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Writing prompts
Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.
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- creative Write a Villain Whose Motive Makes Uncomfortable Sense
Build a villain whose worldview holds together from the inside out.
- creative Diagnose Why Your Opening Chapter Is Not Working
Find out exactly what is wrong with your opening chapter before the reader disappears.
- creative Reframe a Blank Page Into a Starting Condition
Turn a blank page into a starting condition with one constraint and one provisional first sentence.
- creative Reframe Criticism That Felt Personal as Useful Data
Extract the useful data from criticism that felt personal before deciding what to do with it.
- creative Decide Whether to Enter a Creative Competition
Decide whether a creative competition is worth entering before committing the time.
- creative Summarise a Complex Design Brief for a Creative Team
Summarise a complex client brief into what the creative team actually needs to start working.
- creative What Your Editing Habit Is Telling You About Your Writing Fear
Find out what your editing habit is protecting you from before it prevents you from finishing.
- creative Write a Eulogy That Actually Sounds Like It Is About This Person
Write a eulogy that captures this specific person rather than reading like a template.
- creative Brand Compare: What Makes One Voice Different From Another
Compare two brand voices at the level of specific word choices, not just vibe descriptions.
- creative Compare Two Content Formats Before Choosing How to Publish
Compare two content formats so you publish your idea in the one that will actually reach people.
- creative The One-Sentence Logline Your Story Actually Has
Write the logline your story actually has, not the one you have been telling people it has.
- creative Prose Style Analysis: What Your Writing Sounds Like to Someone Else
Find out what your prose style actually sounds like to someone reading it without your assumptions.
- creative Are These Two Stories Actually the Same Story
Find out whether two stories share structural DNA or just look alike on the surface.
- creative Summarise Your Creative Project for Someone Who Has Not Seen It
Write a two-sentence project description that says what makes it distinctive, not just what it is.
- creative Rewrite This Paragraph to Land Differently
Rewrite a paragraph to land differently with the specific changes explained so you learn from it.
- creative Brand Voice Audit: Does Your Content Sound Like One Organisation
Audit whether your content sounds like one organisation or like it was written by ten people.
- creative Pitch Email for a Freelance Article
Write a pitch email that opens with the story and states the angle so editors keep reading.
- creative Screenwriting Format and Structure Check
Get your screenplay excerpt checked for format violations and uncinematic action lines.
- creative Dialogue That Sounds Like Two Different People
Get your dialogue checked for voice differentiation so two characters sound like two people.
- creative Reframe the First Draft as a Discovery Document
Reframe your first draft as a discovery document rather than a failed final version.
- creative Script Coverage Report in Plain English
Translate a script coverage report so you know what it is actually telling you to fix.
- creative Summarise a Long Fiction Chapter Before You Continue
Catch up on exactly where the novel chapter left off before you pick it back up.
- creative Reframe Your Old Writing Without Cringing
Reframe your old writing as evidence of growth rather than something to hide from.
- creative Compare Two Approaches to Writing the Same Scene
Compare two ways of writing the same scene to understand the trade-offs before committing.