Your character takes one last trip to the beach before the sun sets on the final summery day of the year. Do the sounds of the waves make her lonely, pensive, happy, relaxed, or anxious? Why?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sound
Category: Daily Writers’ Fix
Daily Writers’ Fix: Smell
It’s dinnertime in this Parisian apartment building. Focusing on the smells wafting out of the windows, create a series of vignettes about what’s taking place in several homes.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sight
After a long, international flight, your jet lagged character arrives in her hotel room. Too exhausted to even take off her shoes, she slouches into a chair and stares out the window. What’s going through her mind as she looks at the sights outside?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Today, just write. Set the timer for the length of your choice and don’t stop until the time runs out.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Reflect on travel today: past trips you’ve taken, places your character wants to visit, the significance of a journey.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Taste
The flavors of fall
Using this photo, phrase, and sense to get you started, spend 10 minutes freewriting today, then review what you’ve written and see if it sparks any ideas.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Touch
Click on one of the following photos and use that prompt for today’s Daily Writers’ Fix.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sound
No shoppers laughing and talking on cell phones, no workers taking a smoke break, no cars honking at pedestrians. Why is this street silent and empty?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Smell
The smell of salt water, ocean breezes, dried-out kelp strewn across the sand… What are your character’s maritime memories or associations? A waterbound escape? A grueling job? Flashbacks to a happy childhood vacation?
