In Today's News...

Whether it's background noise, evidence of your main character's awareness of current events, a buried hint, or a red herring, including news in your story can add depth to the world you're writing.

In the prompt below, write different headlines for each of the following circumstances:

1. Write a headline that the main character reads, then dismisses,
2. Write a headline, and explore how much the main character already knows on the topic,
3. Write a headline that will make sense later in your story,
4. Write a headline your main character mistakenly thinks is important.

Have fun, and keep writing!

Prompt: In Today's News...

Leaning across the aisle in the small, road-side diner, he snagged a previously-used newspaper from a recently vacated booth.  The sports and financial pages were missing, but the headlines, classifieds, and obituaries remained.  He perused it until one of the articles caught his attention.  The headline read...