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Hello and welcome to Write Club! We are a small workshop of fiction writers who love the craft of short story writing. Each month we write a short story from a writing prompt, and then review each other’s stories and improve our work based on feedback from the other members.
This post provides an invitation to write for our prompts, as well as the prompt of the month.
Invitation to Short Story Writers
If you are a writer of short fiction, we welcome you to follow us and watch for our monthly writing prompts.
To connect with us and check out our workshop, just pop in as a visitor to our Discord channel and tell us about your interests. We will ask you a few questions and see if it seems like we’re a good fit for your writing journey!
This month’s writing prompt
That brings us to the prompt! For the month of May 2021, Write Club members must write a story based on this prompt: where the sidewalk ends.
If the phrase sounds familiar, you may be remembering the famous Shel Silverstein children’s book by that name.
What should you do with the prompt? Of course you can pay homage in some way to Silverstein. Or do what you wish.
What is at the end of the sidewalk? Is it where the safety of home ends and the dangers of the world begin? Is it the leaping off point into another universe? Or is it simply the place where young lovers meet for a secret kiss each night?
Where will your imagination take you?
Get your engines running
Start thinking about your story’s conflict, who is experiencing it, and how they might seek to overcome what they are facing. The more your conscious and sub-conscious brain are working on developing your MC (main character), and defining the scenario that has brought us to the time and place of this story, the sooner your story will take shape.
You could write out some loglines – one-sentence story plots – and then choose the one that resonates the most with you. Or join our discussion on Discord and get input on which idea seems like the most promising one to move forward.
Looking for Writing Resources?
I love to share tips and ideas about creative writing! Here are two treasure troves for you:
- You can find many of my tips and resources on my website, in the On Writing section.
- I also share writing tips from The Ink Well on Hive. See the latest tip for the complete list.
Have fun and keep writing.