Tag: fiction

  • The dream Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt about dreaming to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    My eyes snapped open. I was wide awake. But the dream was still vivid. Friday Fiction Writing Prompt about dreaming

    My eyes snapped open. I was wide awake. But the dream was still vivid.

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    This Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is about stretching your imagination muscles. Dreams are not fully understood. More importantly for us, they don’t follow the normal physical laws of reality. It’s time to play around with some fundamental laws of nature.

    The trouble with dreams

    Dreams take place in our brains while we sleep. Sometimes we remember them, other times we don’t. We might capture fragments or feelings or sometimes be able to construct a convincing narrative from them. However, in dreams

    • things don’t always happen in order
    • places and people can become confused and mixed-up
    • emotions can be exaggerated or non-existent
    • friends and family can act out of character
    • places can be known, amalgamated or pure fantasy
    • The natural laws of gravity and nature can become warped

    In other words, dreams are creative playgrounds for writers. They go beyond the normal constraints of a simple narrative. There are no limits to what your dream can be about. Describe your dream and draw the reader into this ‘strange’ land of the subconscious. No rules, just write and enjoy.

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me #ffwp @darrrenrhill. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

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  • Who are you? Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    There were faces all around, looking intently at me, but I recognised none of them - a Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    There were faces all around, looking intently at me, but I recognised none of them

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    A piece of advice often given to would be writers is to write about what you know. Well, this is a challenge that develops that idea. Here you’re prompted to write about what you don’t know, but for a purpose.

    So what has happened?

    • Have you just recovered, or woken up from some traumatic experience? Is your memory playing up and not recognising those around?
    • Perhaps you’re coming round in the street after a funny turn? The faces are the strangers, or paramedics come to offer aid.
    • You might be about to make a presentation or speech, and the unknown faces are the crowd eagerly awaiting your words?

    Or it could be something else. As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me #thecreativeminimalist #ffwp. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.


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  • Payment a Black Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Black Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    Yesterday, we gave thanks for all we had. But then we wanted more. Now the being before us demanded payment. A Black Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    Yesterday, we gave thanks for all we had. But then we wanted more. Now the being before us demanded payment.

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    This is a special Black Friday Fiction Writing Prompt. Following Thanksgiving, the Black Friday tradition pulls the US, and many others around the world, into wanting and buying more. We give thanks and then seek out that little extra.

    This got me thinking about something dark to relate to the black. Yes, I know that the black refers to business bank account balances, but I am taking creative license here. Transactions are in the west commonly financial. But let’s step outside the ‘present your card to the machine’ routine.

    • What if this is no ordinary capitalist trade?
    • What if the being isn’t even human?
    • Has anyone been selling their soul recently?
    • What did your character desire that they would make such an offer?

    Of course, this is your writing, and perhaps you’re using a metaphor to describe the cashier. But why use the metaphor, what’s the motivation behind that? As always, no rules, just write and have fun. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. And as you write, take a look inside and think whether or not you really need that thing you desire… and is it worth the payment being demanded… cue evil laugh!

    If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or use the tags #thecreativeminimalist #ffwp. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

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  • What and where? – Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    It should be right where I left it on the cabinet, but it’s gone Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    It should be right where I left it on the cabinet, but it’s gone

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    This fiction writing prompt is all about exploring… well, exploring. Or more accurately, exploring a situation that begins with nothing and expands. You start with something missing, an empty space that, you believe should have something. From this start, the direction of what you write is completely up to you.

    • What should be there?
    • Where has it gone?

    This could be a case of forgetfulness or something more sinister. Did you really put it there? Is your mind playing tricks, or not working as it should be? Has someone, or something moved it for whatever reason, or taken it? Could it be that you are remembering something that had been placed there many years ago, which is now long gone?

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

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  • Waiting – Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    I was waiting. It seemed like forever. How much longer? Friday Fiction Writing Prompt concerning waiting

    I was waiting. It seemed like forever. How much longer?

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    It’s time to delve into our emotions with this week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt. We’re waiting for something. It can be anything, the choice, as always, is yours. Being able to explain and describe emotions is a vital way to connect the reader with our characters.

    The prompt is designed to make you explore the emotions felt whilst waiting.

    • What is going through your mind as you wait?
    • Do your feelings have a physical manifestation?
    • Does the waiting bring up memories from the past?

    The setting and reason for waiting can be anything. You have complete freedom to simply explore and write about the emotions and feelings your character is going through. This one is a little close to home for me at the moment. I’m waiting on quite a few things so have plenty of emotions and feelings to draw upon. The challenge is to craft these into new and original descriptions, avoid the cliches and make sure I keep the fiction separate from the fact. Time to write… Well, what are you waiting for?

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.


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  • The missing purse – Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    ‘I reached into my bag for my purse/wallet but it wasn’t there! How would I pay?’ Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    ‘I reached into my bag for my purse/wallet but it wasn’t there! How would I pay?’

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    This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is all about getting out of a sticky situation. It’s about crafting a narrative; overcoming a conflict and reaching a resolution. In fact, you could say this is what a ‘traditional’ piece of fiction always does.

    You are somewhere, let’s say a restaurant, which means you have already partaken of the service, and you need to pay. However, the means of payment, your purse or wallet is missing. What are you going to do? You need to think quickly and come up with a solution.

    In addition, what has happened to the missing item? Is it a simple case of forgetting to pick it up, or is there something a little more riveting going on?

    When we write fiction, we can write ourselves into a cul-de-sac, a dead end. Our main character, or another vital person, has been written into a situation they need to get out of. It wasn’t really intended, but the muse led us down that particular path. We could just erase or delete those 100, 200, 500 or more words? Or we can craft and write our way out. That’s what this prompt is there for.

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your own interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story or something a little more grandiose. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

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