Eliminating DecisionsĪs the ensuing month unfolded, I did in fact find time unusually scarce as my job situation radically changed. I have found it’s really hard to shirk a deadline set by my friends and fellow writers. And when they come from a group you meet with regularly, these challenges totally topple the false assumption that you’re too busy or too tired to write. They also ignite new ideas and fresh approaches to writing. Writing prompts and challenges are an ingenious way to overcome writer’s block. Writing groups not only help solitary writers enjoy social time with peers who comprehend the oddities that come with living an imaginatively audacious life, but also they invite regular prompts and challenges. We all accepted the challenge and signed off the Zoom call. Recently, my virtual writers’ group assigned a challenge inspired by the Frankenstein origin myth.īefore our next monthly meeting, each writer had to generate a scary story. Frankenstein and his monster sewn from cadaver bits not only terrorized her fellow creatives, but also went on to establish the all-new genre of science fiction. ![]() They set themselves a challenge to write a scary story which was to be read that evening. Pleasure-seeking and relaxation might have been their bent, but a soggy rainstorm trapped the revelers indoors. Over 200 hundred years ago, a cluster of renown and wealthy creatives gathered at what we modern folk might call a posh Airbnb in Geneva, Switzerland.
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