Prompt and Productive Creative Writing Prompts

Prompt and Productive Creative Writing Prompts

Sometimes writers need to kick-start their muse. Creativity to writers is like fuel for your car. It is what takes us from here to there. Without a healthy gush of creativity now and again, we find ourselves stuck and unable to go forward. When you find yourself running on ‘creative’ empty, try using some of the following writing prompts. This is just a quick list and you may know of more. If you do, feel free to leave a link in the comments with your favorites. Online Prompt Generators and Sites Creative Writing Prompts - lists 346 writing prompt questions. Hover over a number to view the prompt. There’s a range of prompt questions here from “What is your greatest fear?” to 90 second observation drills. My take:   Bookmarked  Easy...

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Free Character Building Questionnaire

Free Character Building Questionnaire

The Character Building Workshop is an independent study of your characters using these online questionnaires. The process of filling out the forms will help you, the writer, learn about your characters on a more in-depth level

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The Writers View II

The Writers View II

Are you a member of  The Writer’s View 2 (TWV2)? Perhaps you should join. If you are a Christian writer or an emerging Christian author, TWV2  is an excellent resource offered free of charge. TWV2  is a group of authors, editors and publishers who serve as panelist to a member base of Christian writers. Each week, the panelist prompt discussion with new ideas and questions. The group members engage with their responses.  A member can choose to respond to the weekly discussion topics or they can just read the responses of other members. TWV2  is very much like a FREE online writing conference. If you are an emerging author, I highly recommend joining TWV2 Yahoo Group.   I serve as the Update Editor for TWV2  and offer lists of markets, writers...

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Character Interviews and Questionnaires

Character Interviews and Questionnaires

As I began developing ideas for my novel, I discovered a wonderful online resource from the Writing Classes site called Character Questionnaires.  This resource comes in two formats, one set of questions prompts you to describe or flesh-out the attributes of your character while the other provides questions you actually ask of your character. A useful resource to understand your characters before you build your story. Below are both questionnaires from Writing Classes website with links to download and print as well.   Character Questionnaire 1 (Character Basics) • What is your character’s name? Does the character have a nickname? • What is your character’s hair color? Eye color? • What kind of distinguishing facial features does your character...

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21 Android Apps for Writers

21 Android Apps for Writers

Ideas come to writers at the most outrageous and sometime inconvenient times.  If there is one thing common to all writers it is the anxiety we feel when an idea strikes us and we are nowhere near our laptops, notebooks, or anything we can use to download it. We’ve all heard the stories of great literature scribbled down on napkins and toilet paper. Writers will use writable source to get those words out of their brains. Fortunately, if you have a droid phone, there are several apps available via the Android Market that can ease this anxiety and help you be more productive. Here’s a list of 21 Apps that might make your life a bit easier.  For Writing Copy Paste It: Copy text from any screen to your clipboard to paste it into any text box. Great tool...

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