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While heated debate too often can be tiring, the occasional question that splits the audience can lead to a lively exchange. Try to think of a few hot button topics that your readers would likely respond well to. […]

Perhaps they were not thinking. Maybe they did not realise it was a secret. Maybe their mouth started before their brain. It could be that they say the secret and only then realise what they have done. Or perhaps […]

We dare you to write at least 500 words at night in the garden while wearing pyjamas.

Bonus points if

you only use a pencil, paper, and a candleit is really flippin’ cold but you pretend to be far too […]

With no fanfare or warning, right where you are up to now, add in a character called Dan. Dan is a bad influence on everyone.

Bonus points if

Dan and a character get romantically involvedDan causes far more […]

Get yourself a bowl of ice cream. Put it next to where you write. Start writing. You cannot eat the ice cream until you reach your daily word count goal.

You’d better write fast before it all melts.

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This is a bold and challenging dare – throw out everything that has happened as a hallucination and then re-tell what actually happened (with many details different). How does your protagonist change the events […]

We dare you to take a five-minute loo break and use that time to write (using the loo optional).

An Interlocutor is a person taking part in a conversation. If you are in a debate with other people you are debating your Interlocutors.

See if you can find a way to naturally use “Interlocutor” in your writing.

Write at least a page while soaking in a hot bath. Write only using a stick of charcoal.

You can get charcoal from Amazon or a local art store for not much money.

Maybe your character is too tired to work. Perhaps there has been a minor argument. It might be that a character is cold and wet. Whatever the reason, someone offers a cup of coffee and this turns a bad situation around.