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

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 Unreliable Narrator Objective: To practice the subtle art of misleading the reader through a first-person narrator. How to Play: The facilitator tells 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

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 Screenwriting: The Silent Scene Objective: To practice visual storytelling and conveying emotion and plot through action alone. How to Play: The group is given

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

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 Symbolic Object Objective: To practice imbuing an ordinary object with thematic weight. How to Play: The facilitator provides a universal theme (e.g., “Freedom,” “Betrayal,”