Choose one of these opening lines from classic novels, and use it as the starting point for your own short story.
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. Read More →
An update from our fourteenth Weekly Writing Workshop!
A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below
The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup contributor... Read More →
An update from our eleventh Weekly Writing Workshop!
A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below
The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup contributors ... Read More →
Who is telling the story? Try playing around with point of view. Write an outline for a short scene with two characters in conflict (it doesn’t have to be too serious, they could just be disagreeing... Read More →
What if a misplaced letter in a word changes everything? A story about someone who wins a million dollars would be very different if they actually won a million collars; a painting of a world under th... Read More →
Write a mystery story. Think about the arc of your story, and plan out the actions and motives of the characters. Does the reader know something the characters don’t, or is the reader in the dark un... Read More →
Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation:
Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished.
Question mark: a few things are left open - whatever will happen next? Read More →