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The Writer’s Playground Series – The Escalating Sentence Story
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 Escalating Sentence Story Objective: To build a story with extreme conciseness and a focus on rhythm. How to Play: Writers must tell a complete story following a strict
The Writer’s Playground Series – Verb Swap Challenge
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.
The Writer’s Playground Series – Character Hot Seat
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 Character Hot Seat Objective: To flesh out a character’s personality, back-story, and motivations. How to Play: One writer volunteers to put one of their characters (pre-existing, themselves, or made
The Writer’s Playground Series – Symbolic Object
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,” “Isolation”). Each writer then chooses
The Writer’s Playground Series – Mystery: The Clue Web
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 Mystery: The Clue Web Objective: To practice creating layered clues and red herrings, the lifeblood of a mystery. How to Play: The facilitator presents a central crime puzzle (e.g.,
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Artifact
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 Artifact Objective: To build a world’s history through a single object. How to Play: The facilitator presents a simple, mysterious object (this can be a real object or