Monday, December 15, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Writing Prompts

12 Days of Christmas Writing Prompts

 Day 3 of Don's Christmas Prompts

Celebrate the Holidays with 12 Writiing Prompts!
Here you go!


On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Writing Prompt 3!

This is a piece of a prompt I use for a workshop I teach called "Writing in 360." A character can't be fully developed unless she lives in a world that is also fully developed, and that means the "setting" exists in 360 with the character immersed within that world. How do you do this? Start here:

Go for a walk outside with your character. Use your character's senses to help describe the world around her as she walks/stops/runs. Think about the sphere she exists within, and include everything around that sphere: above, below, front back, right, and left. Think in terms of how footfalls sound on the ground, noises of the surrounding, smells, etc. 

To "Christmas" up this prompt, add snow! (Or for a climate change Christmas like much of the world is sadly facing, a lack thereof!)

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