Stuck in a writing rut? Writers block got you down?
Never fear - The Speculative Fiction Writer's Toolkit is here to help!
Almost every writer who has ever lived knows how hard it can be to stay creative ALL of the time. Sometimes, we just need a little push to get us back on track. If you are having probelms with your creative writing, our regular writing prompts will give you written and visual aids to help spark your brain into action!
So, grab a pen and prepare to be inspired!
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 11:16AM Panic has a problem. Every time she’s in a public space she feels compelled to touch everyone and everything that comes within her path (i.e. within say a metre or two of her personal space). Describe a 3-minute period during a visit to a train station from Panic’s viewpoint.
Description in Description Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 10:34PM Action time – get off your backside and walk outside. The first thing that catches your attention is your new protagonist. Turn your body 360 degrees...what do you see first? This is your new setting. Write a brief plot summary for your new friends. Ok, so a story about a used orange juice carton that lives in the staff car park isn’t your usual writing fodder – but let’s see just how believable you can make this short blurb.
Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 10:01AM You are five years old again…It’s a spring afternoon and the flowers on the cherry-apple tree in the backyard are blossoming the air with their scent. You still believe in fairies, like your parents and you still have heroes that can’t be defeated. What do you do with your day? Anything is possible…
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 6:41PM Write a piece of dialogue following these 10 commandments:
1. Use three characters
2. Have at least one argument
3. There is a trumpet
4. And a acrid smell
5. An inanimate object interrupts the conversation at some point
6. One person is deaf
7. The setting is somewhere in Egypt
8. You cannot use the word and
9. A confession is made
10. Nobody has a name
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 2:20PM It’s the year tomorrow (yep, that’s not now, but anytime in the future) and your youngest child is about to embark on a ‘rite of passage’. You are frightened, but you mustn’t show your true feelings lest you be discovered…
Where are you?
What’s happening to your child?
Who or what are you scared of?
