Haunting Shadows

Hey readers. I had a very busy, fun weekend, meaning little sleep, but I gotta get back into my usual schedule! Let's not be a lazeball and get right to it. https://thestoryshack.com/tools/writing-prompt-generator/ Genre:  Drama Character:  A desperate girlfriend Material:  A bowler hat Sentence:  "Maybe we should just kiss to break the tension." Bonus:  Your character is fearless to the point of stupidity. Pizza and Candles It would be all over if the beast were to reach it's lair. Using all of it's limbs to full effect, the monster was quickly climbing down the vertical wall, seconds away from reaching it's destination. Despite it's speed, father was the faster one. Moments before the spider disappeared behind the couch, to be feared by all for at least a week, dad valiantly leaped across the room, one slipper hand, the other flying off his foot, and slammed the poor thing against the wall. As dad fell onto the couch, he grinned back at ever...

Hey readers. It's time to write something new. I haven't written crime before! Let's try to make at least one character into an ok character and describe at least a bit of the world. And, you know, get to the actual meat and potatoes of the story, the crime? Coolio, let's goooo! https://thestoryshack.com/tools/writing-prompt-generator/ Genre:  Crime Character:  A cowardly fireman Material:  A saxophone Sentence:  "There is no time." Bonus:  There is a great storm A Dog's Burden The rabbit was completely out of breath, his heart nearly jumping out of his chest. As he turned down another dirty alley, he realized that it was all over. He hit a dead end. The rabbit pressed himself into the cold brick wall, his body sliding down, his knees weak from fear. There was no point in screaming, the city streets were filled with constant howling. Without any hope, he looked up, his lower lip trembling at the thought of what's to come. The sky was beaut...

Guys!!! Another comedy, are you ready for this train wreck? It is going to be SO GOOD. I love writing comedy right before sleep. Especially after working all day and working out after, FULL OF CREATIVE ENERGY LET'S GOOOO! I'm so good at complaining, I GOTTA be good at comedy, mirite? Let's do this boys and girls. https://thestoryshack.com/tools/writing-prompt-generator/ Genre:  Comedy Character:  A jock Material:  A desk Sentence:  "It's too warm." Bonus:  Your character is fearless to the point of stupidity. Chad Chad was making faces at himself in the mirror. He looked so mean, it made him giggle. He had an image to keep up, and it wasn't all that easy and effortless. He earned his place, and the rest of the losers didn't - simple as that. "Yeah, it's so warm outside. Awesome." It was the perfect weather for his favorite outfit. Chad slicked back his hair, put on his favorite khaki shorts and his varsity jacket and went out t...

Hey hey, we made it to post number 20! I didn't know if this writing experiment was going to catch on, but it clearly did, and I've been writing almost consistently. I haven't published a story every single day I planned to, but life happens, just gotta keep writing. This has been successful. I feel like I'm getting better bit by bit and learning a ton! Let's move on to this week's topic. We are going back to random generation this time around. Going to write something simple, to get away from the complex story I came up with when doing The Entire Life of Brooke. That was definitely a big undertaking, even if it didn't seem like it. Now, one thing I can't figure out for the life of me, is what the heck is a seasonal genre? I guess I'll write about Christmas! https://thestoryshack.com/tools/writing-prompt-generator/ Genre:  Seasonal Character:  A struggling musician Material:  A saxophone Sentence:  "It was her!" Bonus:  Your charac...

Hey there readers! Part 3 has been written over three separate chunks of 30 min so far. About to be four! I wanted this story to be done in three parts, yet part 3 just kept on getting more and more difficult to nail. I have written and re-written parts, shuffled them around, changing the order of events, scrapped ideas, etc. The main idea never changed though, the original concept always stayed the same, which is awesome! Let's just jump into this and see where we get. The goal is to get to the main idea of the story all out in the third part, and leave it hanging there. Without the main bits introduced, it won't feel right to just stop thinking about this world. The Entire Life of Brooke (Part 3) As Brooke's initial excitement subsided, she skeptically scrolled through the Oven's logs from last night. The Oven was a long term project the girl came up with to try and do something good for the world. At least that was the surface reason, that's what she told an...

Hey guys, I never really got past the introductions in Brooke's story last week, so I decided to continue writing, so I could at least flesh out the world, and the main plot more. I have been listening to a writing podcast recently, as well as some Japanese culture podcasts, as I am learning Japanese, as well as videogame ones, design ones, music design ones... Basically, I'm really into podcasts, so I was delighted to learn there are plenty of them out there on the subject of writing! What I'm trying to get to, is that as I was listening to this podcast, I discovered something about myself, which made all the sense in the world, but just wan't something I previously thought was a thing, or was ever a possibility. I found out that I am a discovery writer. What that means, is that the world, the characters and the plot in my stories only become clear to me as I start writing. I am pretty bad at outlines, and that's what I always got hung up on whenever I wanted t...