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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 – The Eavesdrop
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 Eavesdrop Objective: To create context and story from a fragment of conversation. How to Play: The facilitator plays a 15-30 second audio clip of two people talking, preferably
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
Welcome to The Writer’s Playground – Online Purchase on Amazon This book is built on a simple but powerful premise: that games are not a distraction from the serious work of writing, but a direct path to its heart. Play is the native language of imagination. It’s how we experiment without fear, build worlds without
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 – The Heist Crew
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,”