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Writing prompts
Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.
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- creative Decide Whether To Post A Personal Story Publicly Or Keep It Private
Work out if a personal piece belongs online, in a small group, or in a drawer.
- creative Compare Two Story Openings to Decide Which Hooks a Reader Faster
Find out which of your two story openings actually earns a reader's attention faster.
- creative Translate A Screenplay Scene Into A Prose Excerpt
See how your screenplay scene would read if it were a short story instead.
- creative Compare Two Opening Paragraphs For Voice And Pull
Work out which of your two opening paragraphs actually earns the second page.
- creative Translate Formal Prose Into A Believable Teenage Voice
Turn an overly formal passage into a voice a teenage narrator would actually use.
- creative Reframe A Bland Bio Into A Distinct Author Voice
Make your author bio sound like you wrote it, not a template.
- creative Compare Free Verse And Formal Structure For The Same Poem Idea
See the same poem written free and formal, then work out which one earns its keep.
- creative Critique A Piece Of Flash Fiction For Earned Ending
Find out if your flash fiction ending actually lands or just stops.
- creative Turn A Voice Note Into A Polished Short Story Opening
Turn a rambling voice note into an actual story opening you can build on.
- creative Explain The Difference Between A Logline And A Synopsis
Learn what actually separates a logline from a synopsis before you pitch.
- creative Critique A Screenplay's First Ten Pages Against Industry Norms
See if your screenplay's opening ten pages would survive a reader's coverage pile.
- creative Reframe Writer's Block As A Specific, Solvable Problem
Turn vague writer's block into one specific problem you can actually solve.
- creative Decide Whether To Self-Publish Or Query Agents For Your Novel
Work out whether querying agents or self-publishing actually suits what you want.
- creative Explain Why Show Don't Tell Actually Works
Finally understand what show don't tell means with an actual example.
- creative Convert A Short Story Into A Screenplay Treatment
Find out whether your short story actually works as a film treatment.
- creative Reframe Harsh Workshop Feedback As Useful Signal
Sort harsh workshop notes into what is useful and what to just let go.
- creative Explain What Makes A Metaphor Land Instead Of Confuse
Understand why some metaphors illuminate and others just leave readers confused.
- creative Reframe A Rejection Letter Into A Revision Plan
Turn a stinging rejection letter into an actual list of things to fix.
- creative Critique A Personal Essay For Honesty Versus Performance
Find out where your personal essay is performing feeling instead of having it.
- creative Generate Five Opening Lines For The Same Scene
Get five different ways into the same scene instead of guessing at one.
- creative Decide Between First Person And Third Person For Your Novel
Settle whether your novel should be first person or third before you write 80,000 words of it.
- creative Translate A Poem's Meaning Into Plain Prose Explanation
Work out what a poem is actually saying, stanza by stanza.
- creative Translate A Screenplay Scene Into Prose For A Novelisation
Turn a screenplay scene into proper prose for a novelisation.
- creative Compare A Show Don't Tell Rewrite Against The Original Paragraph
See a show-don't-tell rewrite next to your original and judge honestly.