Today we get to dive into my personal favorite topic: Worldbuilding. Today’s prompt is
How has your character’s home changed within their lifetime?
This is an especially interesting question for The Half-Elves, because Elk hasn’t been home Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Day 4-5 – 2020”
Today’s prompt is a flash fiction prompt from R.A. Oke.
What would push your protagonist to become an antagonist? Write that scenario.
This would be too easy to answer for Leafman, so I’m going to go with Elk for this one.
“With King Julen back again, we’ve decided we’re sending Leafman and Saria back to Earth.” Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Day 3 – 2020”
Another day, another prompt. Today, Maple‘s dare is to
change up your outlining process for a day!
I usually make a pretty straightforward outline—describing what each scene in each chapter needs to contain—but this post on Fearless Type about using mind maps to plot came into my inbox last night, and it looks like the perfect method for me to try out today. The Half-Elves is kind of a disorganized mess at the moment with a lot of pieces I’m not sure how to fit together, so hopefully mind mapping will help me organize all those pieces and see them more clearly (and not miss any of the little things I’ve started to set up for). The post mentions a handful of mind map format options, but I personally like using a digital program like FreeMind or Scapple, since it gives me infinite space and somewhat more order than I would have with my own handwriting, lol.
How about you? What does your plotting process usually look like, and what method would you like to try today?
Happy October! Brisk weather, changing leaves, pumpkin and apple everything, extra excuse to wear flannel (and boots!)… And, of course, Preptober Prompts! If you’re unfamiliar with how this works, check out this year’s announcement post.
Because of how this month is laid out, I decided to do “Reader’s Choice” prompts for these first three days of October instead of at the end, and I asked for prompts from members of one of my writing groups. I didn’t get a whole lot of submissions, so these first two happen to be from this year’s Flash Fiction co-host, Maple! She’s an awesome blogger and author, and she has something up her own sleeve for Preptober that I’m super curious about, so go give her a follow! (Plus, you don’t want to miss her flash fiction prompts later this month. ;) )
But without further ado… this year’s first prompt!
What change does your main character need to make to become a healthier them?
I’m working on Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Day 1 – 2020”
Two years ago I started an event called Preptober Prompts to get people excited and thinking about their NaNoWriMo novels for the month of October (also known, in writer circles, as Preptober). And we’re approaching that time of year again!
Here’s how the event works. The prompts are centered around a theme (“change,” this year), and each week features a different category of prompts: worldbuilding prompts, character prompts, plot prompts, and flash fiction prompts. In addition, each week is hosted by a different blogger. I’m super happy to announce this year’s co-hosts! Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Announcement!”