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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 Your Photography Portfolio for the Kind of Client You Actually Want
Identify what your photography portfolio actually demonstrates and how to position it for the clients you want.
- creative Reframe a Creative Block as a Missing Permission
Reframe a creative block as a permission you have not yet given yourself.
- learn Translate a Complex Scientific Paper Abstract Into a Single Shareable Paragraph
Turn a research abstract into one shareable paragraph that a general audience can trust.
- creative Evaluate the Emotional Logic of a Poem
Find out whether a poem's emotional arc is earned or whether it reaches beyond what it has built.
- creative Identify the Themes in Your Own Creative Work Without Romanticising Them
Identify the recurring themes in your own creative work and decide whether you are using them or stuck in them.
- creative Write a Character Who Has a Convincing but Deeply Flawed Worldview
Build a character whose flawed worldview is internally coherent, emotionally understandable, and visible in action.
- creative Find the Gaps in a Creative Nonfiction Piece Before Submitting It
Find the gaps in a creative nonfiction piece that an editor would reject it for.
- creative Run a Retrospective on a Failed Creative Project
Work out what actually went wrong with a creative project that did not finish.
- creative Identify the Three Logical Gaps in a Creative Writing Workshop Critique
Work out which parts of a workshop critique are worth acting on and which are just taste.
- creative Analyse an Unreliable Narrator's Tells in a Literary Text
Identify how an author signals an unreliable narrator and what interpretive work that unreliability does.
- self Write the Hardest Conversation You Have Been Avoiding as a Letter You Do Not Have to Send
Write the conversation you have been avoiding as a letter you do not have to send, to find out what you actually want to say.
- creative Write a Performance Poem on a Topic You Feel Strongly About
Get a performance poem that lands on stage rather than reading well on paper.
- creative Critique the Tension Structure of a Short Story Draft
Find out exactly where the tension in your short story drops and what to do about it.
- creative Analyse a Complex Character's Motivation Arc Across a Novel
Understand the internal logic of a complex character's motivation all the way through a narrative.
- creative Summarise What Your Creative Portfolio Currently Says About You
Find out what your portfolio actually says rather than what you hope it says.
- creative Summarise the Arc of Your Creative Development Over the Past Year
Understand what actually happened in your creative practice this year before planning the next one.
- play Turn Rough Post-Session RPG Notes Into a Readable Recap
Turn scrawled post-session notes into something the whole group can use.
- creative Write a Short Scene With Effective Dialogue
Write a short scene where dialogue does more than just move information between characters.
- creative Compare Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing for a First Book
Choose between self-publishing and traditional publishing based on what each route actually delivers.
- creative Generate Three Different Directions for a Creative Concept
Get three genuinely different takes on a creative idea before you pick one and run.
- creative Write Your First Haiku About Something in the Room Right Now
Write three versions of a haiku from whatever is in front of you right now.
- creative Critique Your Own Creative Work Before Sharing It
Evaluate your own work honestly before putting it in front of anyone else.
- creative Give Useful Feedback on Creative Writing Without Being Crushing
Give feedback on creative work that is honest and actually helps the writer.
- creative Write Your First Short Story Using the Three-Act Structure
Give your first short story a shape that actually holds together.