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 Two Truths and a Lie (Memoir Edition) Objective: To practice crafting believable, detailed, and compelling narrative voice in non-fiction. How to Play: Each person in the group writes down

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

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 Heist Crew Objective: To create purposeful characters that must interact with a team. How to Play: The group decides on a high-stakes goal (e.g., “stealing the Hope Diamond,”

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 Metaphor Mash-Up Objective: To practice creating original and powerful metaphors and similes. How to Play: Create two lists of random nouns on a whiteboard. List A should be concrete,

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 Kill Your Darlings (For a Friend) Objective: To practice the crucial editing skill of cutting beautiful but unnecessary sentences, for the good of the story. How to Play: Everyone