Writing Journal—Tuesday writing prompt

While your character is camping, two strangers show up and ask if they can share her site. Far from populated trails or help of any kind, your protagonist and her friend must decide whether to let them or not.

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 Guidance & tips

Write the scene of discovery (i.e., tell a story), or brainstorm and create a list of related ideas.

Here’s five story elements to consider:

  • Character
  • Setting
  • Plot
  • Conflict
  • Resolution

Never forget, writing is a process. The first draft is always a mess.

The first draft of anything is shit.

Ernest Hemingway
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Author: Richard L. Fricks

Richard L. Fricks is a novelist and Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor living near Boaz, Alabama. His fiction explores ordinary people caught in difficult human questions, and he works with a small number of beginning novelists through a year-long, in-person writing program.

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