Writing Journal—Monday writing prompt

Your protagonist is shopping in the narrow aisles of a dusty bookstore when an old door catches his eye. It’s blocked by piles of books and clearly isn’t meant for customer use. But something on the other side calls to him, and before he can think about what he’s doing, he’s twisting the knob. What does he find on the other side? 

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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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