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Daily Writers’ Fix: Sight
Who’s watching you from the outside?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
What is your protagonist trying to escape from?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Grab Bag
Create a short story or poem using all of the following words. And don’t forget to share what you come up with by leaving us a comment! Stowaway Top ten Luminescence Vital signs Too late Ephemeral Fleeting Daughter Grandma Roses Saffron Broken mirrors Smoke and mirrors
Daily Writers’ Fix: Taste
It’s all about the weather. You hear it from the meteorologist on the TV, make small talk about it, complain when it gets too hot or too cold. Weather can set the tone for your scene, too. But can you write about the weather without actually saying “It’s cold”? For today’s Daily Writers’ Fix, skip […]
Daily Writers’ Fix: Touch
Tree climbing, fantasy tree houses, enchanted forests–everyone has a tree story. What’s yours? Return to your childhood and describe the feeling of bark on your hands as you climbed a tree. Or make a wildly enchanted forest seem believable by describing the feel of things your readers can relate to such as branches scraping one’s […]
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sound
A chill runs up a secondary character’s spine as she sits on the bow of a boat listening to the gentle lapping of waves at dusk. Describe that sound in such a way that your reader will literally feel the same chill.
Daily Writers’ Fix: Smell
What’s cooking in your character’s kitchen right now?
Daily Writers’ Fix: Sight
Some people find objects in the clouds. Your character searches for them in shadows. What does he see here, and why does it frighten him?
