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 Voice Mimicry Objective: To analyze and replicate the core elements of an author’s unique voice. How to Play: The facilitator reads a paragraph from an author with a highly

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 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 The Story Spine Objective: To practice fundamental story structure. How to Play: Based on the classic Pixar story formula, each person in the group takes one line of 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 Blackout Poetry Objective: To find poetry in existing text and create striking visual and verbal images. How to Play: Each person gets a page of text from an old

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 Emotional Impact Report Objective: To give feedback on the emotional effect of a story, rather than its technical mechanics. How to Play: A writer reads a piece aloud.