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Have two characters debate – at length – over a choice they need to make only for the whole question to prove irrelevant.

I dare you to write a scene where, just for a moment, the protagonist thinks it was all a dream. Double points if this is not at all surprising.

You might remember I wrote about happy I was that my word count was totally killing it. Not so much any more.

This is what AS does to me 🙁

A few days of bad flare-ups and my word count has tanked. No […]

Introduce a character who makes endless terrible puns; especially when it is inappropriate to do so.

Every now and then you see a strange hedgehog in your garden. Each time, it means you will have something life-changing happen to you. Today, there were nine hundred of them.

Bonus points if this is now […]

Have two characters flip a coin to make a very important decision. Double points if this is a terrible idea but works out for the best anyway.

Introduce a side-character with a mouth so foul they might make a sailor blush.

Make this image a plot-relevant detail

Introduce a reason why it is vitally important that a character counts all the grains of sand in a large bucket.

This question comes from a writing prompts website. Don’t let that stop you debating it here instead of actually writing.

Have a tense combat situation as the opening of a chapter only for it to turn out to be a computer game two characters are playing.

I’ll be honest; I love a good deal as much as anyone, but I’m also quite cautious with my money… So, when I was browsing the app for the internationally successful Groupon website – “out of curiosity […]