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About This Author
Absolute beginner, Reader, Reviewer, ESL writer, Poet, Blogger, Novelist, Published author, Psychology degree, Dog lover. Quill finalist
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All fingers and thumbs
A blog on my personal writing process. Just random thoughts, notes, and other stuff. Don’t know yet what that will be like. Am exploring possibilities and pulse towards an unknown future. Let’s find out! Here are challenges and activities stored.
"Invalid Item"  2017
"The Soundtrack of Your Life" 2020
"Resurrection Jukebox" 2020
"NaNoWriMo Write-A-Thon" 2020/21
"The Fiction Writer's Toolbox" 2020
"October Novel Prep Challenge" 2021(The Shanhaijing Prophecy)
Neil Gaiman's Masterclass 2019
"a very Wodehouse challenge" 2024
Template Worldbuilding 2024
"Barrel of Monkeys" [E] 2024
October 1, 2021 at 8:37am October 1, 2021 at 8:37am
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Oct. 01: - Plot: What If? ▼
Every good story starts with a 'what if'. What if a young boy discovers he's a wizard? What if a girl discovers a world hidden inside her wardrobe? What if there was a cemetery where pets came back to life if they were buried there? What if dinosaurs were real again?
In this exercise, imagine your story and your main character(s). Who is(are) the character(s)? Why do we care about them? What happens to them, and why is it a problem? (If it's not a problem, it's just life, not a story. *Wink*)
Spend at least 15 minutes imagining all the possibilities in your story. Make a list of every possible 'what if' you can think of. Nothing is off-limits here - let your brain go.
Answers to questions & List what if's (15 minutes with timer)
- Wolf Meyer and Poppy Ryan meet at an auction in Los Angeles. He will buy an item, an old Chinese book; she is writing an article about auctions. It clicks. They meet again, and then things start to become weird. There is a fire in the basement while nobody is in the house; Poppy's cat is missing, and Wolf's dog gets a freaky accident. They experience mysterious phenomenons like knocking sounds in the middle of the night, pawprints in the bathroom, reflections in mirrors. They investigate the cause of the trouble: the Chinese book. They travel to China and encounter several monsters described in the book. (…) In Los Angeles, they have to react fast to change the chain of events and save the city from harm.
What if…
# somebody else wanted to buy the book but wasn't there on time
# the book was too expensive for Wolf
# Wolf is a male escort instead of a poet
# Wolf never met Poppy
# They were followed when leaving the auction with the book
# They didn't believe the occult phenomenons
# he wins a lot of money in the lottery so he can travel to China
# the monsters in China were real
# the monsters in China were hallucinations
# they couldn't save the city
# they could save the city
# Poppy turns out to be one of them
# the book got destroyed
# Poppy and the book disappeared |
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