October Writing Prompts

Write about one thing you DREAM of happening for you this October. One of those too-good-to-be-possible dreams.

We’ll incorporate that into your character’s story later!

In the comments, feel free to share what you wrote for today or just your word count!

For your next story/poem/play/novel, choose the season you'd like to set it in! Imagine sitting outside and letting yourself take in the sights, smells, and sounds. Freewrite for at least a few paragraphs or a page, more if you are up to it! Details like this will be important to the backdrop of your story! 

And if you're an Autumn like me, and it's not raining, go out and sit for your writing session! Or sit in the rain and voice record your free write!

In the comments, feel free to share what you wrote or just your word count!

Think today of a social character you want to include, and focus on how they move. What's unique about your character's movements and mannerisms?

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Look at your main character today. Specifically, who are they and what do they do when there is downtime? If they are sitting in a chair looking out the window, is their mind racing? Are they itching to scroll through their phone? Are they content? This is one of my favorite ways to dig into how a character thinks and behaves and fixates on what is important to them, by removing all other points of distraction. 

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Think today of one or two of your main character's primary settings: their bedroom, office, etc. You can use these settings as containers for key moments in your story!

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Now that you've thought about your main character's main space, think about your villain's. Do they literally lurk in a cave or behind the bushes? Do they seem pretty normal in their nice house and traditional job? You need somewhere to house all of your villain's wicked thoughts and plans! 

In the comments, feel free to share what you wrote or just your word count!

This is an important one: Think today of the role of representation in your future novel. Women, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, neurodivergent, disabled... Are you creating a representative main character? Flat side characters? A problematic protagonist? Think on it!

In the comments, feel free to share what you wrote or just your word count!