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My story is stuck …

My story is stuck …

by Dawn Robinson Walsh | May 20, 2020 | Hooks, Inspiration, Writing, Writing prompts

Sometimes we start work on a story or a narrative and get stuck along the way. What to do if the old writer’s block steps in? Well, I have always been a lover of options. So, if you come to a full stop in your story, ask those crucial two words: what if? What if...
Funny, you don’t look old …

Funny, you don’t look old …

by Dawn Robinson Walsh | Apr 20, 2020 | Writing, Writing prompts

Readers need to know certain basics about characters but you can do this without stepping in to tell someone all the details. We don’t need to know exactly how they look, we simply need to form an impression. Yes, it’s that old favourite, show don’t...
Lockdown writing prompts … it’s all in the detail

Lockdown writing prompts … it’s all in the detail

by Dawn Robinson Walsh | Apr 17, 2020 | Writing, Writing prompts

Found these from 2018, used with my writing group at the time (maybe). Struck me they are ideal writing prompts for lockdown, when getting out is difficult … try them. Close your eyes for a few moments and think of the room or place around you. Think of all the...
Acrostics – give them a go!

Acrostics – give them a go!

by Dawn Robinson Walsh | Apr 1, 2020 | Inspiration, Writing, Writing prompts

An acrostic is an age-old form of visual patterning. It is rather like those Wordsearch puzzles as some people place them in a grid, but the technique can work within creative writing. Basically, you use the letters of a word to create descriptions, or a line of...
What should I even write?

What should I even write?

by Dawn Robinson Walsh | Mar 30, 2020 | Inspiration, Motivation, Writing, Writing prompts

What should I write – fiction or non-fiction? Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay Everyone says fiction, of course, because those are the famous authors we know about, the J.K.Rowlings and the Stephen Kings of this world.  They are the superstars of authoring....

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