Writing Journal :)

One thing that I absolutely love to do is write <3

I love to write all kinds of things:

Fiction

Poetry

Short Stories

and even Fairy Tales...

Sometimes I just have a little trouble getting started....

I recently bought this book at the thrift store {for 50 cents}!

It has some really fun and exciting ideas in it that could be really inspiring or could be just the thing you need to finish that novel you keep telling yourself to write :)

Here are some of my favorite prompts:

About Character:

#1

• List at least half a dozen people you know who interest you enough to write about them.         
• Describe why you find them interesting.
• If you want, re-create them as fictional characters.
• Making up new names and changing some aspects of their personalities, but leaving the real people pretty much as they are.

#2 (This is my favorite)

Flip through some magazines and find a picture of a person who looks interesting . Don't choose a celebrity or someone about whom you know anything. don't read the caption. Cut out the picture and put it on your desk. Now freewrite about the person, creating a character sketch.

Write about the person's life , her problem's and her goals, her background, whatever comes to mind.

Move toward some conflict in which the character can be involved. Then write a scene to explore that conflict.

If it interests you, keep going. Try this prompt everyday for a week, choosing a new picture for each writing day. Keep those characters and pictures in a file and begin building a stable of characters.

Okie Dokie.

Both of these prompts are really good starters for a book.

I think I should start with the 1st prompt and keep you updated as the details grow. Who knows...maybe you'll end up being one of the people I choose to write about. :)

Optimistically, Bethany Lea