Writing
Prompts for September 8th, 2012
Non-fiction
Essay
Write a page from the book: Instructions For Overcoming A Tyrannical Government In The 21st Century.
Write a page from the book: Instructions For Overcoming A Tyrannical Government In The 21st Century.
OR
you could write a page from the book: Instructions For Maintaining
A Successful Dictatorship In The 21st Century.
[If you’re stuck writing a page, you could just make a list of potential chapter titles.]Fiction Essay
Write a newspaper article for a famous event in history.
. . .
The
problem with being a time-traveling reporter is learning to control
your impulse to change history.
Write
a time-traveling reporter’s handbook for a newspaper of your
choice.
Optional:
Write a news article for a famous event in history or an interview
with a famous person (in their time).
Fiction
Story
Tell this story: One of the hardest parts about being a time-traveling history detective is finding somewhere to plug in your laptop, which meant they really didn’t have much time to finish recording their notes about what they had just witnessed.
Tell this story: One of the hardest parts about being a time-traveling history detective is finding somewhere to plug in your laptop, which meant they really didn’t have much time to finish recording their notes about what they had just witnessed.
Getting
Ideas
Your
story’s main antagonist has invited the hero and eir team to a
coffee shop rendezvous. Describe the event. Describe the rendezvous
(were it to hypothetically occur).
That's a lot of prompts about time-traveling reporters and detectives. I decided to write on the Getting Ideas one. It inspired something that might end up in Book 3 of my series, but since it includes spoilers for 2 books before it, which I haven't even finished yet, much less published, I don't want to share them with the public. Alas, I am going to miss the next meeting due to family visiting--but at least my visitors want to hear about my writing! Thanks for the prompts!
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So, what are we all going to do when we get published? This blog sure is going to get busy! ;)
"They" say that nowadays published writers must have their own blogs to publicize themselves. I have published some things already, in the past, including one short story based on my current novel-in-progress. Oh, just noticed you mistook me for another writer. No, I'm not Ms. Rowling, I'm ME!
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