A Story Prompt For Fiction Writers

Today in the writing class I teach, I had planned to give the members a writing prompt, but instead, we analyzed a short story in The Writers Digest Writing Competition Collection.  Here is the prompt in case anybody would like to give it a whirl.     Rachael, normally a deep sleeper, woke to the […]

A Story’s Promise Involves A Human Need

In a previous post, I explained the difference between a hook and a promise .  The  promise, directly or indirectly or through metaphor, is  on the first page of a story.  If you want to review the examples I gave click here. The promise runs through the novel or short story to a satisfying resolution. […]

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