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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 Creative Block as a Signal Worth Reading
Find out what your creative block is actually telling you before you fight it.
- creative Critique a Screenplay Structure Against the Three-Act Conventions
Find out where your screenplay structure is working and where it will cause problems in the second draft.
- creative Summarise Your Book Manuscript Into a Three-Paragraph Agent Pitch
Convert your book into a three-paragraph pitch that gives an agent a clear reason to read on.
- creative Summarise Your Portfolio Into the Work That Best Represents You Right Now
Cut your portfolio to the four pieces that best represent where you are now.
- creative Translate Mixed Client Feedback Into a Clear Revision Brief
Convert vague or contradictory client feedback into a revision brief the team can actually follow.
- creative Summarise a Creative Campaign Post-Mortem Into Reusable Principles
Extract three reusable creative principles from a campaign post-mortem rather than just filing it.
- creative Summarise Your Creative Project Vision in One Sentence
Get your creative project into one sentence that means something to someone who has not heard you explain it.
- creative Translate a Script Outline Into a Shot List and Production Brief
Convert a script outline into the production documents your crew actually needs.
- creative Translate a Client Brief Into a Creative Concept With Three Distinct Directions
Turn a client brief into three genuinely distinct creative directions before execution starts.
- creative Reframe a Creative Block as a Brief You Have Not Properly Read
Find out what the creative block is actually telling you before you push through it.
- creative Compare Two Narrative Structures for the Same Story Concept
Choose between two story structures before you build a plot that does not serve the concept.
- creative Reframe Your Writing Style by Analysing Your Own Voice Patterns
Find the three habits in your writing that you repeat without noticing.
- creative Reframe a Rejected Pitch Into a Sharper Proposition
Turn a pitch rejection into a diagnostic brief for the next version.
- creative Critique a Copywriting Brief That Is Likely to Produce Bad Work
Find the problems in a copywriting brief before the writer spends a day producing the wrong thing.
- creative Compare Two Opening Lines for Your Blog Post
Pick the stronger opening line for your blog post and make it better.
- creative Critique a Podcast Episode Structure Before Recording
Get your episode structure critiqued before you record, not after you publish.
- creative Critique a Completed Novel Draft for Structural Weaknesses
Get your novel draft critiqued for structural problems before you send it anywhere.
- creative Critique Your Own Long-Form Article Using Four Quality Lenses
Get a four-lens editorial critique of your article before anyone else sees it.
- creative Summarise a Novel Chapter Draft to See What Is Actually on the Page
Find out what your chapter actually contains, not what you thought you wrote.
- creative Reframe Writer's Block as a Signal That Something in the Work Needs Resolving
Use writer's block to diagnose what is actually wrong with the piece, not with you.
- creative Decide Whether to Self-Publish or Pursue Traditional Publishing for a Completed Manuscript
Decide between self-publishing and traditional publishing for your manuscript with a clear head.
- creative Generate a Detailed Outline for a Personal Essay About a Specific Place or Time
Build a structural outline for a personal essay that knows what it is actually about.
- creative Summarise a Piece of Fiction You Are Working On to See If the Story Is There Yet
Find out whether the story you are writing is actually there yet by summarising it from the outside.
- creative Critique a Short Film Script Before Taking It Into Production
Get a director's-eye critique of a short film script before it costs money to fix the problems.