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The Writer’s Playground Series – Rashomon
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 Rashomon Objective: To explore the unreliability of narration and the subjectivity of truth. How to Play: The facilitator outlines a single, dramatic event (e.g., “At midnight, the town’s bell
The Writer’s Playground Series – Motif Weaving
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 first person must introduce a
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,”
The Writer’s Playground Series – Five Senses Snapshot
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 Five Senses Snapshot Objective: To practice immersive, descriptive writing. How to Play: The facilitator provides a prompt, which is a place or a situation (e.g., “an abandoned carnival,” “a
The Writer’s Playground Series – Exquisite Corpse
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 Exquisite Corpse Objective: To create a surreal and unpredictable narrative by hiding previous contributions. How to Play: Each person has a piece of paper. The facilitator gives a sequence
The Writer’s Playground Series – Two Truths and a Lie
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 Two Truths and a Lie (Memoir Edition) Objective: To practice crafting believable, detailed, and compelling narrative voice in non-fiction. How to Play: Each person in the group writes down