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 Show, Don’t Tell: Team Sprint Objective: To transform abstract emotional states into concrete, sensory details through rapid brainstorming. How to Play: The facilitator writes a simple, “telling” sentence on

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 Just an Entrance and an Exit Objective: To understand that every character should enter and leave a scene with a clear purpose. How to Play: The group establishes 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 Ticking Clock Objective: To practice writing with urgency and building tension. How to Play: The facilitator provides a simple character goal (e.g., “hide a secret document,” “bake 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 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

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 Verb Swap Challenge Objective: To practice using strong, active verbs and elim-inate passive voice. How to Play: Everyone brings one printed page of their own prose to the group.