The Christmas season is one of beauty and joy. Decorations, some simple and others showy, can be seen just about anywhere – in stores, in restaurants, in suburbs, in the country. Once the sky darkens, the air is filled with flashing lights of all colors. Men dressed as Santa Claus can be found in just about any store you enter.
Category: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Mysterious Hole in Snow Picture Writing Prompts
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Gift Ideas for the Writer in Your Life
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• •Do you have any friends or loved ones who are writers? Are you having problems deciding what to get them for their birthdays or Christmas? First, we will talk about the normal but functional gifts you can bless them with. Books on writing, a dictionary, or a thesaurus is always appreciated, and writers can never…
Christmas Articles, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Go Caroling Day & Other Xmas-Related Holidays
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• •Will your character dance around his Xmas tree on Falling Needles Family Fest Day? Could your character’s uncle make Scrooge look like a great guy to work for? Could he be the real reason for Humbug Day? Does the character you created plan on celebrating A’phabet Day as soon as he learns his alphabet?
Christmas Articles, Fiction Writing, Town Names, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Town Names for Winter/Christmas Stories
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• •Are you trying to come up with a town name that makes one think of snow or the winter holiday season? Did you know towns appropriately named for winter and/or Christmas stories already exist? AlabamaBell, AlabamaBethlehem, AlabamaChestnut, AlabamaEvergreen, AlabamaStar, Alabama AlaskaCandle, AlaskaNorth Pole, AlaskaWiseman, Alaska ArizonaBell, ArizonaChristmas, ArizonaHumbug, ArizonaPartridge, ArizonaSanta Claus, ArizonaSilver Bell, ArizonaSnowflake, Arizona…
Collective Nouns, Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Writing Prompts and Exercises
A Torment of Ogres
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Chiroptophobia, the Fear of Bats
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• •Phobias are constant, irrational fears that afflict some people. Their fears should be taken seriously. They should never be made fun of or belittled. But, as writers, we can bless (or curse) our characters with phobias and make the story so much more interesting. What happens if someone encounters the object of their fear? They…
Fiction Writing, Holidays, Town Names, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Town Names for Thanksgiving Tales and Writing Prompts
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Halloween Idioms and Words
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The Black Death and Ring Around the Rosie
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• •Nursery rhymes are written for little children, so they should be sweet and innocent, right? Little children should not have experienced the horrors and reality of life yet, and these rhymes made to entertain them should not talk about them either. But not all nursery rhymes have innocent meanings. “Ring Around the Rosie” is one…