Reveal your character’s life, including relevant backstory, relationships, history, & major conflicts, by describing the contents of their bedroom/bathroom trashcan. No dialogue. #writingprompt #amwriting
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Put it in a Reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/J7pzPzNfNJ— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 7, 2019
Describe a penny by telling readers ONLY how it smells or tastes. Alternatively, describe how it smells AND tastes. Feel free to generously use metaphor, simile, and/or analogy. #writingprompt #amwriting
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Put it in a Reply to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/nK35QsonOh— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 8, 2019
Reveal a character’s relevant backstory, history, relationships, and conficts by describing the room in which s/he currently is, but use tactile (touch) details only: no other senses.#writingprompt #amwriting
Want (brief) comments on your exercise? Include it in Reply to this. pic.twitter.com/oY5H3CEQB1— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 9, 2019
Your protagonist has done something that makes them feel like the antagonist. Reveal your character’s life, including relevant backstory, relationships, history, & major conflicts, through stream of consciousness. Any POV#writingprompt #amwriting
Reply to tweet for brief comment pic.twitter.com/evC9tKWxJ0— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 11, 2019
Your antagonist has done something that makes them feel like a protagonist. Reveal your character’s life, including relevant backstory, relationships, history, & major conflicts, through stream of consciousness. Any POV#writingprompt #amwriting
Reply to tweet for brief comments pic.twitter.com/kJtb71K7xc— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 12, 2019
Reveal your character’s life & emotional state, including relevant backstory, relationships, history, & major conflicts, through a stream of consciousness passage, written in any POV, just before/after doing something s/he never thought s/he’d do.#writingprompt #amwriting pic.twitter.com/fUUYi2Ym1U
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 13, 2019
Reveal someone’s relevant backstory, history, relationships, and conflicts by describing the person’s face, but use tactile (touch) details only: what it FEELS like only, no other senses in the description. Feel free to use metaphor, simile, and analogy.#writingprompt #amwriting pic.twitter.com/TRZwg0j9Bl
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 14, 2019
Reveal a character’s relevant backstory, relationships, history, and major conflicts by describing the contents of their kitchen trashcan (or of the outside garbage can). No dialogue. Any POV. #writingprompt #amwriting pic.twitter.com/MLgQqQIul0
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) June 18, 2019
Reveal a turning point in your antagonist’s life, including relevant backstory, relationships, history, & major conflicts, by describing the contents of their bedroom/bathroom trashcan. No dialogue, monologue, stream of consciousness passages.#WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity pic.twitter.com/UsEOG2b1mx
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning Author 📚🖋 (@Alexandria_SZ) March 22, 2020
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