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Fiction Writing Exercises – Second Group of Tips
By Deb
Here are MORE useful tips and tricks excerpted from posts at booksforallreasons — a great writer’s resource.
Fiction Writing Exercises – - Ideas for Writing Fiction
Tips 5-8
5. …Proverbs
Write a story based on a proverb or a quotation, e.g.: A fool and his money…more on Tip 5
6. …Tales by Letter
Write a story in the form of a series of letters or postcards, faxes, official reports, (imaginary) newspaper stories, answerphone messages, e-mails, diary entries or a travel journal. Combine any or all of these in… more on Tip 6
7. …What’s My Motive?
Start with a character who wants something badly… Part of what makes a story good or even great is knowing why a character does what he or she does, or at least thinking you do, so you can either…
more on Tip 7
8. …Start with a setting
Write a short story with one of the following settings: a small seaside town; a pub, cafe or restaurant; a doctor’s waiting room; a hotel or boarding house; a factory; a busy… more on Tip 8
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October 28th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
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