The Writer’s Playground Series – The Escalating Sentence Story

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 rule: the first sentence has one word, the second has two words, the third has three, and so on, up to a set limit (e.g., ten).

Best for: Prose economy, rhythm, and creative problem-solving.

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The Writer’s Playground Series – The B-Plot

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 detective must solve a murder

The Writer’s Playground Series – The Unreliable Narrator

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 group the “objective truth” of

The Writer’s Playground Series – Adaptation Challenge

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