Write a story that you can experiment with bluffing your way through a subject you have no idea about.
What was the subject?
How do you think you did bluffing your way through?
Giving the story to an expert in that subject, what is there response?
Category: Experment
Take existing story and try experimenting with it.
Image Description
Find an image of a person that you personally find appealing. Brainstorm words that describe the person place and activity, be sure to include internal, emotions, and thoughts of the person. Now write a 150 to 250 word description of the picture and the person in it. You can use any trick you want to describe the picture, a few paragraphs, a conversation, or simile and metaphor.
Christmas Day
Take today after enjoying your family, and write about the day.
Similes and Metaphors
Experiment writing a story solely using similes and metaphors.
What is the story like?
What can you do with similes and metaphors that you cant just tell?
Why is similes and metaphors better than simply telling?
Classic Style
Chose a classic storyline and rewrite it in your style.
What classic storyline did you chose? (Frankenstein, Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonder Land…)
What changes did you do that made it better?
What changes did you do that made it worse?
Do you understand why these classic storylines endure the way they do?
Statuette
Experiment writing a story from the point of view of a statue.
What happens in the statue’s view?
How can location change the story?
What would be the best location for the statue?
How would you make the story plausible?
Two or More
Experiment with writing a story from 2 or more characters points of view.
How many characters are you seeing the world through?
How does this help/hinder the story?
What can be changed to help the story?
Game Story
Write a story about 2 people playing a game.
Is there something at stake?
is what going on around the game interesting? or is it the game that is interesting?
How can it be an interesting story?
Remove Fate
Take the story you wrote yesterday (if you did not write it write it now) and take the destiny out of the story.
How does this change the story and the characters?
Does it make a more interesting story?
What changes are needed to make it more interesting?
Meeting Yourself
Write a story about meeting yourself.
Do you annoy yourself?
Do you realize what is going on?
How do you meet yourself?