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Writing prompts

Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.

• creative Generate the Opening Chapter of a Novel You Have Been Avoiding

  Write the opening chapter of the novel that has been waiting to be started.

• play Generate Lore for a Video Game or Tabletop World

  Generate founding myths, rival factions, and buried history for any fictional world.

• life Write a Complaint Letter That Gets an Actual Response

  Write a formal complaint letter with the right tone, a specific ask, and a clear escalation path.

• creative Generate a Worldbuilding Foundation for a Fantasy Setting

  Build a fantasy world foundation from a seed concept, with power structure, daily life, and story questions.

• work Write a Press Release That Journalists Will Actually Use

  Write a press release that gives journalists what they need to file a story without the waffle.

• creative Write a Scene Where Two Characters Argue Without Either Winning

  Write a dramatic argument scene where both characters have a point and neither wins.

• work Write a Grant Application Summary Section

  Write a grant summary section that gives reviewers a reason to keep reading.

• creative Write a Sonnet, a Villanelle, or a Haiku on Any Theme

  Get a well-crafted poem in a specific form on any theme you choose.

• life Write a Toast for a Wedding or Significant Occasion

  Write a toast that sounds genuinely meant, not generically warm.

• creative Reframe Your Creative Block as a Design Problem

  Find out what decision you have not made yet, instead of calling it a block.

• creative Translate a Technical Subject Into an Accessible Essay

  Make a technical subject accessible without losing the accuracy that makes it worth reading.

• creative Turn Your Three Blog Posts Into One Solid Essay

  Consolidate three scattered blog posts into one essay worth reading.

• creative Revise a Poem That Is Almost There

  Find out what is stopping your poem from working and what one change would fix it.

• creative Create a Zine or Self-Published Booklet

  Make and distribute the zine that has been sitting as an idea for too long.

• work Write the Difficult Email You Have Been Avoiding

  Get the email you have been avoiding written, sent, and off your plate.

• learn Turn a Complicated Topic into a One-Page Explainer

  Write a one-page explainer for a complicated topic that a non-expert can actually follow.

• life Write an Introduction Email to Your New Neighbours

  Write the note that means you and the neighbours start well rather than awkwardly.

• creative Adapt Your Short Story Into a Script Scene

  Convert a prose scene into a script without losing what made it work.

• creative Write a First Chapter That Makes Someone Read the Second

  Find out whether your first chapter makes someone want to read the second.

• creative Start a Newsletter People Will Actually Read

  Design the newsletter with a clear enough angle that people forward it rather than forget it.

• learn Build the Skill of Writing Clearly Under Pressure

  Learn the system that produces clear first drafts instead of endlessly revised unclear ones.

• creative Diagnose Why Your Dialogue Sounds Wrong

  Find out exactly why your dialogue sounds like a script and not a conversation.

• creative Translate Your Poem Into Prose to Find What It Is Actually About

  Use prose translation to find out what your poem is actually saying.

• creative Write the Opening Scene That Makes Someone Read the Whole Novel

  Find out why your opening scene is not working and how to fix it.

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