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. Your character, however, is lucky enough to walk outside in this beautiful scenery. What happens on the walk? Who or what do they run…
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…
Continuing with our theme for March and the strange object story prompts. Here’s a challenging one. What story can you create from this image? Have fun and happy writing.
Thank you to everyone who began following This Writer’s Life this week. I really appreciate it. January is just about done, February has one more day this year and yes, it’s snowing again. Good news is I did get started on my winter reading list. I always pick a few non-fiction titles, and thought this…
Last month I told you about the Story Cubes I purchased. I thought it would be fun to try some writing prompts based on them. Here’s what the roll of the cubes produced this time around. Lots of ideas and you don’t have to include everything you see. A couple of times I’ve picked two…
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About five years ago I wandered into a store that sold ‘brainy games’ and stumbled upon something I knew was perfect for me, the writer. The game is Rory’s Story Cubes and if you’ve ever worried you’ll run out of ideas for new stories then you definitely should check them out. With the roll…
This week’s prompt is all about the wrong pants…or the wrong piece of any clothing. Here’s the scenario- Your character picks up their dry cleaning but when they get home they discover they have the wrong item. Do they find something in the pocket of that item? Are they tempted not to return it…
This week’s prompt focuses on this photo- Maybe your character stumbles upon it by chance. Perhaps it’s a place they once visited in their childhood. Maybe something bad happened there. Lots of possibilities so have fun and happy writing.
I thought we’d try something different this week. I’m calling it the three word challenge. Using your main character’s dialogue, he or she has to say the following three words somewhere in your story. They are- camera watch whiskey I hope this one’s a fun prompt for you to tackle. Happy writing.
Today’s Cyber Monday and that’s the focus of this Monday’s prompt. It could be about a character who goes online to shop or something else that happens in cyberspace on any given Monday. Have fun and happy writing.
