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October daily writing prompts (2026) (opens the original)
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A new month means a fresh set of writing prompts.I’ve put together daily writing prompts for October to help you stay consistent with your writing and keep your ideas flowing without overthinking it.Writing improves through practice, and small regular exercises like this are one of the simplest ways to see progress over time.Hope they help you stay creative this month!✍🏽Save this post so you canreturn to the prompts each day
How to write an unpredictable story (opens the original)
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You might have read stories with twists you saw coming from a mile away. You might have predicted the turning point of a story, and instead of a gasp, you let out a sigh. You might have thought, Did I read all those pages for this?And then there might have been stories that kept you guessing throughout the entire story. It might not even have been a suspenseful thriller with a lot of mysterious elements. It was simply the way it was written that made you feel like the story could go in any direc
Practice writing lying characters with these 5 writing prompts (opens the original)
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You know that awkward situation when you know someone is lying to you, or when you’re wondering whether they are. Now imagine that happening to the protagonist of a story. They’re completely clueless, but the reader knows they’re being lied to.Or what if the reader is deceived alongside the protagonist? How do you write that?I talked about how to write these scenes in the previous post, so if you haven’t read it yet, go there first and then come back to these prompts.If you have already, it’s ti
Your character’s lies might be undetectable to the reader (opens the original)
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You might have watched a movie where you noticed a character telling a lie, but the protagonist didn’t catch it. The actor deliberately makes a small movement with their face, body language, or voice to signal to you that what they’re saying isn’t truthful.But how do you signal that in books?In a book, you don’t automatically have the camera sitting outside the character. Especially in first person, we’re receiving the story through the protagonist’s perspective.So how would the reader know when
Practice show and tell with these 5 writing prompts (opens the original)
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Sometimes the hardest part of show, don’t tell is knowing what to actually do with it when you’re writing. It’s easy to understand the advice in theory and still find yourself staring at a sentence wondering whether you should show the moment or just tell the reader what’s happening.We covered this in the previous post, so if you haven’t read it yet, go there first and then come back to these prompts.If you’ve already read it, it’s time to put those ideas into practice. These five prompts will g
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