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Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: 12 Nature-Inspired Creative Writing Prompts Today’s post includes a selection of prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts. Enjoy! Creative writing prompts are excellent tools for writers who are feeling uninspired or who simply want to tackle a new writing challenge. Today’s creative writing prompts focus on nature. For centuries, writers have been composing poems that celebrate nature, stories […] Read on » From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Haiku Today’s writing exercise comes from my book, 101 Creative Writing Exercises, which takes writers on an exciting journey through different forms and genres while providing writing techniques, practical experience, and inspiration. Each chapter focuses on a different form or writing concept: freewriting, journaling, memoirs, fiction, storytelling, form poetry, free verse, characters, dialogue, creativity, and article and […] Read on » Recent Articles: Archetypal Characters in Storytelling Poetry: Making Music with Words Keep Writing! Can the Right Writing Tools Help You Write Better? How to Critique Other Writers’ Work   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. Adventures in Writing: The Complete Collection 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2018 Bookworms and Wordsmiths, All rights reserved.

Writing Forward | Weekly Digest Excerpts: Archetypal Characters in Storytelling The hero, the mentor, the sidekick. We’re all familiar with archetypal characters in storytelling. We’ve seen them before. We know the roles they play. Archetypal characters shouldn’t be confused with stock characters or stereotypical characters. Although we’ve seen all these characters before and will surely see them again, stock and stereotypical characters are based on […] Read on » Poetry: Making Music with Words Most writers are primarily concerned with the meaning of the words they choose. Is the language precise and accurate? Do the words provide the best connotation for what the writer is trying to communicate? Does the language show, rather than tell? But poets take language a step further and push it into the realm of […] Read on » Recent Articles: Keep Writing! Can the Right Writing Tools Help You Write Better? How to Critique Other Writers’ Work Writing Resources: Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones Poetry Prompts for Ranting and Raving   Share Tweet What's the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing is available from your favorite online bookseller. Adventures in Writing: The Complete Collection 101 Creative Writing Exercises Copyright © 2018 Bookworms and Wordsmiths, All rights reserved.