“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves Character development challenge: What is your …
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Chaotic Energy
"I love days like this, they have such chaotic energy." —My friend who woke up at 3:30 this morning and drank a pot of coffee If you had to describe the energy of your OCs in one word, what would it be? Make a list of your OCs (it can be all the characters from …
What is Evil?
“What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices?”― Libba Bray, Rebel Angels Let's talk about evil. What makes a character "evil?" What motivates your antagonist? Think about your …
How Far will your OC go?
“White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.”― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Persistence of Memory Create a scenario where one of your OC's is forced to take a pill. There are four pills, a white one, a blue one, a yellow one, and a purple one. Decide what each pill will do …
Prompt: Political Positions
"Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is." --Michelle …
Prompt: Breathing Wall-Paper
“I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.”― Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper Many stories like House of Leaves and Monster House, depict the home as a living, breathing entity. Imagine your OC in a house with a secret. Pick an aspect of the house, …
Prompt: One Good Thing
“Were I to attempt to be good to everyone, to the entire world and to all the creatures living in it, it would be a drop of fresh water in the salt sea. In other words, a wasted effort. Thus, I decided to do specific good; good which would not go to waste. I’m good …
Prompt: Speak and Receive
“A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.”― N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain Close your eyes and imagine for a moment that you could speak anything into existence, your heart's one true desire, what would it be? Now repeat this …
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