Category Archives: John Marsden’s 600 Writing Topics

Coming Soon @ Loveday Writing

Hi everyone! I just wanted to publish a post to let you know what’s coming soon at Loveday Writing. Reviews: Behind the Reviews Behind the Reviews – Edition #31 will be published tomorrow and will focus on Upload. The first run of Behind the Reviews has been going strong every Monday since 1 August 2022 and will conclude on 24

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John Marsden Writing Topic #580

Write a description of someone whose whole life is controlled by TV ads.** Lucky Numbers Lisa had a busy day today. She miraculously managed to get herself life insurance from Real, despite only being two short years off her age reaching triple digits, she bought some cooking products from Danoz Direct, and even make-up from Maybelline, even though she didn’t

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John Marsden Writing Topic #290

‘If you ignore your children they’ll make themselves known somehow.’ Write a story about a child in this situation.** Acting Out I made sure that it only happened in public. Nothing was the same once mum and dad brought the tiny one home. They only wanted to spend time with it and not me, and things weren’t much better when

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John Marsden Writing Topic #291

Write a story about house cats, that have gone wild and grown to a large size.** This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part

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John Marsden Writing Topic #581

Write a monologue where someone starts off lying but gradually becomes honest.** This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part is the ending I’ve

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John Marsden Writing Topic #556

Describe a scene in which there is only a moment of action: a very small activity.** This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part

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John Marsden Writing Topic #194

Write a story for children in which there’s ‘lots of food and lots of fighting’. (Norman Lindsay)** N.B. I chose to write a story about children instead of for them for this prompt. Rehearsal I hate running the school play. All the kids were together on stage, sitting at a dining table set with mostly fake but some real food.

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