Your protagonist/antagonist is in pain – physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual – and it is the worst pain they have felt in their life. Describe it in as much detail as possible being sure to use all the senses & to freely use simile, metaphor, & analogy.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/D9DpJNxGY6
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 26, 2019
You have lost your sight, for any reason. You have also lost something so important that you deem it necessary for your survival & continued existence. Describe your search for this item relying on your other senses: hearing, smell, touch, taste, intuition. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/FWdvXIJwAl
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 27, 2019
You are a defector: describe, in as much detail as possible, your escape from your own country and your journey to a new country. Any POV.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/zw8o11VOPR
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 28, 2019
“Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?”
Continue. Any perspective. Any POV.(Faustus, seeing Helen of Troy, said to be so beautiful, the Trojan War was started by her husband after she’d left him for Paris)
~ Marlowe, Tragical History of Dr. Faustus#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/tchBUdlzor— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 30, 2019
Even if you are not participating in National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo), you can write full-time, even if it is only for one day. Plan a writing retreat, when you will write at least 1 day for 5-8 hours w/o interruption. Write down date, project, & schedule.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/wKXsHmlLpl
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) November 1, 2019
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