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Writing prompts
Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.
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- creative Reframe a Weak Query Letter Hook as a Structural Fix Not a Weak Book
Treat a flat query hook as a fixable structural problem, not proof the book is weak.
- creative Reframe a Villain's Motivation So They Stop Being a Cardboard Cutout
Give your villain a reason that makes sense to them, not just a plot function.
- creative Critique a Screenplay's First Ten Pages Against Industry Read Standards
Get the blunt pass or consider verdict a professional reader would give your first ten pages.
- creative Generate an Opening Scene That Quietly Plants a Later Reveal
Plant a reveal in your opening scene without it reading like a plant.
- creative Explain the Difference Between Showing and Telling With Your Own Paragraph
Learn showing versus telling using your own paragraph, not a textbook example.
- creative Generate Five Alternate Titles for a Manuscript That Tests Differently
Five different title approaches to test against the one you have stared at too long.
- work Find Out What Each Section of Your Report Is For
Learn what every report section is for before you write a word.
- creative Decide Which of Your World's Ideas Deserve Page Time
Ruthless triage for the world bible your story cannot carry.
- creative Reframe a Stalled Poem by Breaking Its Best Habit
Three ways out of a poem that revision keeps making tidier.
- creative Shape Your First Short Story Before You Write a Word
A five-beat plan so your short story actually gets finished.
- creative Plan a Wedding Speech That Survives Contact With the Room
Turn two decent stories into a speech people actually enjoy.
- creative Work Out Why Your Dialogue Sounds Like a Script Reading
Hear why your characters all sound like the same person.
- work Write a Cover Letter That Isn't Your CV in Paragraphs
A cover letter with a reason to exist beyond restating your CV.
- creative Twenty Titles for the Thing You Just Wrote
Twenty title options so you can stop calling it draft two.
- work Get Your Draft Report Marked Before Anyone Senior Sees It
A blunt review of your draft report before it reaches your manager.
- creative Get a Line Edit That Tells You What to Cut
Find out which sentences in your draft are freeloading.
- creative Write an Occasion Poem That Nobody Winces At
A poem for the occasion that sounds like you meant it.
- creative Summarise A Writing Craft Book Chapter Into Five Actions
Turn a writing craft chapter into five things you can actually do this week.
- creative Decide Which Point Of View Suits Your Novel
Get a straight recommendation on which point of view your novel should actually use.
- creative Decide Between Three Titles For Your Book
Settle the argument in your head over which of three book titles to actually use.
- creative Decide Whether Your Manuscript Needs A Prologue
Get a straight answer on whether your prologue is earning its place or just delaying the story.
- creative Translate Your Memoir Chapter Into A Standalone Essay
Turn one chapter of your memoir into an essay that stands on its own for a magazine.
- creative Decide Which Of Your Three Loglines Has Legs
Work out which of your three screenplay ideas is actually worth six months of your life.
- creative Summarise Your Novel Draft Into A Back-Cover Blurb
Compress your whole novel synopsis into a proper back-cover blurb under 120 words.