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30 Scene Ideas for Mystery Subplots

by Eva, in category Ideas
Mystery Writing Prompts

A mystery is an easy way to add interest to an otherwise simple story. These mystery writing prompts will make you curious to know more. And your readers too! What Creates Mystery? A few elements are vital to keeping a mystery story moving forward: Questions – A single question can be enough to sow doubt… Read More

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Writing Suspense

by Eva, in category Writing Worksheets

Click here to download this Worksheet (PDF) Will sheΒ find out before it’s too late? Will they ever be able to set aside their differences? WillΒ it work? Will he get caught? Will the child give the game away? Will the dog manage to get help? Can they hold on for long enough? Will his grandfather apologise?… Read More

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Writing Worksheet Wednesday: Solving a Mystery

by Eva, in category Writing Worksheets

Writing Worksheet – Solving a Mystery (PDF) You can use this worksheet to: Brainstorm solutions to a mystery that your story/character/life has graced you with. Work backwards from clues that interest you to develop a mystery. Draw up an overview of your mystery so that you can be sure that all your clues aren’t discovered… Read More

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β„οΈβœ’οΈ A few fountain pen snowflakes I was p β„οΈβœ’οΈ A few fountain pen snowflakes I was playing around with last year after I discovered the symmetrical drawing assist feature in Procreate. 😊
This exercise definitely made me realise how EFFICIENT symmetry is, especially binary symmetry!
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πŸ“• Current progress on my gothic/DA novel, π•­π–‘π–†π–ˆπ– 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗: SLOW.
βœπŸ»βœ¨β˜•οΈ Current delight in sitting down at my desk to write: OFF THE CHARTS! πŸ₯°
βœπŸ»β˜•οΈ Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year? βœπŸ»β˜•οΈ Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?
If you’d like some help preparing, you can find a link to these Preptober prompts in my NaNo story highlights.
I think I’m going to be rebelling for the 2nd year in a row and working on my gothic/dark academia novel, π•­π–‘π–†π–ˆπ– 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗. πŸ–€
The thought of having the first draft printed and sitting on my desk before the end of the year is a super attractive one! πŸ˜πŸ“š
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#writers #amwriting #wordcount #writingtips #creativewriting #writingmotivation #writinggoals #writingchallenge #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2022 #preptober #nanoprep
✨ "People who find resonant heroic themes of cha ✨ "People who find resonant heroic themes of challenges and questing in their own lives, in their goals, creative outpourings, in their day- and night-dreamsβ€” are being led to a single psychic fact. That is, that the creative and spiritual lives of individuals influence the outer world as much as the mythic world influences the individual." - Clarissa Pinkola EstΓ©s
βœπŸ»β˜•οΈ I've finished proofreading my looong article, and it's now available for students of the One Page Novel course. You can find it under, 'Advanced Lessons'. I hope it gives you some enticing new ideas to work with! πŸ–€πŸ“šπŸ€―
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I asked the Midjourney AI to imagine a scene from I asked the Midjourney AI to imagine a scene from my gothic novel and I was blown away by the results! 🀯
This is so close to how I pictured the β€œOld Library” in my novel world. You can read a rough draft of the opening scene in my π•­π–‘π–†π–ˆπ– 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗 highlights.
If you’re a writer, there’s an abundance of inspiration to be found in the results of your own AI prompts, and also in scrolling (or searching) through others’ imaginations! πŸ’Ž
( πŸ‘‰πŸ» swipe to see the unedited quartet that Midjourney returned)
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