“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves Character development challenge: What is your …
Category: Quick Exercise
Diary
“your handwriting. the way you walk. which china pattern you choose. it's all giving you away. everything you do shows your hand. everything is a self portrait. everything is a diary.”― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary Today's writing prompt has two choices: Choice One: Write a diary entry for your OC. What is a normal day for them? Write …
An Awkward Conversation
Scott Pilgrim: Did you know that the original name for Pac-Man was Puck-Man? You'd think it was because he looks like a hockey puck but it actually comes from the Japanese phrase 'Paku-Paku,' which means to flap one's mouth open and closed. They changed it because they thought Puck-Man would be too easy to vandalize, you …
Chaotic Energy
"I love days like this, they have such chaotic energy." —My friend who woke up at 3:30 this morning and drank a pot of coffee If you had to describe the energy of your OCs in one word, what would it be? Make a list of your OCs (it can be all the characters from …
What is Evil?
“What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?”― Libba Bray, Rebel Angels Let's talk about evil. What makes a character "evil?" What motivates your antagonist? Think about your …
What Will you Notice?
“Love has earth to which she clingsWith hills and circling arms aboutWall within wall to shut fear out.But Thought has need of no such things,For Thought has a pair of dauntless wings."― Robert Frost, Mountain Interval Today's writing prompt is to pay attention to the things around you. As you go about your day today, write down …
Dandelion
“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia Write from the perspective of a dandelion being blown into a wish. What does the dandelion see before it is picked and after it is blown away? …
New Year Check List
“Know what you want in life and go after it. I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities.”― Ayn Rand, Anthem As the new year is rolling in, it's a good time to reflect on what you want to accomplish. I'm not usually …
How Far will your OC go?
“White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.”― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Persistence of Memory Create a scenario where one of your OC's is forced to take a pill. There are four pills, a white one, a blue one, a yellow one, and a purple one. Decide what each pill will do …
Ceremony
“She flipped through a book her mother was reading about native people in a distant country, how everyday they would take pieces of white silk and draw on them in wax, then dip the silks in dye, then draw on them more in wax and dye them some more, then boil the wax out in …
