Create some kind of implant that people in the future would think they can’t live without.
What is this implant?
What is it’s use?
How can it be misused?
Category: Experment
Take existing story and try experimenting with it.
No Part To Play
Write a story in which the main character does not play a part.
Why does the main character play no part?
What happens if they try to help?
What happens if they do nothing?
Mixed Up
Write a story that is mixed up.
How can you write a story that is mixed up, but still be interesting?
What about this story makes it so mixed up?
What about mixing it up will help the story?
Creation Myth
Create some creation myth for some world. (if you don’t have a world use our world)
How was the world created?
Why was the world created?
How does this affect the characters in the world?
Experiment With Mediums
Look at a story that is in two different mediums(film vs book vs comic).
How do the stories compar?
How do the mediums convey the story?
How do the mediums compare?
How can changing a mediums help the story?
Experimental Fight Scene
Experiment with writing a fight scene.
How do you describe how it feels? What is it like to throw a punch? What it feels like to take one?
How do you describe the moves they are doing? What is there stance telling the reader?
How do you describe losing the fight? Vs winning the fight?
Twisted Ideas
Experiment with an idea.
How can this idea be twisted and shaped?
Why would you twist and shape it?
How can one idea be twisted into another?
Magic is Technology
Take the magic system from yesterday and come up with technology that could do it with little change in how the system looks.
How is this switch possible?
How can advanced enough technology look like magic?
Is there something entrancing about being able to use technology as magic?
System of Magic
Experiment with creating a system of magic.
How are spells cast in this magic system?
What are the negatives of trying to cast a spell?
How can things backfire?
Violence
Experiment writing a story that contains lots of violence. Concentrate on description of the violence and dialog that lead up to the violence.
How would writing violence in a story help or hurt the plot?
How can experimenting with description and dialog help strengthen your writing?
What feelings and emotions did you get from writing about violence?