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…
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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…
Muse on Monday – October 28, 2024
It is the last week of October, which means Halloween is just a few days away. I have never done much for Halloween, even when I was a kid, but I do like creepy stories and the season when it is getting darker and colder is a great time for that. Story Prompt: October 28,…
Muse on Monday – October 21, 2024
Well, I’m finally back from my travels overseas. I meant to post while I was gone but it was a work trip, meaning that there was almost no time between my travel, events and trying to keep up on work back at the office. Travel is the best and worst part of my job since…
Muse on Monday – September 16, 2024
It’s getting into the fall when I usually start traveling for work again. This week, I thought I would look back and take a picture from one of my trips to Mongolia a few years ago. This is from the Chinggis Khan museum near his birthplace. Story Prompt: September 16, 2024 Write a story based…
Muse on Monday – September 9, 2024
Normally for Muse on Monday, we give you a general topic or challenge to write a story around. However, this week’s prompt is what I call a super-specific one. Story Prompt: September 9, 2024 Write a story where the main character is running a business whose only employees are monkeys. It’s kind of a silly…
Muse on Monday – September 2, 2024
A few years ago, one of the Muse on Monday story prompts was to write a story that was nothing but dialogue. Today’s is similar but it is combative dialogue: an argument, a fight of words, an attempted persuasion, perhaps. With this kind of dialogue, the conflict is obvious. It is like a fencing match…
Muse on Monday – August 26, 2024
What is the most alone you have ever been? I remember one day when I hiked up a snowy mountain in Korea and did not see another person the whole day. This is not loneliness, just being alone. Ironically, the loneliest I have every felt is when I was in a crowd of people where…
Muse on Monday – August 5, 2024
The bedrock of a story is conflict. In a lot of stories this is something external like someone trying to kill the main character, or the characters trying to find some object or other, etc. However, conflict can also be something that no one can see. A few weeks ago, I left work to catch…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 