by Eileen | Feb 28, 2022 | Writing prompts
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine. — Morris West Spending time around people who complain all the time is exhausting. Reading about people who are perpetually complaining, getting knocked down, and...
by Eileen | Feb 21, 2022 | Writing prompts
A rising tide doesn’t raise people who don’t have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide. — Rahul Gandhi While characters need to struggle, they also need a writer’s...
by Eileen | Feb 13, 2022 | Writing prompts
Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. — A. A. Milne Sometimes our irrational dislikes make us more interesting to others than our passions or preferences. Which would you want to hear more about over a few drinks, someone’s deep love for dogs...
by Eileen | Feb 7, 2022 | Writing prompts
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them. — Montesquieu One of the most common pitfalls in writing characters is a lack of nuance. Characters that are perfectly angelic or totally dreadful quickly become tedious. Think of the people...
