A short story in seven days.
Each week you get one story kit and seven small prompts. Write one a day, 10 to 20 minutes each. By Sunday you'll have a finished short story: a beginning, a middle and an ending, all yours.
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How it works
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One notebook.
A few open questions about your place, your victim and your sleuth. Fill it in as you go, so every scene sits in the same world.
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Seven prompts.
Write days 1 to 6 in any order. Save day 7, the ending, for last.
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One stitch.
On day 8, put the scenes in order, join them up and give your story a title.
The library
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Murder mystery
A Murder Mystery in Seven Days
No plot handed to you. Seven days of questions help you find your own place, victim, killer and reason.
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Where it leads
Three linked series make a long story. Twelve or more make a novel, one small week at a time.
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