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Character-Driven Fiction

September’s Writing Prompts at the The Fiction Writer’s Den

JF Danskin
The Fiction Writer’s Den
4 min readSep 1, 2024

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Where would stories be without compelling characters? A plot is just a plot — often the same one that has been used hundreds of times before! Settings are memorable, but characters can make a story leap off the page.

So, for our latest set of fiction writing prompts at The Fiction Writer’s Den, we are going to explore characters — good or bad, wise or wacky, funny or infuriating.

In case you missed them, here are August’s prompts:

Without further ado, let’s get writing!

Idea 1

Write a drabble from the perspective of someone who sinks into… something! A jellyfish infested sea? Quicksand? Debt?

Idea 2

Write a story focusing on the newest member of a team — your choice what kind of team. A novice pirate on a voyage? The new kid at school? A recently elected politician?

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JF Danskin
The Fiction Writer’s Den

Writing fiction (fantasy especially) and poetry, enthusiast for creativity, collaboration, community. An Editor at the Fiction Writer's Den.