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We’re done! But I thought you might like a re-cap and a table of contents. The 31-day Think Like a Writer series challenges writers to write at least 750 words each and every day for a month. I used the website 750words.org, but you can do it with pencil and paper or on your computer. [...]
This is the last day of our 750 words per day challenge! Have you written every day? What have you learned from your writing this month? Today, write a reflection about your writing for the last month. What have you learned? What was hard? What was easy? In light of what you have learned, where [...]
We’ve talked about different points of view and here’s a related idea: different perspectives based on audience. Using any of the three POV choices (Omniscient POV, 1st Person POV, 3rd Person POV), we’ll shift the thinking a bit. If you are a 16 year old boy and have a car wreck and you want to [...]
For the last two days, we have focused on point of view in your story or novel. Your writing tasks for today–for your “750 words each day in January”–is to practice POV. Today, focus on 3rd person point of view. 3rd person POV A 3rd person POV pulls back from the position inside the character’s [...]
Yesterday, today and tomorrow, we are focusing on point of view in your story or novel. Your writing tasks for the next 2 days for your “750 words each day in January” is to practice POV. Today, we’ll focus on 1st person point of view. 1st person POV When the camera resides inside one character’s [...]
For the recent discussion on focal length of your scene, I accidentally confused a reader. I wrote: A scan is a way to show a crowd scene economically, yet in an interesting way. It involves a series of small zooms: the quarterbackâs mother is taping the game with a new video camera that she borrowed [...]
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day in January to better Think Like a Writer. What are you afraid to write about? Write about it. Grit your teeth. Take a stiff drink (of sweet iced tea) and write. Do it now.
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day in January to better Think Like a Writer. Today, you want to think about creating symbolism in a short piece. This can be powerful stuff in a novel, a short story or even an essay. You want to [...]
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day in January to better Think Like a Writer. Today, spend your precious 750 words doing nothing but writing titles for stories that you might want to write. Every ten or so, stop and think about which ones you [...]
Here’s another creative writing prompt for your 750 words, a challenge to write 750 words each day in January to better Think Like a Writer. Time in a story, a novel is important. How do you show time and the passage of time? This can be done in three ways: As an exercise in a [...]
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