Writing in the Dark Curriculum Index
The full WITD curriculum (challenges, prompts, & memos) categorized by specific intensives, genre, mood, and season so you can come back to them again and again.
A full index of WITD, and a new video post that shows you how to use it!
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Meanwhile, here on this Index you can find links to the WITD curriculum (challenges, prompts, & memos) categorized by specific intensives, post type, genre, mood, and season so you can come back to them again and again.
Like life, this is incomplete and a work in progress! We will be updated (semi)-regularly by
—you can also share suggested updates to this index in the comments.Intensives
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Writing Exercises/Prompts
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I Can See A Million Miles From Here
Voice Memos
I Don't Intend To Get Out Without A Broken Heart
Life is Short, But Desire, Desire is Long
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Life a Daring Adventure or Nothing at All
Share Something You're Happy About!
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Writing Fiction Should Be Scary
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To Inhabit Someone Else’s Body
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Get Brave
The Transformative Power of Finishing
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The Only Technique That Helped Me Write About Trauma
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By Where You Are
Beginnings
You Don't Necessarily Sense the Motion
Middles
In The Middle, Our Minds Play Tricks
Endings
The Transformative Power of Finishing
Revision
Thousands of Incremental Adjustments
I love this (so helpful!) - it speaks to my deep love of making lists and lists of lists to rein in the world.
Wow! Someone went through a lot of work to save me time. Thank you @Jeannine Ouellette and @Billie Oh!