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Writing prompts
Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.
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- creative Poem Critique: What Is Working and What Is Getting in the Way
Get your poem critiqued on what it is trying to do, with one concrete suggestion to try.
- creative Poem in a Specific Form
Write a poem in a specific form with the constraints explained and the choices annotated.
- creative This Short Story Is Not Working Yet
Find out where your short story is losing the reader, and get one concrete thing to fix.
- creative Fiction Opening That Pulls the Reader In
Find out what your first page is doing wrong and get a concrete rewrite to try.
- creative Find the Right Tone for a Message That Could Go Wrong
Get three versions of a difficult message and a recommendation on which to send.
- creative Rewrite a Listicle as a Narrative Story
Turn a list of points into a piece someone actually reads to the end.
- creative Turn a Real Event Into Fictional Material
Transform a real story into fiction that keeps the truth without being a diary entry.
- creative Explain Narrative Tension to Someone Struggling With Pacing
Understand the four mechanisms that create tension in a story that is losing momentum.
- creative Find the Right Ending for a Story That Has Stalled
Find the ending your stalled story has been waiting for.
- creative Edit a Dialogue Scene Until Every Line Is Working
Run three editorial passes on a dialogue scene that is not quite landing.
- creative Add Tension to a Scene Where Nothing Happens
Charge a quiet scene with tension without manufacturing conflict.
- creative Compare Two Approaches to the Same Story Premise
Evaluate two different ways into the same story before you commit to one.
- creative Rewrite Corporate Language in Plain English
Strip the management vocabulary out of a document and say what it means.
- creative Understand Show Versus Tell in Your Own Writing
Learn show versus tell from examples in your own writing, not someone else's.
- creative Rewrite a Passage in a Different Character's Voice
See what changes when the same scene belongs to a different character.
- creative Turn a Rambling Draft Into a Tight Blog Post
Cut the parts that dilute your draft and restructure what is worth keeping.
- creative Compare Two Titles for the Same Piece and Pick the Right One
Choose between two titles based on function, not personal preference.
- creative Plan a Short Story From First Line to Last
Turn a loose idea into a complete story structure before you write a word.
- work Write an Email That Actually Gets Answered
Write the email that gets a response instead of going into the read-but-ignored pile.
- creative Diagnose Why a Scene Feels Flat
Find out exactly why the scene that should work does not.
- creative Critique a First Draft of a Screenplay Scene
Get professional script notes on a scene before you submit it.
- creative Write an Email Newsletter Introduction That Gets Read Past the First Line
Open your newsletter with something worth reading rather than a summary.
- creative Write a Product Description That Sounds Like a Person Wrote It
Write a product description that says something instead of everything at once.
- creative Plan a Screenwriting Project From Concept to Scene Breakdown
Move from a screenplay concept to a first-act scene breakdown before you write a page.