I wrote a story once about a vertical city. The rich people lived at the higher levels and it got poorer as it went down. Sort of like the Snowpiercer train stood on its end, or the silo from the Silo series. What would it really be like if a city got stood on end?…
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Muse on Monday – January 13, 2025
Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. This week’s prompt is a super-specific one. There are enough blanks you can fill in to make it your own, but it sends the story in a specific direction. Story Prompt: January 13, 2025 It is your birthday and you are stuck in your apartment. The…
Muse on Monday – January 6, 2025
Welcome to 2025! This is our first Muse on Monday for this year, so hopefully we can set a good tone for the year. I haven’t had anyone ask me about New Year’s resolutions for a while. Maybe people are cynical about then since they seem to last until February at the latest. Still, I’m…
Muse on Monday – December 23, 2024
So it turns out that Christmas is this week. So for this week’s prompt, we’re going to write a Christmas story. What exactly is a Christmas story? There are several different meanings of this. These are: The third one isn’t an official name, but it’s the type of story that takes place during Christmas and…
Muse on Monday – December 16, 2024
There is a type of movie called the buddy comedy. This is a movie with two main characters who have to work together. They are often very different since that produces conflict (and also, comedy). There are books like this as well. Normally, these are two people, but in a fantasy story, this duo can…
Muse on Monday – December 9, 2024
The unknown can be scary but most of the time, it is just that: unknown. However, it can be shocking if we think we know something that turns out to be different. Normally, when you tell a story, you should tell the reader about the world the story is set in, at least a little….
Muse on Monday – December 2, 2024
Story Prompt: December 2, 2024 Write a story that takes place at a concert. Decide what kind of concert it is and listen to that music as you write, just for inspiration. Remember that the tone of the music does not have to match the tone of the story (you can have a cute, romantic…
Muse on Monday – November 25, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving for the Americans out there since that is this Thursday. The weather is getting colder and it’s about the time of year we start thinking of curling up inside with a good book and a hot drink. Story Prompt: November 25, 2024 Write a story about being stuck inside on a cold or…
Muse on Monday – November 18, 2024
I hope you are having a good week so far. The autumn is going fast, at least here. We don’t have snow yet, but it can’t be far away. Today I have a location-specific prompt for you. You can decide all the other aspects of the story, however. Story Prompt: November 18, 2024 Write a…
Muse on Monday – November 11, 2024
There is one aspect of writing which many people try and many people, including famous writers, do badly. This is writing child characters, and the younger the age, the harder it is to do well. This is because although it’s tempting to write children as small adults, the world of children is much smaller, both…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 