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The Writer’s Playground Series – Show, Don’t Tell: Team Sprint
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Show, Don’t Tell: Team Sprint Objective: To transform abstract emotional states into concrete, sensory details through rapid brainstorming. How to Play: The facilitator writes a simple, “telling” sentence on
The Writer’s Playground Series – Character Hot Seat
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Character Hot Seat Objective: To flesh out a character’s personality, back-story, and motivations. How to Play: One writer volunteers to put one of their characters (pre-existing, themselves, or made
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Holiday
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is The Holiday Objective: To reveal cultural values and history through the invention of a tradition. How to Play: The group invents a new holiday for a specific fictional world.
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Obituary
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is The Obituary Objective: To generate story ideas from the summary of a character’s life. How to Play: The facilitator creates an intriguing obituary for a fictional person. Each writer
The Writer’s Playground Series – Horror: The Unseen Thing
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Horror: The Unseen Thing Objective: To create fear and tension by describing everything except the monster/threat. How to Play: Given a setting (e.g., “a campsite at night,” “an old
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Emotional Impact Report
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is The Emotional Impact Report Objective: To give feedback on the emotional effect of a story, rather than its technical mechanics. How to Play: A writer reads a piece aloud.