June Short Story Prompt from Write Club

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Hello and welcome to Write Club! What is Write Club, you ask?

We are a small ongoing workshop of fiction writers who love the craft of short story writing. Each month we write a short story from a writing prompt, and then review each other's stories and improve our work based on feedback from the other members. Our goal is to submit our polished stories for evaluation by professional mainstream publications.

Invitation to Short Story Writers


If you are a writer of short fiction, we welcome you to follow us and watch for our monthly writing prompts.

To connect with us and check out our workshop, just pop in as a visitor to our Discord channel and tell us about your interests. We will ask you a few questions and see if it seems like we're a good fit for your writing journey!

This month's writing prompt


That brings us to the prompt! For the month of June 2021, Write Club members must write a story based on this prompt: stalemate.

This term, of course, comes from the game of chess. But it also serves metaphorically as a stalemate or deadlock in life, and in relationships. Think of those times when it seemed every avenue of progress was blocked. These are great potential story lines. But of course there are many possible scenarios beyond your personal experience.

Where will your imagination take you?

Get your engines running


Start thinking about your story's conflict, who is experiencing it, and how they might seek to overcome what they are facing. The more your conscious and sub-conscious brain are working on developing your MC (main character), and defining the scenario that has brought us to the time and place of this story, the sooner your story will take shape.

You could write out some loglines - one-sentence story plots - and then choose the one that resonates the most with you. Or join our discussion on Discord and get input on which idea seems like the most promising one to move forward.

Looking for Writing Resources?


I love to share tips and ideas about creative writing! Here are two treasure troves for you:

  • You can find many of my tips and resources on my website, in the On Writing section.
  • I also share writing tips in The Ink Well community on Hive. See the complete catalog for the full list of writing tips.
Have fun and keep writing.