Category: Weekly Writing Challenges
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Weekly Writing Challenge 13: Write a Story About the Photographer Behind This Picture
Welcome to this week’s writing challenge prompt! Practicing narration isn’t always something writers do intentionally. You’ll use it with most stories, whether it’s inner dialogue or 3rd-person POV. When was the last time you thought about writing a story specifically to practice your narrative voice? Use this week’s picture as inspiration. Why would the photographer…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 12: Write About Someone Who Gets Lost in the Mountains
Welcome to this week’s writing challenge prompt! When characters get lost in nature, writers often have to heavily rely on their internal monologues. You won’t have other characters to spark conversations or instigate conflict (unless your story includes what happens after your character gets back to town—if they do at all). This week, try writing…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 11: Write About an International Spy
Welcome to this week’s writing challenge prompt! Let’s explore the world undercover through the eyes of your chosen protagonist. What kind of mischief could they get up to as an international spy? A few things to think about as you draft this story: Sometimes writing is just for fun—this week’s prompt doesn’t have a specific…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 10: Write an Action Story in Your Favorite Author’s Style
Welcome to this week’s writing challenge prompt! Consider which authors you read most often. What makes their voice or stories stand out? You might love the tropes they stick with or the themes they continually explore. Maybe their voice is unique due to how they structure their sentences, describe things, or choose their words. This…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 9: Write What Happened After This Picture
Welcome to this week’s writing challenge prompt! Your challenge this week is to write what happened after someone snapped the picture above. Who is this lady? What’s happening on her phone? Does she know the person taking the picture or anyone in the crowd? Think about details like location and what led to the picture…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 8: Write a One-Page Story Without the Letter B
Welcome back to this week’s writing challenge prompt. You have an endless dictionary of words at your disposal, but this week, you’re losing one important tool in your writing toolbox. Write a one-page story without the letter B. You’re going to think harder about your word choices than ever before. Even if you can’t make…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 7: Write a Letter Between Two Characters
Welcome back to this week’s writing challenge prompt. Letters can be confessionals. They might be an update of someone’s most joyous moment or the chance to break things off. Create two characters, invent a history or ongoing event, and write a letter from one to the other. This challenge will help you develop a relationship…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 6: Write a Short Story With This Opening Line
Deciding how to start a story can feel more intimidating than actually writing it. Get over that writing fear by starting a story with this one-line prompt: I didn’t even want to do it. This line could fit any point-of-view, present or past tense, or genre. Use it to try something new or write a…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 5: Write What Led to This Picture
I can’t help but laugh when I see this picture. There could be so many stories that led to this moment, so which one will you write? Jump into the mind of a cyclist, the Big Bird participant, a person on the sidelines, or one of the reporters narrating the cycling race for people tuning…
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Weekly Writing Challenge 4: Write a True-Crime Confession
Jump into the true-crime genre by writing a confession scene. It could take place anywhere between anyone. Write whatever comes first to your mind. Even if it’s not something you’d ever want to be published, it’s still good practice to spend 15 minutes writing. Anyone looking for help or inspiration can also check out my…
