Free Write
First Comes Love, Then Comes the Subplot
For our Romance Week series, novelist Sonya Lalli offers a writing exercise on how to strengthen the romantic subplots in your work.
Writing the Big Reveal in Romance
For our Romance Week series, instructor and novelist Bryn Donovan shares an exercise that will help you explore internal conflict between your romance protagonists.
Make a Comic by Drawing the Little Things
Pick one aspect of your day to expand into a short-form comic.
Reimagining Language and Our Own Stories
How can we write about language in a way that feels meaningful? Try out this prompt from instructor Jenna Tang to use language as a lens through which to tell stories.
On Writing Into Your Fears and Anxieties
We as people, especially those of us with anxiety disorders, spend a great deal of time playing the “what if” game. We are, in a way, already playing with fiction. Why not channel our imaginations and extend our “what ifs” to the page?
The Uses of Tenderness
In this exercise from instructor Ariana Brown, try crafting a poem that honors the truth of what it means to be in deep relation with others, in the hope of recovering tenderness.
Writing Autofiction
In this writing prompt from instructor Frances Badalamenti, take something from your own life and fictionalize from there.
Translating Against Cultural Stereotypes
As creative writers, we have the right to ask our readers to focus on what the “real story” is. Try out this writing exercise from Jenna Tang to practice avoiding cultural stereotypes.
Generating a Poem from Nature’s Patterns
This prompt will help you reconnect with nature and explore ways to write a poem as an extension of the natural world.
Begin to Build the World of Your TV Series
The success of a show often hangs on the writer’s ability to create a compelling sense of place. Use this prompt from classes instructor Alexander Aciman to imagine possibilities for your very own TV series.