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So, I’m determined. I am going to re-start (for easily the dozenth time) my yearofmaking. No excuses, no worried about what other people think. This. Is. It. 

Kim Piper Werker, author of Make It Mighty Ugly

Are you trapped in a serious case of NaNoWriMo writer's block? Try these prompts that Kim Werker offers in her new book, Make It Mighty Ugly. These prompts are a great way to jumpstart any project, whether it's a novel, a painting, or a crocheted monster that needs a backstory. There’s a hill over there. Go look on the other side of it. What do you see? It’s three in the morning; there’s a knock on your window. It is freezing. What do you do about it? That’s not a monkey; it’s a robot! Uh oh, the basement’s flooded. What now? Around the corner is an act of crime. And just then, you hear a babbling creek. Hey, what’s in that secret notebook? That’s not a sunrise; it’s a sunset. How might this go better without a sprained ankle? Mmm. Delicious, delicious brains. These brains taste so ____. The music playing in the background is almost too loud to make out. You squint and hold on to the back of the bar stool and try to figure out why it sounds so familiar. You open your eyes and see them. There’s a three-legged dog running down the middle of the street. You think _____. What would Buffy do? The coach is shouting in the dugout. You can’t quite make out the words, but you think she’s yelling _____. And then a cat saunters in. What if this all were happening in the nuclear winter? Can this project be personified? How does it taste? Turn right ninety degrees. Inject some make-believe: a magic wand, a Pegasus, a space alien, a talking toad. Suddenly, it’s all covered in gold. The raft starts to drift toward shore.

Kim Piper Werker, author of Make It Mighty Ugly

Kim Piper Werker, author of Make it Mighty Ugly