Prompts to Cure Writer's Block
Prompts To Try Mid Story.
by Freddy Eastwood
1. Introduce a character from Sarah Smith's past.
2. Give Maud Willis a pet.
3. Could the entire plot have been a ruse designed to teach Harriet Sparkle a lesson?
4. Give Harriet Sparkle an interesting hat.
5. Writing exercise: Write a newspaper article as if you're reporting the events in the story so far.
6. Sarah Smith has blood on her shoe. How did it get there?
7. Harriet Sparkle notices something unexpected in the background of an old photo.
8. Describe the most traumatic memory from Maud Willis's childhood. How does that influence current events?
9. Writing exercise: Describe Sarah Smith's funeral
10. Introduce a prophecy.
11. Describe how Harriet Sparkle and Maud Willis met.
12. Maud Willis shouts, "I'll bite your legs off!"
13. Describe the meaning behind Maud Willis's name.
14. What if Harriet Sparkle is carrying a gun?
15. Give Sarah Smith a disability. How will that affect the rest of the story?
16. What is a smell that reminds Harriet Sparkle of Sarah Smith?
17. Could Sarah Smith have been a ghost all along?
18. Think about which people Maud Willis would invite to a dinner party if she could invite anybody, dead or alive.
19. Make Maud Willis accidentally send a text to the wrong person.
20. Writing exercise: Write about the characters on holiday. Use what you learn about them to steer your story.
2. Give Maud Willis a pet.
3. Could the entire plot have been a ruse designed to teach Harriet Sparkle a lesson?
4. Give Harriet Sparkle an interesting hat.
5. Writing exercise: Write a newspaper article as if you're reporting the events in the story so far.
6. Sarah Smith has blood on her shoe. How did it get there?
7. Harriet Sparkle notices something unexpected in the background of an old photo.
8. Describe the most traumatic memory from Maud Willis's childhood. How does that influence current events?
9. Writing exercise: Describe Sarah Smith's funeral
10. Introduce a prophecy.
11. Describe how Harriet Sparkle and Maud Willis met.
12. Maud Willis shouts, "I'll bite your legs off!"
13. Describe the meaning behind Maud Willis's name.
14. What if Harriet Sparkle is carrying a gun?
15. Give Sarah Smith a disability. How will that affect the rest of the story?
16. What is a smell that reminds Harriet Sparkle of Sarah Smith?
17. Could Sarah Smith have been a ghost all along?
18. Think about which people Maud Willis would invite to a dinner party if she could invite anybody, dead or alive.
19. Make Maud Willis accidentally send a text to the wrong person.
20. Writing exercise: Write about the characters on holiday. Use what you learn about them to steer your story.
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