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Writing prompts
Drafts, edits, rewrites. For when the words exist but refuse to line up.
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- creative Compare Two Narrative Structures for Your Story Idea
Matches narrative structures to your specific story idea
- creative Critique a Short Story Opening for Reader Hook
A fiction editor pulls apart your first 500 words
- creative Compare Two Narrative Structures for Your Story
Compares two story structures against the actual demands of your material
- creative Decide Whether to Self-Publish or Seek a Traditional Publisher
Works through self-publishing versus a traditional deal for your book.
- creative Critique a Brand Voice Document
Test whether your brand voice doc will actually help writers.
- creative Translate a Real Experience Into a Fiction Premise
Turns a real experience into fiction without writing veiled autobiography
- creative Critique the Structure of a Non-Fiction Argument
Finds where your non-fiction argument breaks before a reader does.
- creative Reframe Perfectionism in Creative Work
Separates the quality drive that helps from the perfectionism that stalls.
- creative Translate Your Story Idea Into a Workable Premise
Turns a vague story idea into a precise, testable premise
- creative Plan a 30-Day Creative Writing Practice
Designs a sustainable 30-day writing habit around the time you actually have
- creative Critique a Portfolio of Creative Work
Assesses a body of creative work as a whole and what it tells a viewer
- creative Critique a Short Story Opening
Gives a direct first-page critique of a short story opening
- creative Plan the Arc of a Long-Form Creative Project
Design the structural arc of a long creative project before you start.
- creative Reframe a Creative Block as Useful Information
Reads a creative block as a signal worth listening to, not just pushing through
- creative Summarise the Main Craft Issues in a Chapter Draft
Identifies and ranks the most important craft issues in a chapter draft
- creative Explain Show Don't Tell to a New Fiction Writer
Explains what show, don't tell actually means and when it applies
- creative Decide Whether to Self-Publish or Submit to Traditional Publishers
Choose between self-publishing and traditional publishing routes.
- creative Translate Literary Agent Query Letter Conventions
What agents actually mean by their query letter advice.
- creative Translate Screenplay Format Conventions for a First-Time Writer
Plain instructions for standard screenplay formatting.
- creative Reframe Rejection From a Creative Submission
Sorts the rejection that carries information from the rejection that's noise.
- creative Reframe Creative Block as Information About Your Process
Treats creative block as a signal to read, not a failure of will.
- creative Reframe Finishing a Long-Term Creative Project
Helps you stop tinkering and call a long project done.
- creative Plan a Short Film From Concept to Shoot Day
Plan a debut short film from concept through to the shoot.
- creative Critique a Short Screenplay Scene for Clarity and Conflict
A script editor's read on whether your scene works.