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Prompt for March 23, 2014 – Day 82

So I had an epiphany yesterday while working on When All’s Said and Done and it makes me excited to work in the UNSETIC/Lost Angels universe–even more excited that I have been in the past.

I love it when characters surprise me.

Prompt Type:  Change it up

Prompt:  Take a side character in the project that you’re working on and experiment with turning them into an antagonist–or perhaps a full-blown villain.  Write a few scenes that display their motivation and possibly their plans.  See where it all takes you.

Got an idea for a prompt?  Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Prompt for March 14, 2014 – Day 73

Happy Friday, folks!

Time for another prompt.

Prompt Type: Character History

Prompt: Take the main character from your current project (if you have multiple projects or multiple mains, pick the one you feel like you know the least about right now) and imagine what they were doing twenty years ago. Write a scene set in that time period and see where it takes you.

With any luck, you may be able to incorporate what you’ve just learned about your character in your current project.

Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Prompt for March 7, 2014 – Day 66

Happy Friday!

Prompt Type: Character Development

Prompt:  Think about your main character and what motivates them.  Boil it down to one vice or virtue–love, greed, envy, fear, hope, etc.–that drives what they do.

Now change it up.  How would your main character be different if envy  motivated them?  Write a character sketch or scene detailing how hope motivates the actions of your main character.

Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Prompt for February 26, 2014 – Day 57

Happy Wednesday!  Halfway through the work week for a lot of us.

Bringing back a prompt today that we haven’t seen since January.  Hopefully, you’ll find it inspiring.

Prompt Type: Character Development

Prompt:  Think about your antagonist/villain and what motivates them.  Boil it down to one vice or virtue–love, greed, envy, fear, hope, etc.–that drives what they do.

Now change it up.  How would your villain be different if hope motivated them?  Write a character sketch or scene detailing how hope motivates the actions of your antagonist/villain.

Got an idea for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Prompt for February 17, 2014 – Day 48

Something new for a Monday!  Hope you like it.

Prompt Type: Rewrite a scene

Prompt: Think of a short scene from your favorite movie or TV show.  Take the principal players out of it and replace them with characters from your story or novel.  How would the scene play out now, with different characters in place?

Got an idea for a prompt?  Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Prompt for February 16, 2014 – Day 47

Another Sunday — more than halfway through February to boot! I’ve been dedicating a lot of my evenings to working on UNSETIC and Lost Angel Chronicle work.

And watching the Olympics, because they’re the Olympics and I’m a fan.

A new kind of character development writing prompt today–hope you enjoy!

Prompt type: Character development

Prompt: Pick the two characters that mean the most to your main character. Both are in imminent danger but he or she can only save one of them. Which do they save and why?

What does this say about your main character?

Got a suggestion for a prompt? Email me at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.

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Prompt for February 1, 2014 – Day 32

And on to February.  Congratulations, you’ve made it through the first month of prompts and emerged into the second.

Another character development prompt for today–hopefully you learned something new about your character back on Day 21 that you were able to use.

Prompt Type: Character development

Prompt: Pick one of your secondary characters that’s important to your main character.  Just like you did for your main character, imagine what this character was doing ten years ago.  Write a scene set in that time period and see where it takes you.

When I did this with General Jackson Hunter from the Epsilon universe, I realized that he was a lot more important to Aaron Taylor than Aaron realized.  You may end up realizing the same thing.

Got a suggestion for a prompt? Contact Erin at emklitzke (at) gmail (dot) com.