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Writing prompts
Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.
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- creative Summarise Feedback From Beta Readers
Turn a pile of scattered beta reader notes into an actual to-do list.
- creative Translate Scene To Screenplay Format
Turn a prose scene into proper screenplay format without losing what mattered.
- creative Translate A Recipe Into A Story Detail
Turn a plain recipe into sensory detail you can actually put in a scene.
- creative Decide Which Draft Chapter Opens The Book
Work out which chapter you wrote actually belongs at the front of the book.
- creative Decide How To End A Serialised Story
Work out how many chapters your serial has left before it overstays its welcome.
- creative Decide Whether To Self-Publish Or Query
Work out whether to self-publish or spend a year querying agents.
- creative Summarise A Novel's Themes For Book Club
Get past plot recap and into the themes worth arguing about.
- creative Compare Two Character Voices
Check whether your two characters actually sound different or just look different on paper.
- creative Reframe A Rejected Story Opening
Rework a story opening that keeps getting rejected before page two.
- creative Reframe Writer's Block As A Specific Problem
Turn vague writer's block into the one specific problem actually stopping you.
- creative Reframe A Boring Artist Statement
Cut the vague abstraction out of your artist statement and put something real in.
- learn Critique A Practice Presentation Script Before You Deliver It
Find the parts of your script that will lose the room before you say them.
- creative Reframe A Villain Who Reads As Cartoonish
Give your one-note villain an actual reason to believe they're right.
- creative Critique a Short Story's Opening Page for Whether It Would Survive a Slush Pile
Find out if your opening page earns a second one.
- creative Two Endings Showdown
Work out which of your two story endings actually earns its ending.
- learn Critique A Cover Letter Draft For A Course Application
Find the generic sentences before an admissions tutor does.
- creative Poem Line By Line Critique
Get honest, stanza-by-stanza feedback on a poem instead of vague praise.
- creative Explain Why This Joke Isn't Landing
Work out why a joke isn't getting a laugh before you cut it entirely.
- creative Critique My Short Film Pitch
Find out if your short film idea is actually a short film.
- life Critique My Message Before I Send It To My Landlord
Check your landlord message stays factual and actually asks for something.
- creative Summarise Research Notes Into A Worldbuilding Bible Entry
Turn scattered worldbuilding notes into one entry you can actually reference.
- creative Summarise A Long Fantasy Map Description Into Key Locations
Turn your rambling map notes into a location list you can actually reference at the table.
- creative Summarise Feedback From A Beta Reader Batch
Turn a pile of beta reader comments into one list of what actually needs fixing.
- creative Translate Stage Directions Into Camera Directions
Turn a stage scene into something that actually works as a screenplay.