Tag: creative writing prompts

Sharing words

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highlighting words in open bookMy friend Janice Fuller (a talented poet and playwright) has made a practice of asking people to write down words for her. She saves them and then, when she wants to be inspired, she draws a few words from her stash and thinks about the words themselves and the donors who provided them. So today I decided to share a few words in honor of Janice. I hope you find them inspiring!

  • glorious
  • smitten
  • wanton
  • orchid
  • cascade
  • bouquet
  • forest
  • twilight

Let me know in the comments if you used one or more of them to fuel your writing.

New year, old prompts

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So, I’m weighing a decision at this point: do I continue creating and sharing a weekly writing prompt?

On New Year’s Day, I had pretty much decided to discontinue it, at least as a weekly feature. I feel like I want to do more than that with this space; I’d like to mix in more posts about writing (possibly to include reports of work in progress on the never-ending novel) and discussions of books and authors that interest me at the moment. And I feel like I’m not going to explore those areas as long as I stay committed to the weekly prompt.

But on the other hand, I can see from my stats that some of you are reading the prompts and presumably finding them helpful and interesting. So I’m going to think a bit more before I make a final decision.

In the meantime, I hope everyone is being more productive writing-wise than I am (thanks to a nasty cold and now a stomach bug). In case you need an idea to get you going, here are links to a few of my favorite prompts from the past year.

Happy writing!

Writing Prompt: Miracle on your street

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christmas-star-1430243-mIt’s almost Christmas — and in the spirit of the season, this week I invite you to write about a little (or big) miracle. Write about a happy coincidence or fortunate accident. Write about a character extending a hand to help another and having that gesture come back to enrich his or her life in an unexpected way. Write about something going right just when it seems like everything’s gone wrong. Write about angels among us. Write something good and beautiful, and have a very merry Christmas.