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Fun Writing Challenge: The Magic Object Monologue
This week’s just-for-fun writing challenge: Pick an everyday object and give it a voice. Now write a dramatic monologue as if it’s delivering a TED Talk…
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Miranda Miller
Friday Fun Writing Challenge: Write an Absurd Obituary
This week, your challenge is to write an obituary for someone—or something—completely ridiculous. Keep the tone serious. Let the facts be nonsense.
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Miranda Miller
Your Friday Fun Writing Challenge: Write a Fake Wikipedia Entry
Flex your creativity and your dry humour. Invent a totally fake concept and write a dead-serious Wikipedia entry for it. Citations optional; hilarity…
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Miranda Miller
Friday Fun Challenge: The "One Word, Five Ways" Writing Exercise
Writing doesn’t have to feel like work all the time. This fun Friday exercise will help you loosen up, stretch your creativity, and rediscover the joy…
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Miranda Miller
Friday Fun Challenge: Writing with All Five Senses
Get out of your head and into the world. Write something that bursts with sound, colour, texture, and life.
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Miranda M
Your Friday Fun Writing Challenge: The Mundane, Made Epic
Reset your creativity. Take the most boring task you did today and turn it into the climax of an action movie or epic quest.
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Miranda M
Your Friday Fun Challenge: Write Like a Kid & Tap Into Pure Imagination
This 'Writing for Fun Friday:' What if you threw logic out the window and just played with storytelling?
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Miranda M
Reverse Storytelling: Start with the Ending, Then Work Backward
What if the story starts at the twist? This 'Writing for Fun Friday,' we're playing with backwards narratives.
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Miranda M
The Misdirection Twist: Leading Readers One Way, Then Flipping It
Can you surprise your reader in just a few lines? Let's practice the art of creating genuinely surprising plot twists.
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Miranda M
The 100-Word Challenge: Mastering Brevity in Storytelling
Can you tell a powerful story in just 100 words? Let’s find out.
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Miranda M
Flash Fiction Challenges to Jumpstart Your Creativity
Jumpstart your creativity and rediscover the joy of storytelling with these advanced flash fiction prompts and playful story structures.
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Miranda M
Writing for Fun Friday: Games to Spark Your Creativity
Feeling stuck? These playful writing exercises are perfect for breaking the routine and having fun with words.
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Miranda M
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