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The Writer’s Playground Series – The Holiday
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 Holiday Objective: To reveal cultural values and history through the invention of a tradition. How to Play: The group invents a new holiday for a specific fictional world.
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Story Spine
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
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Ticking Clock
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
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: 50 Games to Spark Imagination and Sharpen Your Craft
Buy Now on Amazon Is the blank page staring back at you? Inside, you’ll find dozens of games to help you: Forge complex characters in the Character Hot Seat. Construct intricate worlds with the Atlas of the Imagination. Master suspense and pacing with The Ticking Clock. Craft brilliant, sharp dialogue in Dialogue Only scenarios. Spin collaborative tales and generate hilarious,
The Writer’s Playground Series – Title First, Poem Second
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 Title First, Poem Second Objective: To generate a poem from the feeling and promise of a title. How to Play: Everyone writes down a poetic or intriguing title on