Author: Gretchen Dyson

Hello & welcome! I'm Gretchen and I love to write. I'm a self-published author, longtime blogger, electrician's wife, and mom of two from Central Texas. I've been writing since I could hold a pencil & now I want to inspire YOU! So grab a cup of coffee, cozy up with your notebook, and START YOUR STORY!

Writing Prompt 27

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Happy Thursday, everyone! Hopefully your heroes from last week turned out well and are busy enjoying their superpowers. However, we’re going to turn things on their head for this week and experiment with something a little less cool: Personally, I think this is a little more challenging. We’re constantly asked “if you could have any […]

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Writing Prompt 26

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Hello, lovelies! A new Thursday means we must try a new prompt idea and with all the superhero movies that have been coming out recently and will be coming out over the next few years, why not write our own superhero stories! This one is actually similar to a prompt a friend suggested on the […]

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Writing Prompt 25

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I don’t put too much stock in astrology/horoscopes/the zodiac, but I have to admit, they can be fascinating. I know the daily horoscopes and such are super vague and could apply to just about everyone, but there’s just something intriguing about them anyway. Though it may be silly, every day when they cross my desk […]

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Writing Prompt 24

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One of the things I always try to do in my stories is have a believable villain. I honestly think that it’s the villains we love to hate that make some of the most successful stories. As an example, consider Harry Potter’s Professor Umbridge. Pretty much every Harry Potter fan can agree that Umbridge was […]

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Writing Prompt 23

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This week the prompt is going to center around a phrase I’ve come across a lot in the past few days: In vino veritas. The truth can be a terrifying thing, but it’s also said the truth can be liberating. With this prompt, the goal is to get to know your character a bit more. […]

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Writing Prompt 21 & 22

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Once again it appears that I owe y’all two new prompts! I went on vacation to the coast and in the craziness of packing, it completely slipped my mind to update. I had the first prompt all set up for last week, but no matter, now y’all have a choice: Tell the story behind how […]

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