There’s no shortage of writing prompts out there. We even do them with every post here on the Write Practice blog.
Prompts have a place in writing, whether it’s overcoming writer’s block or simply as a warmup to get your brain moving. Writing prompts are awesome.
Until they’re not.
What do you do if you hate the writing prompt you’re given?
January! That month full of fresh starts and in some parts of the world, bitter cold and snow. No matter what the weather is like in your neck of the woods, start this month with a writing challenge to record a few lines each day in a daily writing practice.
We have 31 prompts to take you through the month!
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! The Write Practice will be on hiatus from December 23 through the 28.
In the meantime, here’s a Christmas writing prompt to give you some creative inspiration over the holidays.
I recently finished a novel where a character hiding in a secret panel in an old house had lost consciousness and died. The only person who had an inkling of the hiding space was a child who grew up harboring the terrible secret. Secrets are a great way to add depth to a character, especially if the secret is on theme. Try this writing prompt and see what you uncover!
People are complicated. I know, that’s like saying, “Hey, fire is hot!” but when it comes to characterization, this needs to be said. Our tendency as authors is to stick imaginary people into tiny two-dimensional categories, forgetting that no human being fits into tiny two-dimensional categories.
One of the things that makes humans so confounded complicated is we are not logical.
Write from the point of view of an inanimate object.
