The Writer’s Game: Level 1

Topic: Identity

Threshold: 0 Points

Possible Points: 510

All Possible Points up until this level: 510

  • “Explain the meaning of your name.” [50 points]
  • “Make a list of five things that make you happy.”[20 points]
  • “Make a list of five places you want to visit.” [20 points]
  • “Write five facts about yourself.” [20 points]
  • “Write about three things you like about you.”[50 points]
  • “Make a list of your five favorite movies.” [40 points]
  • “Make a list of your five favorite drinks/food.” [30 points]
  • “Make a list of your three favorite books.” [30 points]
  • “Describe your style.” [50 points]
  • “Write about happiness.” [50 points]
  • “Write about sadness.” [50 points]
  • “Write about your passion(s).” [30 points]
  • “Make a list of your favorite works of art.” [50 points]
  • “Write about three projects for the next year.” [50 points]

                     Score 400 points to advance to the next level.

When you are ready to advance, click here.

Welcome To The Writer’s Game!

I’ve always wanted to make a writing challenge. And I don’t mean a writing tag exactly or a simple single prompt one. No, I wanted to make one with a point system and levels to make you feel like you’re really accomplishing something as you advance through the levels.

And so I invented The Writer’s Game…

Composed of 13 levels, this would be the ultimate writer’s challenge. Every single level has its own theme to inspire participants to write. One doesn’t have to complete every challenge, but they should complete at least the amount of points required to advance to the next level and theme.

An over view of the levels can be seen below…

Level 1 ~ Identity

This level is about getting started. You write a little bit about yourself and get yourself prepped for this journey ahead of you! This level focuses primarily on you and the things your love, in an exercise of self-exploration.

Level 2 ~ Beginnings

This level consists mostly of short, writing warm ups. You’ll write some flash fiction and short pieces. This level is kind of like stretching before you run a marathon.

Level 3 ~ Beauty

This level calls you to create something nature or beauty oriented. This level focuses a lot on poetry, short muse pieces, and haikus.

Level 4 ~ Whimsy

In this level, you’ll write a few fairytales and focus on stories that talk about knights, wizards, witches, and magic. This level is all about the fantastical and whimsical.

Level 5 ~ History

This level is a little more broad than the others. Here you will be challenged to write your own myth, war story, and tales of heroism throughout history. Think writing styled like an Epic (though albeit a little shorter).

Level 6 ~ Mystery

This level, writers will write short mysteries and thrillers in an attempt to intrigue their readers.

Level 7 ~ Inspired

This level is a little more vague than the previous few. Writer’s will be asked to write stories based off of things that inspire them. This can range from paintings, songs, or movies.

Level 8 ~ Intangible

This is another tricky challenge as in this level, writer’s are tasked with writing about the intangible. This can range from colors, to ideas, to senses other than sight, ethics and so forth. This level hopes to encourage writers to think outside the box.

Level 9 ~ Companionship

Level 9 covers topics of companionship of all kind. The obvious prompt has to do with romantic love but writer’s will also be prompted to write pieces covering familial love between family members, love between friends, and the love that exists between humans and their pet.

Level 10 ~ The Future

Level 10 encourages writer’s to try their hand at sci-fi and time travel fiction in this level. They will be prompted to reimagine the world, its technology, and society in this challenge.

Level 11 ~ Power

This level is another more broad category. In this challenge, writer’s will be tasked with writing stories about people with extraordinary gifts, war, and the topic of power.

Level 12 ~ Everyday

This level prompts writer’s to find beauty in the everyday. They will be encouraged to explore the slice of life genre as well as attempt to writer a few stories that take place in mundane locations such as school.

Level 13 ~ Endings

In this level, as the final one, is much more somber in tone. Writer’s will be challenged to cover tricky topics such as death, childhood, and endings in their short stories or prose.

And these are all the levels! For easy access to these challenges I have created a new tab under Writing titled Writing Challenges. Beneath that option one will find the Writer’s Game tab where one can find all the levels as I updated them. I will also link level 1 here when I post it.

Writing Prompts for ENTP’s

This personality type was a lot of fun to study and think up prompts for as the typically ENTP is nearly the exact opposite of my natural personality (INFJ). But due to this, this has made reading up on the MBTI personality all the more fun and challenging as I try to shift my perspective of the world and relate to the personality type as I type up a few prompts. I associate this personality type with chessboards, magnifying glasses, and a sort of antique/steampunk-y aesthetic. Such associations will be reflected in the prompts below!

Debatable

You’re a lonely college student who accidentally got locked into one of the old campus buildings. As you search for the exit, you find a secret room with two speaker stands. At one, you see another student. They explain to you that this was the old debate room which has been hidden away for unknown reasons. They come here to clear their head and “debate” things with themselves and they are delighted that you have found the secret room, as now they finally have someone to actually debate with.

★The Extra Hour

You’re a normal person with a normal life. You never saw yourself as unique really. Just a regular person among many. With the exception of one “gift”. Every night, after 12:00AM, the clock switches to 13:00AM for you and time freezes as you are gifted by the universe, an extra hour to do whatever you wish.

★Library Whispers

You open a library book to find a note with some sort of code. Bored and curios, you crack it. To find it leads you to the title of yet another book. Over time, you find yourself caught up in a library-wide puzzle that involves secret codes. passageways, and many other twisted secrets.

★Life Imitates Art

You get a new job at a museum filled to the brim with Greek style, stone and marble statues. But you notice something odd after only a few days of working there. But they can’t exactly walk around. But, after asking one a question, you find that they can indeed talk. What do you ask them?

★Light Keeper

You live out your days as the keeper of a light house, shining your beacon into the stormy seas to guide ships to the shore. But it seems your light has attracted something else besides a ship- a dragon.

★Corpus Delicti

You are a Homicide Detective. And you are very good at your job I might add. This might be in part due to the fact you are, unbeknownst to your team, are necromancer. But, after animating a human skull to come to life and ask the poor fellow who did him in, you are dismayed to find that the poor chap cannot remember.

So my fish died.

Hello, friends!

It’s been a long week. I’ve been sick for the last few days, all while trying for my finals and, much to my dismay, I found my lovely beta fish dead in his tank (RIP Bernard). It’s just been a rough past couple of days and my poor dead fish seemed to be the physical manifestation of it. So, in a moment of sadness, I wrote a little poem for my fish who kept me company during my freshman year and first half of my sophomore year. You’ll be surprised what can inspire poetry. I find it’s often the little things. So, without further ado, enjoy my homage.

Blue scales and bubbles
The gentle hum of the filter
You were a quiet, honest presence
In a world of noise and worry.

I looked forward to those moments
When I’d sprinkle your food inside
And you’d come out
And share a meal with me
For that is how connection is made

I had a suspicion that I was going soft
When I bought you plants and pebbles
To decorate your home.
But I wanted you to be happy
Because that is my nature
As it was yours to you bump against the glass when I came home every day.
I told myself it was your way of say hi.

I knew I had gone soft
When I found your body plastered against the filter,
And your beautiful scales sucked away.

And when I settled for sleep
And looked to my right,
I wasn’t greeted with the flick of a tail,
Or the healing hum of the tank.

Just an empty container of pebble and rock
With no soul inside.
I cried more than I thought I would
For something so small
But so beautiful.

Writing Prompts for ENFP’s

And so continues my series of writing prompts based on the meyers briggs personality types. The ENFP personality type is also known as “The Campaigner” and is seen as a creative people person. They are also known as the “hero”. Due to this, I associate the personality with very bright, vivid colors and whimsical ideas or concepts. I associate them with Shakespeare, sunlight, and fantasy.

Ferris Wheel of Time

You love fairs. You haven’t missed one for years. But maybe you should have missed this one? For after a few quick spins, you find yourself taken forward in time, far into the future. Tell me about your adventures with the ferris wheel of time.

Fantacity

You live in a city where things don’t run on electricity or coal. No, your city runs on pure imagination. Tell me about this place.

The Magic Stage

There is a magic stage you and your friends found in the woods. For kicks, you begin to act out a traditional Shakespearean play only to find yourselves teleported to the very setting of the play and each of your friends, a character.

Prism

You know prisms? Bits of glass the separate light into the known colors of our color spectrum. From red to purple we see each sliver of color, different from the ones it lies next to. Quite extraordinary, no?

I’ll tell you what’ve even more extraordinary… an interdimensional prism.

Scientists have been working on it for quite some time. A prism that will separate the dimensions into cohesive shreds so we can find out about the worlds and dimension that lie beyond what we can see. We lie in the universe of white. Tell me about the blue, red, orange, yell, green, and purple dimensions that exist.

The Hum

There is a deep hum that you hear. It seems to come from the universe itself. But, unfortunately, you’re the only one who can hear it yet you are completely determined to find out what it is.

★Imagine

You are an imaginary friend of a child who, surprisingly, doesn’t forget you as they grow older. You continue to stick by their side and talk to them, even as they reach college age. The imaginary friends are quite jealous of this however, and it causes quite a few problems.

The Gene

There is only one born every thousandth generation. We all thought it would never happen. We all thought it was legend. But turns out, it is due to a very specific gene that only activates at the thousandth time it is passed on. Tell me what it is.

Writing Prompts for INFJ’s

Hey everyone! I’m starting a new series of writing prompts based off of all the different meyers briggs personality types and my perceived views and aesthetics associated with them. I wanted to start off with the INFJ personality type because its the one I know the best as it’s my personal assigned personality type. I tend to associate this personality type with magic, astronomy, and philosophy so these associations are reflected in the writing prompts below! Suggestions for which personality type I should do next is welcomed in the comments below!

Reflections

Legends tell of a magic mirror. Rumors vary as to its powers, ranging from teleportation, reflecting your true love, seeing the future and so forth. But you have reason to believe that it has a very different power. The power to show the truth about any individual who gazes upon it. What does this mean exactly? You’re not sure but you’re determined to find out.

Wishing Star

You look upon the starlight sky, lonely as ever. It’s been a rough day but unfortunately, as per usual, you have no one to confide in. In a moment of sorrow, you wish upon a star. You just want a friend. What you didn’t expect was the star to fall from the sky and land in your backyard. But it seems your wish has been granted, by some lucky stroke of fate. Not really sure what to expect, you make your way down stairs to investigate.

Red Ink, Blue Ink

Upon helping a stranger, they gift you an 2 odd looking quill pens in exchange for your kindness. One writes in red ink, the other in blue ink. And there’s something very strange or perhaps… magical about them.

Star Pirate

You and a friend climb upon the roof to gaze upon the night sky during a meteor shower. You talk in low voices about the adventures you would have when you grow up or if you had a rocket ship to fly to the stars. But as you star blissfully into the abyss, you notice something odd about the stars swopping across the black. They seem rather big. And they have shapes. They look like…

Ships?

You open your mouth to ask your friend if they see it too but the words die in your throat. A star is falling, and its coming ever closer. And closer. And closer.

In a halo of white light, a pirate ship comes barreling towards you and your friend, crashing upon the building’s surface.

The Greatest Race

The end fo the world is not for a very long time. But even so, the horseman of the apocolaypse wait patiently for the end of time. Still, you can hardly blame themf or getting bored. Perhaps that’s how the tradition started though I don’t know exactly when.

Every year, at the dawn of New Year’s, the horseman saddle their mighty steeds and prepare for a magnificent race to circle the world. Who will win this year?

Birthstone Writing Prompt Tag

Choose a prompt based on your birthstone! Feel free to tag someone to participate as well!

Garnet

Garnets stand for Love and Friendship. With associations with the heart, blood, inner fire, and life force, garnets have long been considered symbols of love. Garnet symbolism also extends to friendship. The name “garnet” comes from the Latin word “Garanatus,” meaning “seedlike,” in reference to a pomegranate. This reference makes sense as small garnets look like the bright red seeds you find inside in a pomegranate.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Fire, Friendship, Love, Passion, Pomegranate, Bravery, Adventure.

Amethyst

The gem’s purple colors represented purity of spirit. Its purplish and reddish hues represented the chastening and purifying effects of suffering. Some people believe the colors alluded to the wounds of Christ. Thus, amethysts are used to aid the healing of wounds.

The name amethyst is derived from the ancient Greek word “amethustos”. This word means sober. It was said that an amethyst could prevent the bearer from becoming drunk and also instills a sober or sharp mind. It was believed that if a person drank from a goblet made entirely of amethyst, they would not get drunk at all no matter how much they drank. In Greek mythology, amethyst was rock crystal dyed purple by the tears of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry. 

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Purity, Intelligence, Wine, Revelry, Healing.

Aquamarine

Aquamarine is also associated with tranquility, serenity, clarity, and harmony. As the first of the spring birthstones, the sea blue crystal represents transformation and rebirth. It is said to embody youthful vitality, purity, loyalty, hope, and truth. It is also said to have oceanic healing powers.

There are a few legends surrounding this gemstone. The Romans believed that if the figure of a frog were carved on an aquamarine, it served to reconcile enemies and make them friends. The Greeks and the Romans thought the aquamarine was the sailor’s gem, ensuring the safe passage across stormy seas. It was also believed to render soldiers invincible.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Water, Sailor, Healing, Loyalty, Truth, Hope, Invisibility, Frogs, Rebirth, Reconciliation.

Diamond

Diamonds are associated with strength, love and health. Diamonds have been worn by leaders or power figures often to symbolize strength and invincibility.

Ancient Greeks named the diamond “adamas,” meaning “invincible,” “indestructible” and “untamed.” Warriors in ancient Greece wore diamonds. They did this because it was said that the stones would strengthen the warriors’ muscles and bring them invincibility.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Purity, Warrior, Strength, Invincibility, Untamed, Strong.

Emerald

The emerald has been known as a symbol of truth and love. In ancient Greece and Rome, the emerald was said to be the gemstone of the goddess Venus. Emeralds were also believed by the Egyptians to be a source of eternal life. The Chaldeans believed the stone contained a goddess. In Ancient Rome, Nero supposedly watched gladiator fights through a large transparent emerald as he found the color to be calming. In some legends of King Arthur, the Holy Grail is described as being fashioned from an emerald. Many others think that the Emerald brings good luck.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Good luck, Life, Goddess, Grail, Venus.

Alexandrite

The Alexandritehas been thought to bring luck, good fortune and love. In Russia, it is considered to be a stone of good omen. It is believed to bring balance in the interaction between the physical manifest world and the astral world.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Balance, Spirituality, Fortune, Love, Healing.

Ruby

The Ruby is considered the king of gems. The ruby symbolizes love, passion, energy, and success. “A drop of the heart’s blood of Mother Earth” is how the ruby is described in the Orient. The name ruby comes from the Latin word ruber, which means red. It is favorite gem among those in power and those in love, inspiring more emotion than almost any other stone. Some ancient cultures believed that rubies grew on trees, just like fruit. The rubies would begin budding as small white gems, and would slowly grow and ripen, turning red in the light of the sun. When the ruby was saturated with red color, it was ready to be plucked. 

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Fruit, Passion, Love, Energy, Heart, Blood.

Peridot

The Peridot is known as the “Gem of the Sun”.  This gemstone is the green color of nature and is associated with harmony, good health, restful sleep, and peacefulness. It is also known as the stone of compassion, peridot calms anger by giving renewal to all things. When set in gold, this gem was said to protect the wearer from nightmares.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Health, Sleep, Dreams, Harmony, Peace.

Sapphire

 The name sapphire is derived from the Latin word “saphirus” and the Greek word “sapheiros,” both meaning blue. Some believe that the name sapphire is derived from its association with the planet Saturn. The name can be roughly translated to mean “dear to the planet Saturn” in numerous languages.

Rulers of ancient Persia believed the sky was painted blue by the reflection of sapphire stones. To some religions, the blue color of the sapphire represents the heavens. Sapphires are stones of the apocalypse, and ancient lore held that the tablets upon which the Ten Commandments were written, were actually sapphire.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Sky, Blue, Apocalypse, Time, Tablet, Saturn, Ancient.

Opal

The name opal is thought to be derived from the Sanskrit upala, meaning “precious stone,”. Then, later on in history, it came from the Greek derivative “Opallios,” meaning “to see a change of color.” Opals have sometimes been viewed as symbols of bad luck and bad omens but this is not true throughout all of history as the meaning of the stone varies quite a bit depending on time and location. In Asia, for example, it is seen as a symbol of hope.

And in medieval times, blonde maidens wanted a necklace made of opals, as this was considered to prevent their hair from fading or darkening. The opal was also thought to make a person invisible whenever he wished, and for that reason, it was called Patronus forum (patron of thieves).

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Thief, Iridescent, Hope, Bad Luck, Iris.

Topaz

Topaz gets its name from the Greek word topazion, which may originate from the Sanskrit tapas, meaning, “fire.” The name might also come from the name of the Egyptian island of topazos (now St Johns island) in the Red Sea. 

Most likely due to this yellow color, some believed topaz had the mystical ability to attract gold. Some think it also represents empathy and serenity. This is related to the symbolism of the brown and gold colors relating to the family and the home.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Home, Hearth, Family, Empathy, Fire, Gold.

Blue Topaz

The Blue Topaz gemstone symbolizes love as well as fidelity.  It is also associated with wisdom, communication, and finding the perfect pathways to success and opportunities.

Topaz was once was considered one of five elemental substances that would bring protection to the deities. The figure of a falcon engraved upon a topaz would bring the wearer goodwill and kindness of the powers that be. 

This gemstone is also has been said to work with ones creative energies. Topaz is also excellent for promoting concentration.

Use one or all of the following words as themes for your next writing project:

Falcons, Creativity, Concentration, Protection, Love.

Never Have I Ever ★ Writer’s Edition

This tag was created by Bree Dawn over at the Long Voyage ! I definitely recommend stopping by and giving their blog a quick visit! Alright, now I’m gonna expose myself and my bad writing habits.

… started a novel that I didn’t finish.

Most certainly. Though to be fair, I think this is a common occurrence among writers. Sometimes we just get so excited that we start an idea before realizing that we either don’t like it as much as we initially thought or we don’t really have the motivation/time to finish said novel. So yes, I definitely have quite a few unfinished books sitting in a folder in my computer, just wasting away. Such is the life of a writer.

… written a story completely by hand.

Maybe once or twice. Especially when I was little. But my handwriting has always been awful so its not something I particularly like doing. Plus I feel like I can get my ideas out by typing so much quicker.

… changed tenses midway through a story.

All. The. Time. And I don’t realize it till editing and then I have to turn my brain inside out refiguring out phrasing that is in the right tense but still flows. This often happens when I write something and then pick it up again in the middle.

 not researched anything before starting a story.

Yup. Pretty much how I used to write until about three years ago. I just sat down and started plugging away when it came to writing a story. Now I do a little research before hand but I try not to get to bogged down in it as it can actually inhibit the start of my story for a bit too long.

… changed my protagonists’ name halfway through a draft.

I actually don’t think I’ve done this. I generally stick with a name and if I do have a hankering to change it, I figure it out long before I’m halfway through a story. I pick a name and COMMIT!

… written a story in a month or less.

Yes. I wish this happened more often but have done this a few times, especially when I was about 12 or so writing absolute garbage but loving it (I don’t regret it, even if looking back on my old work, I kind of wanna puke). I think I may have done this once or twice in adulthood but not as often as I’d like.

… fallen asleep while writing.

Hmmm… sort of. I’ve been writing a story on my phone and have nodded off but never at my desk typing. My chair is just too uncomfortable.

… corrected someone’s grammar IRL/online.

Maybe jokingly but not seriously. I don’t think it actually matters that much unless you’re editing something for someone. Being an actual snob about grammar is annoying for sure.

… yelled at myself in all caps in the middle of my novel.

Maybe once or twice. Or three times. I don’t know, sometimes I loose focus or have to make notes for my future editing self and I am kind of a big offender of using all caps to type anything so… yes.

… used “I’m writing” as an excuse.

Not really? Not that I wouldn’t use this excuse if I could but I can’t imagine when it would work. The closest thing I can come to this is maybe not doing a chore right away because I’m writing something for school (shout out to that online college student life) but beyond that, not really.

… killed a character that was based on someone I know in real life.

Not saying I’m above this, I just haven’t done this. Yet. Give me time.

… used pop culture references in a story.

I tend to write mostly high fantasy so I don’t think I have. Unless it was in some sort of silly inside jokey type of story me and my friends worked on.

… written between the hours of one AM and six AM.

Oh, absolutely. Gotta write when the inspiration hits and unfortunately that can be at some very odd hours.

… drank an entire pot of coffee while writing.

No, I don’t think so. I don’t really like the taste of coffee on its own and have to add monstrous amounts of creamer in order to enjoy it so I tend to limit myself to one cup of coffee a day.

… written down dreams to use in potential novels.

I have used elements from my dreams for inspiration for locations before. Does that count?

… published an unedited story on the internet/blog/Wattpad.

100%. Fictionpress & Wattpad were sites I frequented back in middle school as a place to share my awful stories. I loved it. Good times, good times.

… procrastinated homework because I wanted to write.

Absolutely. Homework has gotta wait sometimes. But I also have to kind of out myself that I have done homework to procrastinate writing before. I can get burned out on projects sometimes so I do anything other than that writing project some days.

… typed so long that my wrists hurt.

Yup. I used to have mini laptop to write on and it KILLED my lil wrists.

… spilled a drink on my laptop while writing.

Coffee, yogurt, and popcorn have become well acquainted with my keyboard unfortunately.

… forgotten to save my work/draft.

Oh. Oh yes. And there were tears.

… finished a novel.

Actually, yes! Now editing it is another story but I have finished it!

… laughed like an evil villain while writing a scene.

Maybe once ore twice….

… cried while writing a scene.

Don’t think I’ve done this yet. I more of an evil laugh kind of person when I’m writing something that I know is gonna be heart wrenching. Sorry, readers.

… created maps of my fictional worlds.

I’ve done this a lot actually! It helps me visualize my world. Plus there are some super cool map makers online!

… researched something shady for a novel.

Considering I often writer murder mysteries most definitely. Usually poison.

And I think that’s all for now! Thanks for sticking around! And if you haven’t done this tag before, consider yourself tagged to do as such! Don’t be shy!

Writing Prompt: Craft

In this world, craftsman are mixed with wizards, creating a new unique branch if magic workers-crafters. Crafters use various crafting mediums to host and utilize their magic through.

There are the silk workers who create beautiful creations as they can control silk with a flick of their wrists.

There are potters who can shape near anything from clay and bring it to life.

There are the wood workers who can carve their masterpieces from wood in a blink of an eye and have a deep understanding of how things work.

Then there are the glass makers who channel their magic through shards of glass material with which they can both create and cut.

There are the metal workers or blacksmiths who can create and enchant blades to float and attack.

And finally there are the paper workers who told paper and animate it to do their bidding.  

Tell me about this world.

Historical People Writing Prompts

★Tesla’s Secret Book

Nikola Tesla has a secret book hidden away and it’s up for you to find it and unlock its secrets. The secrets of vibration and frequency, the secrets of mathematics…these answers and more await you amongst the pages of this book. 

★Van Gogh’s Lost Painting

A new letter from Van Gogh has been found. This is no surprise to historians as the man wrote to his brother almost every day when he was alive and they are already in the possession of many of his letters. But this one is different. It tells of a painting. The crowning glory of Van Gogh’s work. One that the world never deserved to see so he hid it, leaving only a few clues behind in his previous paintings and letters so his brother might find it after his death.

George Washington’s Teeth

This is a gag prompt but the thought amused me too much to be left in the drafts. A national treasure style adventure to find George Washington’s legendary wooden dentures. No, I am not sorry for this prompt.

★Hitler’s Secret Room

He didn’t die. He should have, but he didn’t. You’re a World War 2 historian who has found proof that Hitler’s life did not end where everyone thought it did. And it’s up to you to retrace this evil man’s steps in hopes you find that justice was eventually served.

Alexander’s Library

The lost Library of Alexandria was legendary. But as we all know, it was destroyed… or was it?

★Einstein’s Forbidden Equation

What if I told you there was one equation that could unravel the secrets of our universe? After all, math is but the language of it. As a high school math teacher, you are looking for something to fulfill yourself with. And perhaps unlocking this secret is your chance to amount to something greater than you ever thought?

★The Man in the Iron Mask

While touring Versailles you find clues as to the existence of the the famed “Man in the Iron Mask”. You retrace the steps of this man’s life through a series of hidden passageways and tunnels in the palace, unlocking secrets you could have never imagined.