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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.
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Writing Prompt: Write a scene that takes place immediately after an irreversible decision.
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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"A playwright loves all his characters, including his mass murderers.” — Stephen Sondheim
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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For last year's words belong to last year's language, and next year's words await another voice." —T.S. Eliot
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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May your cocoa be hot, your words flow easily, and your plot twists surprise even you.

From all of us at Novlr, thank you for a year of stories, creativity, and community. 🎄✍️
Happy Holidays from Novlr
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“Writers get paid for what other people get scolded for: daydreaming. We’re supposed to wander.”
— Richard Walter
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“Writers get paid for what other people get scolded for: daydreaming. We’re supposed to wander.” — Richard Walter
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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“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
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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"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
October 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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“It's fiction's business to try to enlarge our understanding of and sympathy for people.” — Richard Ford
September 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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📚 It’s Independent Bookshop Week!

We've put together a list of our top writing resources all available through @bookshop_org_UK. Every purchase through Bookshop.org supports independent bookshops.

Explore the list 👉 uk.bookshop.org/lists/resour...

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June 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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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.
January 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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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.
January 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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.
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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“In the country of the story the writer is king.” ― Shirley Jackson
October 26, 2023 at 1:43 PM
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💻 #writingprompt You wake up one morning to find that time has stopped, and you're the only one who can move...
October 25, 2023 at 11:56 AM
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“Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever, and organic.” — Zadie Smith
October 19, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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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...
October 11, 2023 at 12:40 PM
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“Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.” ― Drew Goodman
October 5, 2023 at 1:28 PM