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 Atlas of the Imagination Objective: To create a map and the lore of a fictional place as a group. How to Play: Start with a blank sheet of paper

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 Story in Reverse Objective: To understand cause and effect by deconstructing a narrative. How to Play: As a group, decide on a powerful or intriguing final sentence for 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 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

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 Comedy: The Rule of Three Objective: To practice the fundamental comedic structure of setup, anticipation, and punchline. How to Play: This game is played in groups of three. The

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 Adaptation Challenge Objective: To understand how stories are reshaped when they move between mediums. How to Play: The facilitator reads a short, narrative poem or a news article aloud.