After reading this guidebook, you'll have a method for ensuring that your story is well-told, well-paced, and highly effective. You'll be guided through the process of reviewing your story, scene-by-scene, until it works. We won't focus on copy-editing or proofreading. This is all about your story because your story matters! What you'll learn in this book: - Why you need to perform a story edit - How to make the most out of you characters - How to use the key elements of fiction to make your story flow - How to elevate the emotional impact of settings - How to engage your readers with the story arc

These are NOT your typical writing prompts. I find most writing prompts too general or specific to be helpful. The ones in this book are just generic enough to spark your imagination and everyone's response will be completely different. Depending on your story idea, plot, characters and writing style, the response to the following prompts will look vastly different from another writer's. How does this work? Well, when you hit a roadblock in a particular scene, play with one of the prompts and see how your character responds, what comes out of their mouth. Then, let the other characters respond to that line. Here's an example. For the following prompt, I can have a character respond one of many ways (and I literally just came up with these as I'm writing this book summary). SAMPLE PROMPT - Ask someone to leave Now, what's the next line out of your character's mouth? Is it: -- You know what, get the hell out! -- Look, I'm tired. Can we talk about this tomorrow? I'll have Peter drive you home. -- Will you please just leave! I can't do this. I can't talk to you anymore! -- Either he goes or I go. Which will it be? See how all these are very different ways for a character to essentially ask (or try to force) another character to leave? The key is to work with the response that works best for your situation. You should have a sense of what the scene is about and your character's goals, but that's all you really need! I love these prompts. You can insert them any time you hit a wall. They always seem to get my creative juices going. Sometimes I find that I've gone on to write an entire scene and I didn't even end up keeping the lines that the prompts generated! It was enough just to get me unstuck and get my characters interacting again. I hope these prompts can help others too. If folks vote and comment to let me know that they've helped, I'll post 10 prompts per chapter for the next 10 weeks. Cheers! We'll start with a chapter and a bonus one too.

Love writing but find it hard to finish projects? Looking for a new approach to telling stories? Embracing serialisation can help you be more productive and get more readers. In this guide I share what I've learned while writing A Day of Faces, my serial which hit #7 in the science fiction chart here on Wattpad, won a 2016 Watty Award and has had over 146,000 reads. My current Wattpad serial is The Mechanical Crown - come join the adventure! You can find out more about my projects at simonkjones.com and support my writing on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/simonkjones

Advice for writing book-shaped things and getting them traditionally published. This series will cover everything from querying to agent fit, to building a platform and marketing yourself.

I have come up with ideas for book names for anybody Over 2000 book names ideas. Started 2013, still ongoing! Reached #5 in category of random 22/03/17 #1 for #helpful 16/05/18 & 24/10/21 #1 for #booknames 16/09/18 & 24/10/21 #1 for #names 16/09/18

Coming up with five adjectives to describe your character barely scratches the surface. In order to make your character figuratively come alive, you'll need to know them better than they know themselves. The exercises in this book will make you think about your characters in ways you never have before.

Feeling down because you have writers block? Need an outlet for your creative urges, but aren't in the mood to write a fanfiction? Here are some of the things that I do (with my friends, too) when bored, needing inspiration, or just for fun! It's exactly as the cover sounds- writing off of quick prompts, with time limits, ect. Note: This isn't really with any fandoms. They're randomly generated by me, by online sites, and made with my friends. Special shoutout to @Hatsunation for being the best friend anyone could have. She's the one that I collab most with on these prompts.

Some basic writing tips to help you become a more effective storyteller.

The introduction and first three chapters of 101 Creative Writing Exercises is available on Wattpad. This is the first of three books in the Adventures in Writing Series. Learn more at WritingForward.com. 101 Creative Writing Exercises takes you on an adventure through the world of creative writing. Packed with fun and practical tools, techniques, and writing ideas, this book will motivate and inspire you: - Explore different forms and genres by writing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. - Discover effective writing strategies and expand your writing skills. - Create writing projects that you can submit or publish. You’ll learn a lot by simply reading through these exercises, which impart literary and storytelling devices that broaden your knowledge on the craft of writing. The result? You’ll produce better writing. Each chapter focuses on a different form or writing concept: freewriting, journaling, memoirs, fiction and storytelling, form poetry and free verse, article and blog writing, characters, and dialogue. By experimenting with different forms and genres, you’ll become a more seasoned writer. These exercises also offer practical and creative idea-starters for project that you can develop and eventually publish. Ideal for new and experienced writers alike, this collection of creative writing exercises will enlighten and inspire you with exciting new ideas.