For those who have not seen my latest YouTube video, I have started a new challenge for you. I am excited to see where this goes. I thought it would be fun to challenge you to submit prompt and/or exercise responses to me, and I will then share them in a future YouTube video.

I’ve started doing workshops at a local bookshop (Turn the Page Bookshop) and it has inspired me to get back into craft books and continue sharpening my writing tools. I believe there is always room for growth when it comes to writing and editing.

My next workshop is 19 Oct 3:00-5:00 on character development. You can learn more about it here, and sign up if you can make it! I began reading The Craft of Character: how to create deep and engaging characters your audience will never forget By: Mark Boutros for this upcoming presentation. It’s an excellent dive into a really tough subject, and I highly recommend it.

The following prompt is from Boutros’s book: Explain your story concept using the phrase “It’s a story about [your character] who …”

Boutros writes on page 14 “The reason you should always have “It’s a story about someone who…” in your mind is to place an early building block down that is designed to focus more on the character’s beginnings in your story and illustrate that there is a journey to go on.”

Boutros uses the example on page 18: “The Princes Bride is a story about a swash-buckling hero who teams up with a giant and a revenge-seeking swordsman in order to save the woman he loves from marrying an evil prince”

Submission Guidelines:

DUE: 31 OCTOBER!

Prompt: Describe in 2-3 sentences the concept of your book starting with the phrase, “It’s a story about [your character] who…”
Email: dmpwrites@gmail.com
Subject line: Character Prompt 1
Note: Do not send attachments or links. These will be deleted as spam.
Content: Family friendly

I will assume you give permission for me to read your submissions in future YouTube videos unless you specifically state in your email not to.

Hope to see you submission soon!