and how to write a compelling romance novel with believable characters. Responses to assignments are required for feedback... Continue Reading →
Courses
There are two free courses that are being offered. They have recently been re-updated. New tasks are assigned and posted weekly. The courses are free of charge. Creative Writing Course Free Writing Short Fiction Course Free Thank you! 🙂 "></
Operations Unleashed Part 2
Undercover Marine agent, Tonio Santez still suspected Cassandra Wilks. His secretary. Leaking highly sensitive documents from the company and extorting the company's money into false accounts all over. What he didn't know was that Cassandra suspected her new CEO boss as the prime suspect.The leaks were happening since he started working here. Cassandra decided to... Continue Reading →
Operation Unleashed Part 1
Tonio Santez, a United States Marine was asked to go under the toughest mission of his life.. Having to learn a new identity, fight his way to the top as a CEO undercover, and being a business man is easy. But what he wasn't prepared for was the sexy brunette that is his secretary. There... Continue Reading →
April Writing Challenge
Are you ready??!! 🙂 Today's writing challenege, all of you are to write a short story using only 150 words!! Write a short story in any genre category. For help with what to write about for this challenge, write about an event that has happened during this month into a fiction story. Please post your... Continue Reading →
Novel Challenge #6
Eric Carter, an eight-year Marine, recently found out that he's a father. Coming back home for vacation, he picks up his mail. Heading into his apartment, he skims through the envelopes. Until one huge envelope addressed to him by the Human Services department catches his eye. Opening the letter he reads, finding out that a... Continue Reading →
Murder Mystery #5
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 →
Murder Mystery 3
Today's murder mystery writing challenge, is for you to write about how Mark's ex-girlfirend tries pulling Leslie away from him. By hogging Mark's time with a made up murder investigation. But is the made up murder investigation really just made up? Or does someone really get murdered? If so who, and why? And how is... Continue Reading →
Murder Mystery #2
Leslie and her detective boyfriend, Mark head on a boating adventure to Hawaii. Write what happens when a show they were watching suddenly becomes deadly. One of the main actors is found stabbed on stage. The actor was suppose to be stabbed with a fake prop knife instead a real one was put into it's... Continue Reading →
Novel Challenge 5
In today's writing challenge, you are to write about a male character using a description from a horoscope of his birth. Use the description of the horoscope to write about your male character's characteristics. His personality traits and so forth. For example, if he was born as a Leo. Then describe what he's like based... Continue Reading →
Novel Writing Challenge 4
Sam, a young 15-year old, who was short, skinny, small chested, super white skin and dark black shiny hair that went past her shoulders a touch had beautiful green alluring eyes. She was a quiet teen, who loved reading, writing, drawing, and swimming. She was the invisible girl at her local public high school. None... Continue Reading →
Novel Writing Challenge 2
This writing challenge, you will be writing about a man who went to Afghanistan to fight for the U.S, and how he watched so..many of his fellow marines died fighting against the other side. During the fighting, he risked his life trying to save one of his marine buddies, but as he was halfway there... Continue Reading →
Novel Challenge #12-4.1
Previous challenge:Kyle Andrews was living alone until the death of his brother and his sister in-law. He was then left with the custody of their four children. The youngest one is an infant, the next one two, then four, and the oldest is eight.Today we are going to add another addition to the previous challenge... Continue Reading →
Novel Challenge #12-5
After having a huge arguement with her boss, Mary Sinclair decides to start her career as an artist. She has always been artistic as a child and all through school. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Art. Now that she quit her job in the business world, she is ready to begin doing what... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #12-3 First Paragraph
Write a paragraph using the given sentence. In the paragraph, write what happens next. Reply by posting your response in the comment area below!!! It was a full moon tonight, when she drove home until something big ran in front of her car.
Writing Challenge # 11-9 Brainstorming
In a small paragraph use the following as your first sentence, then write what happens next!Post your reply in the comment area below & best of luck!!!! Feeling dizzy, and slowly opening his eyes he saw an operating room with disfigured people on tables.
Writing Challenge #11-8 Brainstorming- Beginnings
Write a small paragraph using this as your first sentence:She opened her eyes only to see a man with a syringe coming closer.Include what happens next into your small paragraph and post it in the comment area below! Best of Luck!!
Writing Challenge #11-7 Brainstorming Challenge
Write what happens when your male or female character arrives back home only to see a shovel leaning against the wall by the front door. It wasn't there before. What happens next? In a small paragraph, start off with the sentence: (First name of your character) arrives back home only to see a shovel, leaning against... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #11-5 Bakery Mishap
Write about a woman who owns a bakery shop, has three older brothers, and finds a wounded man behind her bakery. She finds no identification on him. He does have a gun shot wound to his upper right shoulder, in which she tended to. Looking down at the man she realizes how handsome his features... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #11-3 Small Town Romance
Today's writing challenge, will be to write about a woman rekindling her romance with her high school prince charming, Mark Tremayne - until a former high school cheerleader decides to step in and making her rekindling a lot harder. Should she just let the former cheerleader take him away from her or should she fight... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #11-1 A Man’s Redemption
Today's writing challenge, we will write about how a man was a cheater, believed in only one night stands, and is now stuck living with his parents. His sister and her man too are living with their parents as well. This man thinks his family is cursed. He also is struggling with finding a woman... Continue Reading →
Writing A Children’s Book Series
Today's Challenge we will be writing about Lucky going to China. Lucky and his family get to explore the Great Wall of China, and other very important artifacts from long..long.long ago. Write how Lucky causes chaos inside an artifact store knocking down an artifact. This artifact that Lucky knocked down was a very ancient,expensive, and... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #10-9 Comedy
Write about a curvy, smart, independent woman who has never had a boyfriend, is the age of 25, runs her own business, and still lives with her parents. Make this novel a romantic comedy. Who is the CEO, super hot bachelor who runs into her while chasing after his dog? What type of attraction goes... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #10-8
Today's writing challenge, you will need to write about a runner who last seen by her neighbors running her usual route, and never returned. The police department was soon contacted with the woman runner's disappearance. No clues were ever found as to where she went. No witnesses. Nothing. The police left her missing case file... Continue Reading →
Children’s Book Writing- Lucky is Kidnapped by Aliens!
For today's writing challenge, I thought we could add a science fiction twist to the children's book series. Lucky is wandering around his home back at the farm when he finds a small spaceship that has crashed into one of the fields. Lucky carefully treads closer to the unknown object. Not knowing what to make... Continue Reading →
Lucky goes to the Air Force
Today's children's book series, Lucky visits the Air Force Base. Write what happens when looking goes sniffing around into trouble. Luvky wanders off as usual to go searching. As he searches he heads over by the planes. Being a small puppy, Lucky is almost invisible to the pilots. Because they weren't expecting a tiny puppy... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #10-7 Mail Order Bride
In today's writing challenge, we will be writing about a 25 year-old woman who runs away from her arranged marriage to a cruel old man by answering a man's reply for a mail order bride. Having written letters back and forth they agreed on her coming on the train tomorrow arriving to a vast land... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #10-4 Thriller Suspense
Write how a child doctor looses his liscence after having sex with the children in his care. Write how the doctor abused his female co-workers and how one brave child spoke up about what the doctor did to her and the nurses. Also mention how the police came and took the doctor to jail where... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #6-3 YA Science Fiction Fantasy
Today's writing challenge, using only 700 words write what happens to Melanie Hermes and her new friend as they fight for their lives and do the most dangerous thing ever! They are going to break in where Melanie's father worked on genetically engineering mutations cells of aliens. Write how they break in to the most... Continue Reading →
Writing- My favorite character (Lucky)
Lucky Goes to Sea World! Lucky the farm dog's adventures series continues. Today, Lucky... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #7-2 Science Fiction & Fantasy (Adults)
Today's science fiction fantasy novel challenge is: about Dr. Robert Reynolds having been transported back in time. Once he's back in time at this new location, Dr. Reynolds, panics not knowing here to go or what to do. What is a 21 st century scientist going to say to people who are from before his... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #8-1 Creative Brainstorming
In today's challenge, we are going to brainstorm ideas for a novel. What type of novel..hm.. Well, let's say you choose as we go along, your characters, your conflicts, your settings all your way! First, let's choose at least two characters. One good character and one bad character. Creating a protagonist and an antagonist. So,... Continue Reading →
Today-14th Day of Writing a Young Children’s Book
Today, is the last day out of the fourteen days of writing a children's book together. But fear not. There will be more children's book ideas, advice and tips posted daily. Except, instead of givig you a character, a conflict and a plot , I will tell you to come up with each of these... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #7-1 Science Fiction/ Fantasy Adults
Today's writing challenge for adult novels in sci-fi fantasy, we will be writing about how a group of NASA scientists have been working on creating a time traveling machine that allows people to go back in time all over the world. The only problem is that they are missing one thing in completing the time... Continue Reading →
Day #12-Writing a Young Children’s Book
Today, you will be writing about, Lucky, our cute, adorable, but mischeivious little puppy. Lucky is heading to South America. Write about his jungle adventures while there. What kind of trouble does Lucky get into this time? How does he end up saving the day? What animals and plants does Lucky see in the jungle?... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #5-2 YA Paranormal Romance (Friends)
For the YA paranormal romance book writing challenge, we chose to have our two main characters be the best of friends and lovers. They started out being mortals, being on the same side of the war, and trying to destroy every immortal being. Now, they both are on opposite sides of the battle going on... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #5-2 YA Paranormal Romance (strangers)
So far, we have written about two main characters as complete strangers who are fighting on opposing sides. And that one of them knows all this and the other one is completely unaware of the fact. You wrote how they fell in love, and were trying to hide it and then someone found out and... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #5-1 YA Paranormal Romance ( Friends)
In the first part of this writing challenge, I gave you two different choices to write about. The second one was about two main characters who are the best of friends, in love with each other, and are preparing to fight in their biggest battle ever. They head out to battle and their side takes... Continue Reading →