Creative Writing Worksheet – Politics (PDF) No subject could be less dear to my heart than politics, and in consequence I find myself immensely impressed by writers who create intricate political intrigue in their stories. On one end of the spectrum are science-fiction authors like Lois McMaster Bujold and Anne McCaffrey who invent the political systems of different planets, and on…
Creative Writing Worksheet – Politics (PDF) No subject could be less dear to my heart than politics, and in consequence I find myself immensely impressed by writers who create intricate political intrigue in their stories. On one end of the spectrum are science-fiction authors like Lois McMaster Bujold and Anne McCaffrey who invent the political systems of different planets, and on…
Creative Writing Worksheet – Politics (PDF) No subject could be less dear to my heart than politics, and in consequence I find myself immensely impressed by writers who create intricate political intrigue in their stories. On one end of the spectrum are science-fiction authors like Lois McMaster Bujold and Anne McCaffrey who invent the political systems of different planets, and on…
We had a wonderful writing dinner on Wednesday, 29 May 2013. Our theme was Ghost Writing. Two of our facilitators, who also ghost write, Anthony Ehlers and Ulrike Hill, spoke about their experiences. Our writing exercise was great fun, and the three winners went home with a Writing Tote, a Writers Write Mug, and a […]
Creative Writing Worksheet – History (PDF) I have another worldbuilding worksheet for you! This one has two pages; the first will prompt you to detail all of the major turning points in your world’s history, and the second will question you closely about how your peoples record, study and interpret history. The nice thing about history is…
Creative Writing Worksheet – Fighting (PDF) Conflict is great for the plot in general, but nothing’s better than a good fight scene to increase tension and provide the perfect opportunity for a try/fail cycle. This worksheet will help you brainstorm some ideas for your fight scene, whether it’s verbal, physical or something in between. >…
This year’s worksheets focus on guiding you to use your writing journal for practice and study. Although they’re aimed primarily at writers, I’ve endeavoured to make them useful to travel journallers, planners, bullet journallers, daily journallers and memoirists also. As such, you can print the pages in their original A4 format, shrunk 50% to A5 size,…
This 3-part character conflict worksheet can help put your character in trouble... and pull them out of it!
The Productivity Pages ONE DAY AT A TIME The Productivity Pages is a collection of 10 elegant worksheets designed to get you excited about tracking your writing goals. CONTENTS Track your writing progress from all angles… WRITING PROJECT MANAGEMENT – these worksheets are for writers with multiple projects on the go: The Story Actualiser The Post Project The Story…
Creative Writing Worksheet – Politics (PDF) No subject could be less dear to my heart than politics, and in consequence I find myself immensely impressed by writers who create intricate political intrigue in their stories. On one end of the spectrum are science-fiction authors like Lois McMaster Bujold and Anne McCaffrey who invent the political systems of different planets, and on…
This year’s worksheets focus on guiding you to use your writing journal for practice and study. Although they’re aimed primarily at writers, I’ve endeavoured to make them useful to travel journallers, planners, bullet journallers, daily journallers and memoirists also. As such, you can print the pages in their original A4 format, shrunk 50% to A5 size,…
As promised, here is the 2nd and final part of my exploration of The Fool’s Journey and how the archetypal and mythical elements, and the universal imagery of the Major Arcana of the Tarot can be helpful for writers in developing character, world and story. Please read Part 1 first. If you feel the need to take notes, might I…
Character development is all about LOVING the time you spend with your characters. Have FUN getting to know them through these 30 simple scenes...
A plot structure might be the key to finishing your novel! Here'a a printable cheatsheet to the 7-Point Structure, Save the Cat, The Writer's Journey, The One Page Novel...
This year’s worksheets focus on guiding you to use your writing journal for practice and study. Although they’re aimed primarily at writers, I’ve endeavoured to make them useful to travel journallers, planners, bullet journallers, daily journallers and memoirists also. As such, you can print the pages in their original A4 format, shrunk 50% to A5 size,…
Getting lost in the story world is every writer’s (and reader’s) favourite past-time, isn’t it? These 30 scene ideas are just a small sample, but they’re sure to send you on some exciting worldbuilding tangents. Don’t miss the previous posts: 30 Scene Ideas for Character Development and 30 Scene Ideas for Plot Development, and subscribe…
This year’s worksheets focus on guiding you to use your writing journal for practice and study. Although they’re aimed primarily at writers, I’ve endeavoured to make them useful to travel journallers, planners, bullet journallers, daily journallers and memoirists also. As such, you can print the pages in their original A4 format, shrunk 50% to A5 size,…
Any discussion with Imhotep Gary Byrd is multidirectional with conversations about current events, political developments, and African-American history and culture.
Writing Worksheet – Technology (PDF) Will you read this worksheet on your mobile device? Will you print it out on paper and write in your answers with a dip pen, a crayon or a finger? Will you feed the page into your antique typewriter? Will you use sign language, shorthand or solresol? What a myriad…
if your child is showing an early interest in politics, he might appreciate this presidential paper doll.
If you could do just one exercise a day in order to improve your writing skills, what would it be? That was the question I wanted to answer for our final journal worksheet this year. After all, practice and improvement are the reason we keep writing journals, right? The most exciting answer for me was…
Creative Writing Worksheet – History (PDF) I have another worldbuilding worksheet for you! This one has two pages; the first will prompt you to detail all of the major turning points in your world’s history, and the second will question you closely about how your peoples record, study and interpret history. The nice thing about history is…
