It’s September, four writing prompts this month so how about using an image, the same image each week but a different genre each time? Sound like fun? Sound like a challenge? Here’s the image and this week, the chosen genre is mystery. Have fun and happy writing.
Let’s round out the month of August prompts with the final element and it’s fire. Lots of stories that you can use, a house fire, forest fire, fire at a campsite. Have fun and happy writing.
Continuing with our month long prompts based on sayings, this week it’s Don’t judge a book by its cover. Who says this, are they referring to themselves or another character? This might be the title of the story, a line of dialogue or even the theme. Have fun and happy writing.
Continuing with July’s theme of sayings, this week one of your characters has to say the following line. “That’s the best thing since sliced bread.” Who says it and what are they referring to? Have fun building a story around this line and happy writing.
Each month, I try to think of something different for the writing prompts so for July, I thought we’d try well known sayings. The first one is- Birds of a feather You can use it for the title, have those words buried in the story or it can actually be based on the saying. It’s…
Our fourth and final week of the June Writing Prompts with a continuing story line. We started with a character who wanted to learn to skateboard. The following week, they took a break at a cafe where they saw someone from the past. Last week, they chatted with this person and the character learned they…
Are you willing to give up some of your free time to write? Are you willing to continue writing even when your plot is going no where? Are you willing to keep on writing after your story gets rejected? Writers are every day people who are willing and brave enough to start writing and never…
It’s week three of the June continuing story. In week one, your character decided to learn to skateboard. Week two focused on the character going to a cafe and seeing someone they knew. This week, after striking up a conversation about learning to skateboard, it seems the old acquaintance has been skateboarding for years. Your…
This is part 2 of our month long continuing short story. Last week your character decided to try skateboarding with the opening line, I can do this. How did they do? Failure or success? After their first skateboarding attempt, they find a cafe. They decide to get a drink. As they sit there, they…
First prompt of the month and I thought we’d try something new. Each week in June the prompt will feature a line and photo that will be part of a continuing story. At the end of June, you’ll have a complete story. This first week it’s this photo. Your character is about…
Read more Wednesday Writing Prompts-First Line and Character
