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

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 Dialogue Only Objective: To convey plot, character, and subtext using only dialogue. How to Play: The facilitator provides a simple scenario (e.g., “Two people are stuck in an elevator,”

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 Motif Weaving Objective: To practice the use of recurring imagery to unify a narrative. How to Play: Begin a collaborative “Round Robin” story. The first person must introduce a

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 Prop Bag Objective: To build a story around a concrete, unexpected object. How to Play: Before the meeting, the facilitator fills a bag with an assortment of random,

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 Voice Mimicry Objective: To analyze and replicate the core elements of an author’s unique voice. How to Play: The facilitator reads a paragraph from an author with a highly

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 B-Plot Objective: To practice weaving subplots into a main narrative. How to Play: As a group, quickly outline a simple A-Plot (e.g., “A detective must solve a murder