Every writing move, one tool at a time.

Read any prompt and decode exactly what it's asking before you write.

Stock up on ideas before you write — Who, What, When, Where, Why, How.

Quantity unlocks quality — dump every idea, no filter. Your fifth is usually the best.

Seven moves: Substitute · Combine · Adapt · Modify · Put to other use · Eliminate · Reverse.

Tell it from someone unexpected — the rival, the bystander, the dog, the door.

Flip the expected ending. "The hero wins" → what if winning was the worst thing?

Show a scene through each sense with specific detail — then keep it sharp with spaced practice.

Prompt in the middle. Branch to 4–6 categories. One branch sparks the next.

Narrow a broad idea to one sharp angle.

Learn the structural template for diary, narrative, recount, persuasive, and more.

Rearrange jumbled paragraphs into a logical sequence.

Add paragraph breaks to a wall of text.

Build a body paragraph that proves its point: Point · Evidence · Explain · Link.

Keep writing flowing — link ideas within and across sentences with the right connective and punctuation.

Cut the warm-up and open on a spark that grabs the reader.

End a piece so it lands — circle back, a final image, a last line.

Rewrite the same content for different readers.

Shift, choose, and hold the right register for any reader.

Make a flat passage carry a feeling — without naming it.

Give flat writing personality — without going off-task.

Swap weak verbs for one vivid, accurate verb.

Write similes, metaphors and personification that are fresh, not clichés.

Replace abstract labels with specific, concrete images.

Upgrade basic words to something precise and ambitious.

Choose the precise word for the exact shade of meaning.

Merge choppy, repetitive sentences into smooth ones.

Open a sentence six ways, choose the best opener, then vary openings across a paragraph.

Copy the structure of a mentor sentence with your own content.

Rewrite a kernel sentence as compound, complex, and compound-complex.

Grow a bare-bones sentence with Who, Where, When, Why, How details.

Write a paragraph mixing short, medium, and long sentences on purpose.

Choose active or passive on purpose — and convert between them with control.

Free the verbs hidden inside nouns — and know when to leave them.

Slip a short noun-phrase description into a sentence using commas.

Use a fragment or one-word punch for effect — on purpose.

Find and fix punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors.

Deploy each verb correctly — the right preposition (or none) and the following form.