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072 // 5 Fun Creative Writing Prompts to Kickstart Your Story

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Aug 9, 2023

Need a spark for your writing? Discover five imaginative prompts designed to kickstart your storytelling. Explore a thrilling action-adventure theme with teenage exchange students, utilizing an AI tool to generate unique narrative openings. Join a collaborative virtual workshop where you can experiment with the three-act story structure and contribute to a shared story. It’s a fun way to break through writer's block while learning alongside a supportive community!

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ADVICE

Master Three-Act Structure

Learn the basic principles of the three-act story structure for better storytelling.
Experiment with your knowledge by writing and collaborating with others to improve.

ADVICE

Use Creative Writing Prompts

Use creative writing prompts to jumpstart your imagination and generate story ideas.
Start with varied first sentence ideas to inspire your story writing.

ANECDOTE

Initial Resistance to AI

D.K. Drake initially resisted AI but changed her mind after a marketing workshop demonstration.
She invested in learning ethical and creative use of AI to enhance her storytelling and productivity.

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Sometimes your imagination needs a jumpstart. So I’m going to share — with the assistance of AI — 5 creative writing prompts you can use to start your next story. Let’s dive in!

Your friend,

Next Steps:

During this workshop, you will learn the basic principles of the three-act story structure. This three-act framework is the backbone of great storytelling, so when you understand this structure, your stories become easier to write and harder for readers to put down once they start reading.

Since you don’t really learn something until you experiment with that knowledge, we’re going to do some writing experimentation during this workshop. We’ll let AI do the fast writing for us to demonstrate the structure elements, and every attendee will have chance to contribute at least one idea towards the creation of this story. So if you show up and participate, you will have the chance to be a contributor of a short story I will read on this podcast in a future episode.

Did I mention it’s free to attend? And that the amazing group of guys who are making incredible progress on their books within the League of Adventurous Authors will be in the workshop? And that I’ll be opening the doors to the League at the end of this workshop? Well, it is free. The authors in the League will be attending. And you’ll have a chance to join the League when I reopen the membership again at the end of the workshop.

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