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Get Cracking #6: Image Prompt B

We're going to return to different types of prompts pretty regularly in these exercises, because they are so effective. Writing to a prompt helps push you out of

Get Cracking: Exploring Entryways (Exercise #5)

Mastering story openers that hook the reader and build up to our story is one of the most essential skills for a writer. If we don't give our readers a compelling

Get Cracking: Endings (Exercise #4)

This exercise is based on a personal recommendation from Rowena Harding-Smith to R. Jean Bell (aka bex). Bex has been having trouble finishing stories lately, unless

Get Cracking: Writing from an Image Prompt (Exercise #3)

For this exercise, we're going in a very different direction. It's good to mix up what you work on to keep yourself from losing too many other skills while focusing

Get Cracking: Using Shows Effectively with POV (Exercise #2)

The Exercise For this next assignment, we want to stay with the essential territory of shows, but look at how showing integrates with the point of view of our narrating

Get Cracking: Show vs. Tell (Exercise #1)

If we want to grow as writers, we need to practice our craft, push our boundaries, and hone our abilities to control the mechanics of the written word. Mastering