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person switchif you normally write in third person,
no dialogue
write in first or vice versa.
If you write in both, take a character
you only use one for and use the other.Now's the time to focus
just dialogue
on description and body language.
Not one spoken word!At least one line of dialogue
one character
in every paragraph.use only one character in
the entire scene.emotionas an added challenge,
use characters that do not normally
express these emotions.
love
anger
happiness
humor
sadness
fearsensesfocus on sensory descriptors.
color
smell
weather
sound
touchcharacters
alternate universewrite your abnormal characters
alternate ending
in modern present day or vice versa.write what would have happened
interaction
if something in your story went different.take characters that never interact
illness
with one another, and have them do so.take a mental or physical ailment
personality break
your character suffers from and write
them struggling with it.write a scene with an event that
parents
breaks a character's composure and
causes them to act differently than
they normally do.how did one of your character's
parents meet?
50 challenges wrote:1. "oh, trust me. this is only the beginning."
2. "you're leaving again, aren't you?"
3. "ooh! i wanna come, too!"
4. "you've got to be kidding me..."
5. "good news! all of my bones are still intact!"
6. "we're going to get through this."
7. "crap! the boss is coming!"
8. "say another word and i'll snap your neck."
9. "promise you'll stay by my side."
10. "um... you sure that thing's dead?"
11. "don't you dare take another step."
12. "everybody get down!"
13. "you're an idiot. i'm an idiot. we're all idiots."
14. "i've been framed, i swear!"
15. "you don't look half bad in that dress."
16. "i'm coming with you, and you can't stop me."
17. "you really thought i loved you?"
18. "hey, buddy! look at me when i'm talking to you!"
19. "who stole my cookie?"
20. "fine. then we'll duel for it."
21. "my task is complete- i have no reason to stay."
22. "it's not worth losing sleep over."
23. "that doesn't look very safe."
24. "you sure we're not being watched?"
25. "something's wrong."
26. "you moron! look what you've done!"
27. "i promise i'll make it up to you."
28. "could... could you teach me how?"
29. "i have no weaknesses."
30. "this is your last warning."
31. "oh my god, just shut up already."
32. "please tell me what i'm doing wrong..."
33. "will you marry me?"
34. "the past is what keeps me going forward."
35. "it's just business."
36. "you're the most stubborn woman i've ever met."
37. "it's too late. your friend is dead."
38. "i'd rather be trampled by elephants."
39. "hey, you distracted me on purpose! that's not fair!"
40. "if you think you've got what it takes, show me."
41. "just one more minute, please!"
42. "i have to say, i'm thoroughly impressed."
43. "nobody panic!" ... "never mind, everybody panic!"
44. "put that thing back where it came from or so help me."
45. "don't take it to heart. he's old and cranky."
46. "hey, don't be scared. i'm right here."
47. "what do you say, guys- one last group hug?"
48. "i could not possibly be more disgusted."
49. "you did this all for me?"
50. "it's going to be a long day."
50 more challenges wrote:51. "i didn't give you permission to do that."
52. "donuts are the only things keeping me sane."
53. "talk to me after my coffee and we'll see."
54. "oh, you're bleeding!"
55. "i think you just broke my arm."
56. "um, nope. i am not doing that."
57. "is... is she talking to the plant? like a person?"
58. "that man could stare down a lion if he felt like it."
59. "hey, buddy? you need some therapy."
60. "i feel sick... really sick..."
61. "don't open your eyes until i say so."
62. "why did you kill him?"
63. "this is our final stand, everyone."
64. "i'm the queen of caffeine!"
65. "are you afraid? because you should be."
66. "the next one to call me adorable is headed to the hospital."
67. "i must go. my people need me."
68. "that bloodstain on the wall wasn't there before, was it?"
69. "you'd better not be thinking of another man when i'm here."
70. "i'm not a girl! i'm just a very feminine-looking guy, okay!?"
71. "don't worry, i'm used to it."
72. "what'd you do this time, klutz?"
73. "hey, i'm curious. how did you get that scar right there?"
74. "i just need to be alone for a bit, alright?"
75. "stay away from me! i'm dangerous!"
76. "i don't know, sometimes i just wish you'd open up more."
77. "you just saved my life."
78. "oh my god, you just got roasted!"
79. "it's so fluffy!"
80. "that sounded expensive."
81. "i'm actually really surprised that you haven't died yet."
82. "of all the questions you could ask me, that's your first?"
83. "you're going to be a dad!"
84. "you're messing with the wrong kinds of people, dear."
85. "alright! i admit it! i did kill him!"
86. "i still visit his grave every year..."
87. "there are things down there to fuel satan's nightmares."
88. "woah, you're telling me boss actually was a child once?"
89. "happy birthday, dork!"
90. "i'm sorry, but there's nothing i can do anymore."
91. "one day, you're all going to regret making enemies of me."
92. "when i grow up, i'm going to be just like you, brave warrior!"
93. "everybody told me i couldn't do it... but here i am."
94. "no, don't take them away! those are my friends!"
95. "it was all i had left of her, and now it's gone."
96. "you know what? how about we sing a song?"
97. "i can't believe you'd be so selfish."
98. "you don't want to be called a child? then stop acting like one."
99. "we're close. i can feel it."
100. "we finally did it, guys."
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