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The Writer’s Playground Series – The “Why” Interrogation
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 “Why” Interrogation Objective: To help a writer deepen their character motivations and plot logic by gently questioning their choices. How to Play: One writer reads a short scene
The Writer’s Playground Series – The What-If Machine
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 What-If Machine Objective: To generate unique story concepts by randomly combining core elements. How to Play: Create three hats or bowls. In the first hat, everyone adds slips
The Writer’s Playground Series – Round Robin Story
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 Round Robin Story (or “Pass-Along”) Objective: To create a spontaneous story and practice adapting to others’ ideas. How to Play: Someone starts a story with a single sentence. The
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 – Genre Switch
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 Genre Switch Objective: To explore the conventions of genre by applying them to an unexpected story. How to Play: Take a well-known story, like a fairy tale (“Cinderella”) or