I know we have talked a lot about perspective through these writing prompts… But that’s just because there is so much you can do with it! So, here’s another one. One weird quirk I have is that in my spare time I like to watch charismatic YouTubers play horror games (their fear is amusing to…
In many mythologies and ancient worldviews, almost every little aspect of life is designated by some kind of deity. Quite often in these histories, it is as if the emotions and concepts themselves have been personified and prompted to action. The Greek god of love, Eros, for example, designated who was going to fall in…
Stories are all about putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. They are about giving their audiences new perspectives and opening their minds to the myriad of possibilities life throws at us. And as we have mentioned before, perspectives can be very powerful within the stories we tell. Write a scene from nature—but write it first…
Have you ever seen those videos on YouTube where an artist takes multiple clips from a specific movie and rearranges them to create trailers for it across different genres? While most fiction pieces tend to fit tightly within one particular genre, a good story always has several other elements lying just beneath the surface, and…
My favorite Star Trek episode of all time is “Darmok,” in which Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew encounter an alien race that communicates entirely through metaphors and allegories. Near the end of the episode, Picard and the other ship’s captain end up exchanging stories from their home worlds in order to establish a way…