Flash Fiction Prompts: Leaving One Life Behind in 300 Words
Go over three flash fiction prompts that focus on “saying goodbye”, whether to someone, some place, or something, as a way to practice your implication skills. Readers love a story that doesn’t spell everything out for them, and these prompts can help you practice that specific part of your writing.
Building Emotional Stakes: Why Your Story Needs More Than Just Explosions
Emotional stakes are what lead up to those gut-punch moments in a story that make readers care about what’s going on. If you’re new to writing or stuck on a draft that’s just not clicking, this is where you can fix it. Stakes aren’t just about someone getting chased by a bear. They’re about what’s […]
Layering Conflict to Bring Your Draft to Life
A lot of new writers (and even some who’ve been at it a while) get stuck with a half-finished manuscript because their stories lack the magnetic pull that keeps readers flipping pages late into the night. Their characters are going nowhere, or their plot feels stuck in the mud. The fix isn’t anything new or […]