Day 29 of StoryADay September. The Prompt: In no more than 600 words write the ending of a story. This is effectively the final scene, the denouement, the resolution or however you want the story to end.(This is the ending of a short story in which a woman travels back in time to prevent the... Continue Reading →

Day 28 of StoryADay September. The Prompt: Write a story with a character who has a difficult decision to make. Put this character in the setting you observed and use your sensory detail in the story.I step out of the gas station into the midnight dark, silvered moonlight filtering through the trees and splashing onto... Continue Reading →

Day 26 of StoryADay September The Prompt: The Secret.  Your character has one, or knows about one. Will it be kept, or disclosed?“Tell me something no one else knows.”Tyler turned his head to look at Karen, then down at their fingers threaded together. Why did girls always ask this? Every girl he let get even... Continue Reading →

Day 25 of StoryADay September. The Prompt: Write a story that revolves around a character with a ‘fatal flaw’ who, as a result, commits a fatal error that has a tragic result. Use a frame story to reinforce the flaw.Smith flipped open the front cover of the case file. It had taken all day to... Continue Reading →

Day 23 of StoryADay September. The Prompt: Before she knew it, she was just another set of eyes in a dusty attic, waiting for the stairs to creak.Before she knew it, she was just another set of eyes in a dusty attic, waiting for the stair to creak. She didn’t expect the day to end... Continue Reading →

Day 22 of StoryADay SeptemberThe Prompt: Write a short story about a family gathering where things don’t quite work out as expected. It can be a social event at work or a family holiday that goes spectacularly wrong, you choose.“We made it!” Kendra grabs Megan’s hand, pulling her close for a hug. Megan squeals, lifting... Continue Reading →

Day 21 of StoryADay SeptemberThe Prompt:Your character is being forced into something they do not want to do: an arranged marriage, eating their broccoli (!), working for someone they know is evil. So he or she is running away to avoid it. Suddenly there’s voices nearby/a light flashes on/someone steps into the passage ahead…Your character... Continue Reading →

Day 18 of StoryADay September The Prompt: A stranger to a remote area encounters a family with a mysterious and troubling past.James enters the kitchen, stamping mud off his boots at the door. The stranger stands quietly behind him, trying to get a look at the room and the woman in it without making eye... Continue Reading →

Day 17 of StoryADay September Today’s prompt is about the inner self of your character trying to break out, to be seen, to be heard, to simply be acknowledged. Think along the lines of being present in a group, yet you’re being discussed as if you were not there.  Now multiply those feelings by 100 for... Continue Reading →