zk/diary/2022-04-06.md

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WC Grad Student ideas

Prompts

  • You find a cell phone in a forest. The only number in the history, repeated over and over, is your own
  • You discover your partner has been seeing someone else. That's weird, you've been seeing them, too!
  • 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
  • (For one month, use two pictures as the writing prompts)
  • (Check that writing prompt twitter)

Workshops

  • "It is/was" story starters
  • Writing voice for characters/types out of your wheelhouse
    • I have no clue about detectives, haven't liked those kinds of stories
    • Write one
  • Expanding your genres
    • Pick a genre you don't like, write a first line/paragraph
    • Write a last line/paragraph
  • Genre bending
    • out of place elements (cell phone in fantasy setting)
    • things taken in stride (everyone in fantasy setting has cell phones)
  • Surprise
    • Using surprise intentionally
    • Not just reveals, but everything from language usage to character reactions
  • Showing emotions
    • Show sadness without anything commonly associated with sadness (no crying, no talking about how they feel)
    • What does the character pick up? What do they eat? What do they say and to whom?
  • Shit sandwiches
    • Giving good feedback
    • Writing good reviews
  • When is infodumping okay
    • Just a chat, really