2025 Get Started Right Writing Challenge: Day 2
Welcome to the second day of the seven-day Get Started Right Writing Challenge! There’s still plenty of time to get caught up; find the first day’s challenge here.
For the second day, write for at least 15 minutes. I know a few of you made writing a part of your writing goals yesterday, so this should fit in nicely with those goals. You can write fiction, poetry, nonfiction, or whatever strikes your fancy. And you don’t have to finish whatever you start or even be happy with what you write. Just write.
Not sure what to write? Then, I’ve got a few prompts you can peruse:
- 100 Creative Writing Prompts.
- 25 Plot Twist Ideas.
- 30 Poetry Prompts.
- 6 Types of Creative Nonfiction Essays to Try.
So find a good starting place, set your timers, and get writing…and share what you write in the comments.
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Here’s my 15-minute writing session:
“random Shock City scene,” Robert Lee Brewer
Travis looked over the file and asked, “Are you sure? I mean, do you think?”
“Honestly,” Dr. Storm started and then put his hand up to his temple. “Honestly, I don’t know what I believe.” He turned sideways, dropped his hand, and faced Travis head on. “But those images were delivered to us by a very trusted asset.”
“What do you mean,” responded Travis. “An asset?”
“I mean, we’ve been studying your strange, little town for a while. We actually have several assets, err, people embedded in your community. From what we’ve observed it’s impossible to say there’s not something unique happening there.”
“Like what?”
“Like how about a possible lycanthrope? Yes, I know you are aware of that situation. Don’t deny it. But beyond that, lizard people, Sasquatch-like creatures, witchcraft, robots, fictional manifestations…”
“What do you mean by fictional manifestations?”
“I mean,” Dr. Storm cleared his throat. “At the very least, there appears to be two men prowling the streets of your town who embody the classical definition of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. No word on whether there’s a Professor Moriarty.”
“You’re kidding!”
“Come now,” continued Dr. Storm. “Even if you haven’t witnessed all these anomalies, surely you’ve seen things that would be classified as out of the normal experience in most communities.”
Travis shook his head. Shock City is the only town he’s ever experienced, how would he know if it’s outside the norm? It’s all he’s ever known. “But still, this,” and he pushed the file across the table.
“It may not be the most abnormal manifestation in your town, but yes, it seems very likely, in point of fact, it may be certain that many of the oddities could be created by aliens.”
“From another planet?!”
“Well, that is the working theory,” responded Dr. Storm. “But that’s not all.”
“What else could top that?”
“We believe your friend Jonathan may be one of them.”