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For this week’s prompt let’s get into a summer mood and thinking about beaches and the sea and focus on a lighthouse. Does your character see one while out at sea? Are they lost at sea? Are they visiting an old lighthouse…maybe they’re returning to one they visited at a child. Maybe it’s a lighthouse…
Whether you’re watching the World Cup games or not I thought this might be a fun writing prompt. You have a dream that suddenly you’re on a team in a crucial game and about to take corner kick. If this is a good dream then maybe you’re a top notch player and about to save the…
Continuing with the theme of hobbies. This week’s one is golf. Your character might be heading out to the course for the first time. They might even be buying their first set of golf clubs. Perhaps they’re taking golf lessons. What happens? Do they discover a hobby that they love? One that frustrates them?…
I thought we’d try something a little different for writing prompts. An overall theme and stories that fit into them. First theme hobbies. Each week your character will tackle a new hobby. This week it’s photography- Has your character been given a new camera? Maybe one’s been sitting in their closet and they’re finally…
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It was a dark and stormy night or maybe even day… For this prompt your character is driving into a storm. Where are they headed? Do the attempt to beat the storm? Do they get caught in it? Do they rescue someone? What’s on the other side of the storm? Lots you can focus…
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For this week’s prompt someone gets fired from their job. Is it your lead character who gets fired or does the firing? Why are they getting fired? Are they happy or sad because they love the job? If it’s your lead character who fires another character, have they done this before? Are they nervous or is…
Wednesday prompts hasn’t featured a photo prompt in a long time so I thought this week we’d use one. Here it is- Does the couple start a train journey? Are they returning from a journey? Have they only just met on the train? Will your story have a romance or mystery element to it?…
When I was a child I wouldn’t leave home without my teddy bear named Eddie (yes, I still have him). One year we were on vacation and he was kidnapped from the hotel room (or should that be teddyknapped?). The story has a happy ending and he was found…no ransom was handed over! However, the story you create this…
This week’s prompt is based on the saying- The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Does you character utter these words? Does someone else say them to your character? Is the character thinking of moving someplace else? Maybe your character is envious about the neighbor having a better looking garden?…
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I got the idea for this week’s prompt while I was sitting outside on Sunday afternoon. Go outside and listen to what you can hear. For me it was birds singing, a dog barking, and a plane flying overhead. Write a short story based on the noises you hear. Have fun and happy writing.
