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Novlr is a writer-owned creative writing workspace built by writers, for writers, dedicated to helping you achieve your writing goals.

An assassin realises their target is them from ten years in the future — a writing-prompt graphic with a purple "Writing Prompt" label, invite to share work on Discord, a vintage helmet-and-skull with sword illustration, and the Novlr logo.
"A group of urban explorers enter an abandoned train station, when unexpectedly, a train arrives." — a pastel writing-prompt graphic with a purple "Writing Prompt" label, vintage steam-train illustration, invitation to share work, and Novlr logo.
Writing prompt: What happens to society when the moon disappears for one night each year?
Writing prompt: A child with a long-time imaginary friend suddenly discovers that they’re real. Share your work with us in the comments or on Discord.
A mysterious person keeps leaving flowers on a historical villain’s grave.
One day a year, every mirror in small town reflects that day at a different point in time.
Write about an abandoned lighthouse that starts sending messages to the mainland.
writesofnovember says: in case you didn’t know: your book is at the TOP of my tbr list. but i need you to write it first so i can read it :(
“An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” — Gustave Flaubert
Describe a room using only sounds, smells, and textures. Don’t use any visual descriptions.
I am raising awareness for a very important cause!!! STOP WITH EPITHET ABUSE! Just refer to your characters by names and pronouns. Unless referring to them by physical characteristics is meaningful in any way, it just seems like you forgot your characters' names or something.
“Learn to look at your sentences...make sure there’s music, lots of edges and corners to the sounds.” — Janet Fitch
"Revenge is a dish best served published!” — Lisa Kovanda
Writing Prompt: Write a scene that takes place immediately after an irreversible decision.
"A playwright loves all his characters, including his mass murderers.” — Stephen Sondheim
For last year's words belong to last year's language, and next year's words await another voice." —T.S. Eliot
Happy Holidays from Novlr
“Writers get paid for what other people get scolded for: daydreaming. We’re supposed to wander.” — Richard Walter
“Write as precisely and as lucidly and as richly as you can about what you find truly mysterious and irreducible about human experience.” — Paul Harding
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities" — Dr. Seuss
“It's fiction's business to try to enlarge our understanding of and sympathy for people.” — Richard Ford
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💻 #WritingExercise Imagine that humans develop a sixth sense. What is this sense? How does it work? How do people react to it? Write a short piece exploring how this changes the way we experience the world, our daily lives, relationships, communication, and society.
Read a book you enjoyed as a child but haven’t read in years. Before you start, note down what you liked about it and what has stuck with you over time. Then, re-read the book with the critical eye of a writer and note down what works for you, and what you feel could have been better. Compare it to your previous notes and reflect on what this tells you about how you engaged with writing at two different times of life with two different approaches.
The world has just discovered a new colour. Write about how people react, how it changes the art, science, and culture of society, and what strange effects—if any—the colour might have on people who can see it.
“In the country of the story the writer is king.” ― Shirley Jackson
💻 #writingprompt You wake up one morning to find that time has stopped, and you're the only one who can move...
“Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever, and organic.” — Zadie Smith
You notice that the book you're reading is actually a message from your future self, and it's trying to warn you of something important...
“Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.” ― Drew Goodman