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A random Plot will ignite stories you’ve never planned before. Do as you wish to it
1. Your main character is a reckless woman. The story begins in a hair salon. There’s a case of mistaken identity. Theme: Justice.

2.
Your main character us uninhibited 40-year-old woman. The story begins on a lonely street. Someone is tormented by dreams of a dead relative. Theme: Loyalty.
3.
Your main character is restless woman. The story begins in a psychiatric hospital. A sudden storm blows up. Theme: Decision

4. Your main character is conscientious man. The story begins in a children’s playground. Someone is being blackmailed. Theme: Loyalty


5. Your main character is an aggressive 19 year old man. The story begins in a cinema. Someone loses money at gambling. Theme: Betrayal.


https://olofoforeview./2016/11/22/writing-plot/

Akposb:
Good thoughts but this are like hair on a head which can easily be shaved off. Theme, a strong one would make these worthy story lines.

You are right. But this characters can ignite the right theme also.

Lleigh:
It's a start to get the spark for the theme

Yes oi

bibijay123:
lol OK dear. Goodnyt

I'm working on getting supports ( no matter how small) on the next one.

you can use to start that great novel.
Here are 10 Random Characters
1. A forceful, 25-year-ol man who comes from a poor background, lives in a fisherman’s cottage and tends to work too hard.

2. A wise, 23-year-old man who comes from a wealthy background lives in a city apartment and tends to work too hard.

3. A dishonest, 20-year-old, man who comes from a poor background lives in an uncompleted building and tends to spend too much money.

4. A cheerful, 27-year-old woman who comes from a wealthy background but tends to cry a lot.

5. A decisive, 74-year-old woman who comes from a wealthy background, lives in a terraced house and tends to be a little clumsy.

6. A judgemental, 20-year-old who is very caring.

7. A rich 20-year old lady who drinks a lot.

8. A rebellious 54-year-old woman, who is also lazy.

9 A cowardly, 48-year-old man, who lives in a small town and tends to be paranoid.

10. A decisive 30- year-old-woman who is overgenerous.

https://olofoforeview./2016/11/21/writing-prompt-10-random-character/

Lleigh:
aaw thank you.

But thank you for organising this event, I have been given to meet some people I would never had had the opportunity to meet.

Here's to #LetskeeponWriting

Goodnight

bibijay123:
lol OK dear. Goodnyt

Goodnyt

bibijay123:
awwn, tot u were bidding your time. you have invested so much time in this already, pls post it. I love the story n some ppl were following it too.

As my Gf( to be) *lol* said, I am moving randomly.

The story is a series but I keep confusing people by writing the future first.
So, I'll stall that and start the first part in the Nlwriters...

I'm working on Award for you, Lleigh, Leriebloom etc

Lleigh:
Oh Divepen1 why?
Was someone copying your work?

Noooooo

bibijay123:
Hi, so its two days to go... I hve gotten the required number of words but I don't know if its compulsory to end the story on the 23rd. cc divepen1

It's not compulsory..
I didn't win this one too. I finished the draft offline but I had to stop posting for a reason very long to explain.

bibijay123:
Hi, so its two days to go... I hve gotten the required number of words but I don't know if its compulsory to end the story on the 23rd. cc divepen1

It's not compulsory..
I didn't win this o

You can go through any of these lines and start a short story with it..
1.When she opened the door, she wished…

2.She was carried along by the crowd

3.That month seemed to last forever

4. Now that her secret was out, she would have to

5. ‘What happened when you woke up?’

6. The black glove lay on the ground, almost covered.

7.He watched, helpless as the door closed behind her

8.The urge to interrupt him before he had finished was overwhelming

9.She stood out from the crowd because

10.The house wasn’t the same to her any more

pressplay411:
You literarily hit the nail on the head.
Sometimes forcing it (writing under duress) only compounds it.
So like you said, reading smthg new just my be the jolt the mind needs to unravel itself.

Sometimes I just need a word or phrase and it just connects itself. I don't know if I'm making sense but what I mean is I might have no direction and just let the words pour and guide me.

Then read this writing prompts


https://olofoforeview./2016/11/20/writing-prompts-random-lines/

Creeza:
Its a tasky thing but truth is when your readers get accustommed to it, they wont bother about flaws-which are inevitable.

Sometimes, I draft about four or five diff convos about a particular topic, before posting.

And after that. The reader should spot the flaws, and comment. Very innovative. NICE THREAD. divepen1

You try oi...yes

4-5 conversations ..

Thanks creeza

Lleigh:
Nice one Divepen1

The he said she said eventually gets ignored as the readers gloss over it.

But woe betide you as a writer if it isn't there.

Dialogue is hard...as we also need to imbue the character traits in there as well

Yes oo. Happy Sunday

malikombi:
ԵհíՏ íՏ ղօԵ Եհҽ íՏՏմҽ օƒ ѵҽɾҍՏ յմɾ, íԵ'Տ ɑӀӀ ɑҍօմԵ ʍօղҽվ ʍօղҽվ ʍօղҽվ ɑղժ ʍօɾҽ ʍօղҽվ

You'll be fine oo

Common errors of Dialogues:

In our writing many of us commit these 4 errors,

Introduce dialogue grammatically. A verb like said is required. Some
verbs require an indirect object:
WRONG: He told, "I'm leaving."
RIGHT: He told his girlfriend, "I'm leaving."

Not all verbs that describe manner or speech can introduce dialogue by themselves:
WRONG: "Your move," he smiled.
RIGHT: "Your move," he said with a smile. WRONG: He shrugged, "If you say so."
RIGHT: Shrugging, he said, "If you say so."


Identify the speakers with a phrase like "he said." You may know
who is speaking in each paragraph, but your reader needs help.


Vary the location of the "he said" phrases. It is monotonous if the "he said" phrase comes at the beginning or end of every paragraph. Do not keep the reader wondering who is speaking:
WRONG: "I hate to disappoint you, but I think you're making a big mistake. Are you sure you'll feel this way next week? Or next year? Do you think you can just walk back into your girlfriend's arms if you should someday change your mind?" my sister asked.
BETTER: "I hate to disappoint you," my sister said, "but I think. . . ."




Vary the verbs that introduce dialogue.



https://olofoforeview./2016/11/20/4-common-error-of-conversation/

Lleigh:
Pressplay411

I do the following sometimes it helps.

work on something else ie another piece of work .

Take myself away somewhere quiet and commune with my inner self. Aka talk in my head

If all that fails I just write....sometimes something brilliant comes out of the gibberish.

But don't stop writing

Divepen1 please add your pearls of wisdom

People can hype ehn...
lol

okay .. Writer's block to me comes when we keep planning that story and keep imagining it. Also, it comes when a writer stops doing any of these three
1. Writing
2. Rewriting
3. Reading.


The remedy... I seat in front of my phone and type away then stop when it stop flowing. Also, I write on paper unending till I'm tired. Also, now a days I post short stories on Instagram. I just write anything.
Anything until it conforms to something good..


The best remedy is reading. Read others works, they inspire you to write..