Cassandra Lipp
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Get a Candle On
Use the name of a candle fragrance to inspire your next story. → Read More
Lucky Charms
Write a scene or story that includes: a rainbow, a heart, a horse shoe, a crescent moon, a leprechaun hat, a unicorn, a balloon, or a shooting star. → Read More
The Basement Tapes
Tell a story through a found audio recording. Perhaps a deceased parent left a message for their child, a detective uncovers a lost interview, teen lovers exchange mixtapes, etc. → Read More
Negative Space: An Interview With Lilly Dancyger
Catapult and Barrelhouse Books editor Lilly Dancyger talks about her debut memoir Negative Space. → Read More
Through the Looking Glass
You look into the mirror and find a world almost exactly like your own. Aside from the reverse reflection, one thing is very different from your world. What is it? → Read More
Announcing the First Annual Personal Essay Awards Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the first annual Writer's Digest Personal Essay Awards! → Read More
Your Story #112: Vote now!
Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt below. (One sentence only.) You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story. → Read More
Birds of a Feather
Write a scene or story that includes a tickle or ruffle of feathers. → Read More
Writer's Digest Columns: Your Story
Want to see your work published in WD? Here are editor tips on how to write a winning Your Story entry. → Read More
In the Sky
Write a scene or story in which a character sees a city in the sky. → Read More
Acronym Mania
Create a new acronym by picking four random letters of the alphabet. Write a scene or story that includes this acronym—and the full phrase represented by the letters. → Read More
Writer’s Digest Columns: How to Write a Five-Minute Memoir
Want to write for WD? Here are editor tips on how to submit to one of our most popular columns, 5-Minute Memoir. → Read More
Hidden Image
Write a scene or story in which a character sees a hidden image. → Read More
Characters in a Crunch
Write a scene or story that includes a character eating cereal. → Read More
Your Story #111: Vote now
Write a short story of 650 words or fewer based on the photo prompt above. You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story. → Read More
Planting the Seed
Write a scene or story in which a character swallows a seed. → Read More
A Lie
Write a scene or story that involves a lie. How far does the lie go? What will characters do to hide—or reveal—the truth? → Read More
Say What?
Write a scene or story that includes a character who is a talking animal. → Read More
The Transformation
2021 will kick off with a prompt excerpted from Going Short, a great new guide to writing flash fiction by Nancy Stohlman. → Read More
Word Association Exercise: Holiday
Brainstorm a list of images or ideas that you associate with the word holiday. Write a scene or story inspired by your associations. → Read More