Archive for the 'Writing prompts' Category

Some writers complain that although they want to write, they just don’t know what to write about. In another life (as a classroom teacher) I constantly heard this complaint. I rarely have this problem. In fact, I usually have far too many things to write about. My problem is choosing which one to write about [...]

Last week I enjoyed reading the collection of inter-connected short stories called The Turning written by award winning West Australian author Tim Winton. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and it was all I had hoped it to be. I’ll review it on these pages soon. One of the most obvious strengths of the collection of [...]

My short story starters remain popular month after month.They are the most accessed articles on this blog. You can access these ideas by clicking on the link below. Also becoming popular are the articles in my writing prompts series of articles. Today we have another 20 writing prompts. Use these as warm up activities, or [...]

Sometimes writers get stuck for ideas. This might just be a temporary blip on the radar screen. If it persists over a long period of time, the dreaded writer’s block might be the cause. Whatever the situation, writers are left without ideas. This is where my very popular short story starters can help. Then we [...]

Okay – so you are trying to face a day of writing – but the ideas just won’t come. Nothing. It’s a frustrating feeling, knowing that you have to get a story written in the next two days and off to meet the magazine deadline or competition due date, but you have no ideas. The [...]