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Article Prompts to Cure Writer's Block
Compose a list of your top ten apps and why you would recommend them. Review the last book you read or movie you watched. Create the perfect date or lover. Write an open letter to a politician. Research opposing viewpoints on an issue you are passionate about. Develop a travel guide for your favorite city or current city. Analyze a piece of artwork's value to society. Give advice to others working your job. Instruct someone on how to fix a problem you have faced. Compose a playlist for a movie or book character and explain why you selected the songs. Describe what you look for in a friend. Share the best advice you have received and how it has impacted your life. Prove or disprove the existence of God. Tell the story of an exciting event in your life. Explain your favorite conspiracy theory. Reflect on something you believed as a child that turned out to be wrong. Disclose an experience you had with prejudice. Illustrate the life of someone you look up to. Collect a variety of opinions on a business or organization. Imagine what technology will be like in the future. Document your family history. Record what you do in a day. Advise someone on good writing. Inquire why generations think the way they do. Interview someone you want to become more like. Rank the top ten restaurants that you visit. Ask an someone older than you to describe what life was like when they were younger. Compare how a foreign culture is different from your own. Argue for or against the opinion of an article you have read. Compound different news articles on a particular story. Go without something you usually for use/eat/have for a week or month and write about your experience. Try something new and share your experience. Recommend a product you use regularly. Explore a new genre of music and review it. Test recommendations from friends and family and document your experiences. Form an opinion on an issue through research. Plan a trip to a place you want to visit. Ideate a start-up business you would like to see arise. Design a solution to a societal or government problem. Articulate someone else's viewpoint that you disagree with. Encourage your readers to follow a piece of your own advice. Teach the world how to get along. Enlighten on a truth you have discovered in your life through an experience. Quote a book and explain how it pertains to your life. Expound on an article you have already written. Find a stock or creative commons image and write an article about it. Coach someone through a tough time in their life. Revamp an article someone else has written. Exercise in a new way and document how it changes you. List quotes pertaining to love. Narrate your own autobiography. Brag someone else's idea or project. Introduce another culture's idea to your own life and tell about it. Follow a trend for a week or month and describe your experience. Call someone you haven't spoken to in a while and recount your memories. Outline the steps to achieve a goal. Reveal your secret to happiness. Divulge how you reached your place in your career. Bring to light an issue people don't want to face in your community. Question a belief you have held for a long time.
By Murial Bezanson7 years ago in Journal
My First Published Book
Some time in early 2004, I'd say either February or March, I was supposed to do an advertising assignment for my fifth grade class. I was grouped up with two boys (I was the only girl in the group), and we all had a hard time coming up with ideas on what our "product" should be.
By Bradley Levi7 years ago in Journal
Fighting Writers Block
So, you want to write? Me too. What I find and am currently finding as I write this is that it can be really hard to transfer all the wonderful ideas from your head and put pen to paper. I have had many ideas for short stories, articles, and plotlines but never managed to pursue them. What can I do, how can I create a world of intrigue and mystery when the real mystery is getting it out of my head in the first place? While writing this article I seek the answer, the whole purpose of this is to release what goes on in my head and see what appears on the page. What you see before you is a finalised draft that used to be maybe two or three times as large as it is now.
By Dylan Shannon7 years ago in Journal
The Bad Business of Free
Authors work hard on their books. Independent writers not only have to work hard finishing their masterpieces but they also have to figure out distribution and marketing as well. Seems like a fair trade off for doing what you love, doesn't it? Well on top of all of that, you learn that people don't want to pay for your books; they want them for free.
By Edward Anderson7 years ago in Journal
The Honest Writer
There are times when a biased spin is appropriate for a piece of writing, times when it is entirely intentional to make a point in favour of one side or another. Other times, a more balanced approach is preferred or necessary depending on the type of written work, the publication, or the intended audience.
By Sapphire Ravenclaw7 years ago in Journal
How It Feels to Be a Published Author
I've always enjoyed writing ever since I was a child. I loved writing short stories and poetry and English went on to be one of my favourite subjects at school. My first poem was about shells and it was chosen to be published in a Young Writer's Anthology.
By Chloe Gilholy7 years ago in Journal
Flawed Characters and The Girl On The Train
With all the hype about this mystery thriller by Paula Hawkins and the author now releasing a new book, I finally got around to picking up a copy. I'm over a hundred pages in now and enjoying it immensely - but the more I read the more I find myself thinking about the concept of flawed characters. Hawkins writes skillfully, capturing the rough edges and blemishes of each of her characters perfectly. So, what exactly is a flawed character, how can you write one, and what can they contribute to your story? These are all questions which I'm going to talk about in today's post, with reference to Hawkins' infamous thriller.
By India Hendrie7 years ago in Journal
When Your Passion for Writing Loses Its Luster
I don’t think there is an artist out there who has not gone through the following impasse: “Why am I doing this, wasting my time trying to get folks to appreciate my work and putting so much blood, sweat and tears into something I no longer find enjoyable?”
By Vivienne Neal7 years ago in Journal