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Through the Looking Glass Photo by Tuva Mathilde Løland on Unsplash You look into the mirror and find a world almost exactly like your own. Aside from the reverse reflection, one thing is very different from your world. What is it? Post your response (500 words or fewer) in the comments below. Tags

Plot Twist Story Prompts: Under the Influence Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, let a character fall under the influence of something or someone. Author: Apr 15, 2021 Plot twist story prompts arent meant for the beginning or the end of stories. Rather, theyre for forcing big and small turns in the anticipated trajectory of a story. This is to make it more interesting for the readers and writers alike. Plot Twist Story Prompts: Under th...

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 16 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a city poem. Author: For todays prompt, write a city poem. You can make the title of your poem the name of a city and write your poem. Or you can mention a city in your poem. And, of course, you can just set your poem in a city without naming which one it is. Its also okay, if youre more rurally inclined, to just write a poem about them city slickers. As always, ha...

Kristin Beck: On Writing Quickly and Publishing Slowly Debut novelist Kristin Beck shares what it was like to write her historical fiction novel Courage, My Love and why she was so thankful for a slow publishing process. Author: Apr 14, 2021 Kristin Beck first learned about World War II from her grandmother, who served as a Canadian army nurse, fell in love with an American soldier in Belgium, and married him shortly after VE Day. Kristin thus grew up hearing stories about the war and has been ...

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 14 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a "from where youre sitting" poem. Author: Apr 14, 2021 After todays poem, well have made it through the first two weeks of April. Woot! For todays prompt, write a poem inspired only by stimulus from where youre sitting (or standing, if you write will standing). In the past, Ive written poems about pencils, characters in books I can see, and things I can see out my...

8 Tips to Build Your Supportive Writing Network Writing can be a solitary activity ... but it doesnt have to be. Let author Gale Massey give you some tips for building a supportive writing network. Author: Apr 14, 2021 Writing is often a lonely activity and the support of a nurturing network can make the difference in how well and how long you persist. A writer needs connections at every level, from beginning writers to booksellers to experts in the industry. To achieve this goal, here are eigh...

Natalie Lund: On Grief and Unanswered Questions in YA Fiction YA author Natalie Lund shares how she handles the subject of death for a YA audience in her latest novel The Sky Above Us. Author: The Sky Above Us (April 13, 2021; Penguin Random House/Philomel Books) and We Speak In Storms (September 2019; Penguin Random House/Philomel Books), a 2020 ITW Thriller Award nominee and an Illinois Reads 2020 selection. A graduate of Purdue Universitys MFA program, where she served as the fiction editor...

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 13 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a Lucky and/or Unlucky poem. Author: Write an unlucky poem. Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them. Note on commenting: If you wish to comment on the site, go to Disqus to create a free new account, verify your account on this site below (one-time thing), and then comment away. Its free, easy, a...

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 11 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a prime number poem. Author: Apr 11, 2021 I hope wherever you are that the weather is as nice as it is in Georgia today. I cant wait to get out and about in the yard today (and/or just take a nap). For todays prompt, write a prime number poem. That is, I want you to somehow incorporate a prime number into your poem. You could include a prime number in the title of ...

2021 April PAD Challenge: Day 6 Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For todays prompt, write a Change and/or Dont Change poem. Author: Apr 6, 2021 Today is the first Tuesday of the month. Veteran PAD participants know that means its time for our first Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month. You can pick one of the prompts, combine prompts, or write one poem for each prompt. Write a dont change poem. Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use t...