In March, we will be hosting a March Madness Free Writing Contest. 1st round - will consist of writers doing a flash fiction piece (500-1,000 words). 2nd round - will consist of writers doing a short story (2 pages). 3rd round - will consist of writers doing a short memoir... Continue Reading →
Writing Prompt Time!
Write a story based on a lead character (who technically is you but in fiction - meaning give this character your voice/ personality), another character opposite your gender, and an animal (such as a dog, a puppy, a cat, a kitten, a bird, you name it). Write how your lead character goes about his or... Continue Reading →
Need A Writing Challenge?
Here is a writing challenge for all writers: -Starting today, you will need to brainstorm ideas for a creative nonfiction piece to write. - Then starting on Monday February 1st, you will begin writing your nonfiction piece. You need to write at least 1,500 words worth for Monday. Now, all of you fiction writers, are... Continue Reading →
Writing Prompt Challenge!
For this writing prompt challenge, you are to write about a Veteran who came back home as a paraplegic. His fiancee runs away because she cannot handle having a husband who a paraplegic. As time goes on and the Veteran runs a successful business, he meets a woman who not only sparks his interest but... Continue Reading →
Murder Mysteries
In today's challenge, I challenge all of you to create a story idea for a murder mystery. Be sure to include two or more characters, at least three conflicts, clues as to who might have committed the murder and why, and where does this murder mystery take place? (This should be a good 250-300 words.)... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge!
Write about an unresolved situation that one of your characters go through in 500 words that ends up being resolved. Write about an encounter your character goes through with an unpleasant person in 300 -500 words. Write about a conflict that your character(s) go through using 500 words.
Writing Challenge!
Writing Challenge! Take 2,500 words (about ten pages double-spaced) to start or complete your first chapter. End with a cliffhanger or a lead-in to further the plot development.
Writing Challenge!
Using a draft of your work-in-progress, write a 500-word synopsis of your novel idea in the style of back cover copy.Then, answer the following questions:Is this story substantial enough, interesting enough?Does the main conflict of the story open to several mini-conflicts?Why do you think this story is interesting or universally appealing?What is the concept of... Continue Reading →
What happens when..
What happens when a couple come to your character's office to fix their marriage problems, only for your character to be attracted to the husband of the troubled couple? How does your character go about making sure the troubled couple separates for definite? How does the husband feel towards your female character? Does your character... Continue Reading →
What happens if…
What happens if your character who is a writer, is writing a horror story and as your character writes, he/she is completely unaware that everything from the story is coming to life? When does your character finally realize what's happening? And what horrors are releashed from your character's writing? Reply in the comment area down... Continue Reading →
Mr. Wrong
Have you ever tried dating a good guy after good guy and it never worked out right? Have you tried dating a man that was so similar to you in intelligence, personality and work? Well Kari did. All it did was left her with a broken heart afterwards. She was tired of falling a Mr.... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge for May
For this month's writing challenge you have to write a short story in two paragraphs using the the phrase given down below! Be sure to post your responses down below in the comment area for feedback! 🙂 "People say you can't ever go back. But the paths of a life journey are rarely straight."
The Outcast Part 2
Jeff took his things out of his bag into a room that Susie was kind enough to let him have. The police investigation into the old man's death has been a shocker to everyone. Jeff missed him. The old man surely knew how to make a home feel like a home. The woman police officer... Continue Reading →
Story Within A Poem
In this competition, you are challenged to write a poem that tells a story and also rhymes. The winner will have their work published in our monthly magazine featuring their work 🙂 Please post your responses down below in the comment area!Best of luck! 🙂
Horror Fiction – Writing Competition
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 →
What If? – Writing Competition
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 🙂
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 →
Fireproof Part 1
Samuel Sterling, a fire fighter, for the town's newly remolded fire department thought he could put his past behind him. He was wrong. Kathy Hawn, a widower, just moved in next door to the hotest bachelor in town. Not a good way to start her life over again. Having had gone through a terrible marriage... 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 →
Lucky’s Lesson- Children’s Novel Challenge
Today's writing challenge, is to write abput the cute adorable loving lab puppy named Lucky. Lucky is a mischievious little puppy. Lucky goes around sniffing a new scent. This new scent is something that Lucky loves best. Chocolate candy! Lucky goes around the farm eating all the chocolate candy he finds. What Lucky doesn't realise... Continue Reading →
Murder Mystery #4
Leslie and her detective boyfriend, Mark, are embarking on a historical dig in their home town. Professor Lucas Helms, is leading the historical dig. What at first, turns out to be a fun adventure soon leads to a historical murder site. A recent dead body wrapped in burial cloths in an Egyptian fashion is found... 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 →
Murder Mystery #1
Leslie McGuire, was just an ordinary every day woman. Today she was going to be having her first date with her Detective boyfriend, Mark Winslow. As they head to their planned designation for their lunch date...a shot gun goes off. And everyone is screaming and running around. Mark, being on the police force heads to... 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 3
Wendy Mitchell just moved into the old recently modeled victorian house with her adorable black cat named, Midnight. The house was small smuged in between bigger homes. The house was open, newly done, clean brand new floors, walls, windows and new appliances. Wendy loved her new home. It was just what she was looking for.... 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 Writing Challenge
Today's challenge, is for you to write about how a young girl grows up, is in her early twenties, has health problems, and just found out she was adopted. How does this woman feel? Write how she feels angered at her adopted parents for never telling her before, her anger about meeting her real parents... 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 →
Novel Challenge# 12-4
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. Write using this as your novel opener. Then mention what happens next.... 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 #12-2 Brainstorming
Today's writing challenge, is to use the given sentence as the opener for your first paragraph. You are to write a paragraph of what happens next. Please post your responses in the comment area below for feedback! Thanks! The child heard the sound of breaking glass, walking out of his room he sees men with weapons... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge# 12-1 Objective View Point
Today's writing challenge, is to choose a topic that you can write objectively on. To write an objective paper you need to state both sides of an argument and write how one side is better due to the other side because...... After writing your response, please post it in the comment area down below for... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #11-10 Beginning Paragraphs
In a small paragraph, use the following sentence as your starting point. Then write what happens next & post it in the comment area below! Best of luck!!!!She woke up sweating profusely, hearing the sound of a baby crying.
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 #11-6 Murder Mystery
Penny Polluski, a freelance writer, is estatic when she finds out her work is being turned into a Hollywood moive. Glenn Dwyer is know as the leading actor for one of Penny's main characters. Penny's job is to fill the actors in on her characters. But when a dead body is discovered with a note... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #11-4 Romance Mystery
For this writing challenge, write about how a young woman who moves to a small quiet town in Hartford, Conneticut opens up a herbal remedy shop. At first, everyone seems nice. Till, her shop had a rock thrown in breaking the front glass window attached with a note saying the town doesn't need your shop.... 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 #11-2 Small Town Romance
In today's writing challenge, you will be writing about a man returning to his small hometown. Laura has been harboring her secret crush on Stephen. The whole town knows how both Stephen and Laura are in love and plan to play matchmakers in setting up the couple into one of the towns cabin resorts. Will... 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 →
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 →
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 #10-7 Middle Grade Level
Write about how a male student who is super smart lets a popular mean girl make him think that shes into him. His dog dislikes the popular girl and tries getting rid of her only to have his male owner dislike him. The male student ignores his dog. His dog runs away..the popular girl think... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #10-2
For today's writing challenge, write about two college students who are absolute enemies. They both are super smart, good looking, and try causing as much trouble for each other as much as possible. Write how they prank each other trying to out do the other one. Write what happens when one of their pranks goes... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #10-1 Middle Grade Level
Today's writing challenge, you will need to write about two characters who are enemies and little by little they start to realize that being mean to each other wasn't what they wanted nor was it any fun. Something happens that brings them to work together. As they work together they learn about each other. And... Continue Reading →
Writing Challenge #8-1 Romance Novel
Today's challenge, we will be writing a romance novel. For this romance novel that we will be writing, we will be writing about an average everyday woman who is struggling to support her and her parents. Her parents need the help of a nursing home. Clara, is a painter at night, and a librarian during... Continue Reading →