The Everything Journal

Tag: creative writing

  • 10 Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Next Story

    10 Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Next Story

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    Elsie Cooper
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    Sometimes the hardest part of writing isn’t finishing a story. It’s starting one. Whether you’re working on a novel, short story, fanfiction or screenplay, here are ten writing prompts to get your imagination moving. 1. The Missing Person Returns A teenager vanishes without a trace and is presumed dead. Ten years later, they walk back…

  • 65 Writing Tropes to Inspire Your Next Story

    65 Writing Tropes to Inspire Your Next Story

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    Elsie Cooper
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    Whether you’re writing a novel, fanfiction, screenplay or short story, sometimes all you need is a good trope to spark an idea. Here are 50 popular writing tropes that readers continue to love. Romance Tropes Character Tropes Family & Friendship Tropes Mystery & Thriller Tropes Fantasy & Supernatural Tropes Tropes That Somehow Work Every Time