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# WC Grad Student ideas
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## Prompts
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* [ ] You find a cell phone in a forest. The only number in the history, repeated over and over, is your own
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* [O] You discover your partner has been seeing someone else. That's weird, you've been seeing them, too!
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* [O] Some relationships just weren't meant to be. It's time for this one to end, and both of you know it'll be for the best
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* [ ] (For one month, use two pictures as the writing prompts)
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* [ ] (Check that writing prompt twitter)
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## Workshops
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* [X] ["It is/was" story starters](../writing/workshops/it-was)
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* [X] Writing voice for characters/types out of your wheelhouse
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* I have no clue about detectives, haven't liked those kinds of stories
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* Write one
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* [ ] Expanding your genres
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* Pick a genre you don't like, write a first line/paragraph
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* Write a last line/paragraph
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* [ ] Genre bending
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* out of place elements (cell phone in fantasy setting)
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* things taken in stride (everyone in fantasy setting has cell phones)
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* [X] Surprise
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* Using surprise intentionally
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* Not just reveals, but everything from language usage to character reactions
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* [ ] Showing emotions
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* Show sadness without anything commonly associated with sadness (no crying, no talking about how they feel)
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* What does the character pick up? What do they eat? What do they say and to whom?
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* [ ] Shit sandwiches
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* Giving good feedback
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* Writing good reviews
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* [ ] When is infodumping okay
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* Just a chat, really
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