writing prompts

Welcome back to Writing Prompt Wednesdays! Sometimes the best way to learn things about your characters is to write about them in different situations and see how they react. We...

While writing today’s Writing Prompt Wednesdays post, I was watching Sherlock Holmes. Now that this property is in public domain, everyone wants to write stories for Sherlock, or a Sherlock-like...

Today we’re taking a page from reality for Writing Prompt Wednesdays. Whether the tax man is Cuthulu’s right hand monster, the United Nations are paying annual taxes to an alien...

Today’s Writing Prompt Wednesday takes an old trope and gives it a new twist. Many of us have heard the whole “Are we there yet?” routine. Not only is it...

My apologies for missing 2 weeks of Writing Prompt Wednesdays. The workload was a little crazy plus I went to a writers retreat with limited internet access. Today’s Writing Prompt...

Today’s writing prompt is about a quick author trick for setting up exposition in an opening hook. FYI: This is a starting point, only. An interesting fact I’ve noticed about...

Today’s writing prompt is another “Day in the Life” kind of prompt. The first one got a lot of likes on the Urania page, so let’s see how this one...

Today’s writing prompt will concentrate on something a little different. Many writers find they function better with a writing routine. Different people have different routines. Mine consists of writing during...

A McGuffin is a literary device (object, event, or person) used to create action, tension, and drama. Some examples are the Maltese Falcon, the storms from the movie The Day...

I’m feeling particularly evil today. I hope this one works as well as I think it will. Da Prompt: Describe a day in the life of an orange using the...