A Cure for Writer's Block™

Writing a story in six minutes, with a ticking timer and a surprise prompt, is an adrenaline rush.

It will invigorate your mind for the entire day, helping you create more (and more and more) original art.

Which is, as Kurt Vonnegut said, "a way to make your soul grow."

Wick and Bone by anonymous

Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself. Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself. Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself. Nobody noticed the bees were gone until the orchard stopped arguing with itself.

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We use a few kinds of prompts to cure writer's block.

Images, start lines, and something of our own concoction: a Hero, a Villain, and a Goal. Use these to jumpstart your imagination, and feel free to follow the inspiration wherever you want.

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Hero
A translator for a language no one else speaks anymore
Villain
time
Goal
teach it to just one more person
The recipe called for an ingredient that no longer exists.

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ooooo here we go

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She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that. She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that. She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that. She left it burning out of habit, not hope, but the shape at the end of the driveway didn't know that.

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The letter was two days late and forty years overdue. The letter was two days late and forty years overdue. The letter was two days late and forty years overdue. The letter was two days late and forty years overdue.

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Told entirely from the kitchen window three houses down, over eleven years. Told entirely from the kitchen window three houses down, over eleven years. Told entirely from the kitchen window three houses down, over eleven years. Told entirely from the kitchen window three houses down, over eleven years.

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The tide came in wrong that year, and only the keeper seemed to notice. The tide came in wrong that year, and only the keeper seemed to notice. The tide came in wrong that year, and only the keeper seemed to notice. The tide came in wrong that year, and only the keeper seemed to notice.

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