I pulled this writing prompt from the chapter on celebration days in my Kick Start Your Story book. Today June 8th is Name Your Poison Day. If you write mysteries I think this should be the perfect one for you. Or if you’ve never tried writing a suspense story before how about tackling this one? Have fun…
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Monday Writing Prompts-Twilight Zone
One of my favorite chapters to write in my latest Writing Genre Fiction title was the one based on weird celebration days. There’s one for May 11th so I thought I’d use it for this writing prompt. Today is Twilight Zone Day. If you like to write stories with a twist in tale ending this is your day. Have fun…
Monday Writing Prompts-Driving Test
This writing prompt is another one from my upcoming Writing Genre Fiction book and it’s from the chapter titled change the plot. All you need to do is rewrite it so the outcome is different- Your character is taking their driver’s test for the third time but this time passes it with flying colors. Have fun and…
Monday Writing Prompt-Lost Keys
Here’s another prompt taken from upcoming and third book in my Writing Genre Fiction series and this one is from the chapter on scenarios- Your character loses their car keys. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Lost Job
For this writing prompt I thought I’d share with you the first assignment I’ve given to the students in my crafting the short story workshop. Here’s the scenario- Ted lost his job about a year ago but he’s never told his wife. He heads out of the house every morning at the same time he used…
Monday Writing Prompt-March and Spring
It’s not quite spring but it’s March, so for this writing prompt, your story has to mention the words spring and march three times. They might be used as description or even in one of your character’s dialogue. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Giving Up
It wasn’t until I was reworking the Web site that I noticed this week’s writing prompt wasn’t showing up so sorry this one’s late. Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday both of which mean some people are going to give up something for Lent. For this prompt your story begins with the line- I have to give…
Monday Writing Prompts-Adaptions
It’s been 200 years since the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. By coincidence, I just finished watching P.D. James’ Death Comes To Pemberley. If you haven’t seen or read it, it features characters from Pride and Prejudice…Mr. Darcy etc. and adds a murder mystery. It was fun to watch and got me thinking…
Monday Writing Prompt-Alice
It’s hard to believe but 2015 sees the 150th anniversary of Alice In Wonderland. For this writing prompt your character is inquisitive just like Alice. Maybe they won’t have such grand of adventure as she did but what gets their interest and what are the consequences? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Googled
I always say writing ideas come from things happening around you. Today someone told me they did a Google search on me to see what type of books I write. For this short story your character gets bored at work and decides to Google one of their co-workers. What do they find? Lots of possibilities…