It’s the first Wednesday of the month so that means it’s time for our new writing prompt format. Each first Wednesday, I’ll post a set of random prompts and ideas that you can use throughout the month to either, write a short story, improve one aspect of your writing or even use it to spark…
Category: Wednesday Writing Prompts
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Cookies and Cocoa
Our final Wednesday Writing Prompt for 2020. Next year we’ll be changing format slightly. I hope you’ve found these prompts useful, created a story or two, and even sold a story or two. For this one, the words cookies and cocoa have to appear in your story three times. Once in narration, once in an…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Christmas Gift
This week’s prompt is all about Christmas shopping. What is your character hoping to buy and who is the gift for? It could be that they’re buying something special for their own use…and what would that be? Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Two POVS
We have three more writing prompts left for the year (including this one). In 2021, we’ll switch to monthly prompts where you can pick and choose from a whole bunch of ideas. So to say goodbye to the old style, I thought we’d mix things up for the rest of 2020. This week, here’s an…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Emotions
I always say the best stories make you ‘feel’ something and that they pull on your emotional strings. Here’s an image of three women. This prompt is to write a story so you can practice your emotional writing skills. What emotion are you going to pack into this story? Anger, sadness, happiness or even all…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Sci Fi Anyone?
Not a science fiction writer but feel like tackling a sci fi story? Here’s a photo prompt to get you started. What great sci fi story can you create? Maybe your character even does some time traveling. Perhaps they wake up and see this image outside the window. An added benefit is, there are lots…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-These Shoes Were Made For Walking
Time for another video prompt. Where is the man walking? Who does he meet? Someone he knows? Has he walked to this location with a specific goal in mind? Lots you can do with this so have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-That Dream Again
A new month of prompts. I thought we’d try a mix of everything we’ve done so far this year. Images, first lines, continuing stories, video prompts… For this first week, it’s an image. Your character has the same dream every night. In the dream they’re sitting on this bench. Does what happens in the dream…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Your Fault or Mine?
It’s the last Wednesday in October so that means the last of our image and a line from a story, prompts. Here’s the final image And the line is- It’s all your fault we missed our connecting flight. Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-It Looks Easy
Continuing with our image and line of a story theme for the prompts. This is the image- The line this week is an inner thought of your character which is… He makes it look so easy. Have fun and happy writing.