benjamin westland

Writing Prompt #4

Writing Prompt #4

This writing prompt is less opinionated. There are no predefined plot points this time. Instead, it gives your characters goals that drive them.

Writing Prompt #3

Writing Prompt #3

Today's prompt is a love story that happens at work. But how do they meet? What draws them close? What pulls them apart?

Writing Prompt #2

Writing Prompt #2

Today's writing prompt holds a new mystery. Maybe it's a story about mistrust and friendship in a rural area. You decide!

Writing Prompt #1

Writing Prompt #1

This is a mystery, horror writing prompt. It gives you a location, two characters with their motivation and three plot points. These things are not meant to be followed word by word. It's merely an inspiration to get you going.

Image of a dark and scary forrest.

My earliest memory

Prompt: Write about your earliest childhood memory. I think it was when I was around three years old. My parents had taken me outside into a forest, where we walked around, played with the leaves that had fallen from the trees and just had a good time. I remember running

COVID and Second-Draft-Blues

COVID and Second-Draft-Blues

I guess it was inevitable to catch COVID someday, but I really don't like it! I still feel weak and dazed after more than a week of lying around, sneezing and sleeping. Now that I feel better again, I grabbed the first draft of the story that I am currently

Why the Netflix show Heartstopper is a perfect experience full of joy and melancholy.

Why the Netflix show Heartstopper is a perfect experience full of joy and melancholy.

I'm a fan of sweet, romantic stories with queer protagonists. If there's a new film or TV show, it won't be long before I've seen it. I usually enjoy the pleasant, slightly uplifting feeling they leave me with. But when I browsed Netflix a week ago to find something for

Website Reboot

Spring is here and it's time for some changes on my website. Over the last few months, I have been trying to upload new content to my site more regularly. The plan was to write and upload a post once a week. But in the last four months I have

Oracled Writing

Oracled Writing

Hello all! I was asked a few days ago what my process would look like when I'm working on a story. The truth is: I often don't know myself. Usually, I just have a vague idea of the direction I want to go. But that's about it. It may be

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