I thought we’d finish out our May writing prompts with a video prompt. I’ve been using virtual walks to exercise every morning and by coincidence, I found this short clip. [wpvideo m1fdpMbd] Your character, however, is lucky enough to walk outside in this beautiful scenery. What happens on the walk? Who or what do…
Category: Wednesday Writing Prompts
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Good Day
Another Wednesday, another writing prompt and this one’s all about a cup of something that’s left outside your character’s door. They wake up, open the door to get the newspaper but find this cup sitting on the step. Who left it? Does everyone in the street have one sitting on their doorstep? What does…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Sentence Challenge
For this week’s prompt, it’s all about one sentence which you have to fit into your short story. It can be placed anywhere and can even be part of a character’s dialogue. That sentence is- The road less traveled. Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-A Mouse in the House
Let’s kick off the May prompts with a story centered around a little furry creature. It can also be used as a character building exercise to figure out how he or she reacts in certain situations. Your character wakes up to find he or she is not alone. There’s a mouse in the house….
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Photo Prompt
The last prompt of the month so I thought we’d try a photo one. Here it is…what sort of story can you conjure up? Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Music Lessons
This week your prompt focuses on a character who is about to take their first music lesson. Is it a child? A teenager? Or someone who decides to try something new later in life? What instrument are the attempting to play? Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Wrong Day for Dinner
This week’s prompt is all about a character who is invited to a dinner party but goes to the guest’s house on the wrong night. Do they arrive the day before the scheduled dinner or the day after? Perhaps it’s even the wrong week or month. Do they find it funny or embarrassing? Does…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Setting, Person, Word
Here’s something fun I thought we’d try this week, a setting, a person and one word. All you need to do is string them all together to make your story. The words is-blame The setting is-a deserted beach The person is-a musician Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Five Words
It’s April and that means we’re going to try some new ideas for story prompts. This week, I came up with an idea about a story that has to contain five words (I’ve gone with a spring theme). See if you can scatter the following five words into your story flowers spring exhausted never-ending gas…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Last of Those Strange Objects
It’s the final Wednesday of the month which means it’s the last strange object. Here it is. I think there are lots of stories you could create using this one. First one that came to mind was a Sci Fi tale, but don’t limit yourself. Have fun and happy writing.