Writing Prompt #7: Comical Imitation
Now that we are in the glorious month of November, it is time for yet another writing prompt. I thought I’d be silly this time around. Here goes: Write a humorous short story in your favorite genre doing your best impression of Douglas Adams. I think this one will be a lot of fun. Go […]
Writing Prompt #6: Random Death
Well, now that we’re in the month of October, it’s high time for yet another writing prompt! This month’s prompt is to write a short story or novel chapter involving the following: An unknown person is found stabbed to death. Seem simple enough, right? So have at it! You’ve got the rest of the month. […]
Writing Prompt #5: LGBTQ
In honor of the Outer Alliance, here is this month’s writing prompt: Write a story of any length that involves a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer character or theme, in a positive light. That means don’t write an anti-LGBT story, though you certainly could write a story dealing with the trails of LGBT life […]
Writing Prompt #4: Cross-Genre Goodness
There will be no word limit on this prompt. Why? Because it’s completely unnecessary. But this will be a fun prompt nonetheless. Your job is to do the following: Write a short story crossing your favorite genre of fiction with a genre that most represents your favorite genre’s exact opposite. Determining the opposite is entirely […]
Writing Prompt #3 (July 2009): 2,000 Word Challenge
I thought everyone would find a less restrictive challenge more interesting. Most of the ones I’ve posted have been for exceptionally short pieces, so this one is a bit more open. There is still a theme, though, but I’m making that more simplistic as well. I think these prompts will be monthly and we’ll see […]
Writing Prompt #2: 500-word Story Challenge
If you missed my first writing prompt last month, make sure to check it out here and write something for it. This month the writing prompt is: Tell a steampunk revenge story involving a meerkat and a dog walker. Interpret that as you want. Steampunk seems to be a repetitive theme these days, though, but […]