20 Prompts to Cure Writer's Block

1. Could the entire plot have been a ruse designed to teach Jenny Humble a lesson?

2. Write a chapter as Chantal Williams looking back from ten years into the future.

3. Chantal Williams has blood on her shoe. How did it get there?

4. Could Jenny Humble and Chantal Williams both be manifestations of Mary Raymond's subconscious?

5. Change formats: write a letter to the local newspaper from Mary Raymond.

6. Writing exercise: Write a diary entry as if you're Jenny Humble

7. Make Chantal Williams accidentally send a text to the wrong person.

8. Reveal that Chantal Williams is just a brain in a jar.

9. Writing exercise: Describe Mary Raymond's funeral

10. Give Jenny Humble a pet.

11. Give Chantal Williams a disability. How will that affect the rest of the story?

12. Jenny Humble says, "It's only a flesh wound!"

13. Mary Raymond gets stung by a jellyfish.

14. Give Jenny Humble something to laugh about.

15. What if Jenny Humble is carrying a gun?

16. Mention that Mary Raymond has a scar and describe how it got there.

17. Write a background story setting up a reason for a friend to betray Mary Raymond.

18. Could Mary Raymond have been dead all along?

19. What if Mary Raymond discovers a secret about Jenny Humble?

20. Give Jenny Humble a friend who is like an exaggerated version of her.