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…
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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 Prompts-How Does Your Garden Grow?
My mantra is if you can’t find something to write about, look around you or think about what you’re doing. This time of the year many of us who are gardeners as well as writers are thinking ahead to spring and ordering vegetable seeds. Just like Jack and the Beanstalk your character plants these seeds….
Monday Writing Prompt-Last Words
Writing prompts often give you the last line for your stories and that’s what this one is about. The last words your character says are- ‘The strangest thing is I haven’t seen him for years.’ Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompt-Back To The Future
The calendar flipped to 2015 last week so there were a bunch of articles posted online about the movie Back to the Future II. For this writing prompt your character leaps 15 years ahead to 2030. It could be a planned leap or maybe they wake up to find themselves in the future. What’s going…
Monday Writing Prompts-Resolutions
The last prompt of the year and as you can guess it’s all about resolutions. Your character makes one. He or she hasn’t been successful in the past at keeping one but this year’s going to be different. What is their resolution and what extremes do they go to in order to keep it? Have…
Monday Writing Prompts-Gifts
As you can guess this writing prompt has a Christmas theme. Your main character finds a gift under the tree. There’s no name on it, no one owns up to putting it there. When the character unwraps it what do they find? Have fun, happy writing and a Merry Christmas to all.
Monday Writing Prompt-First Line
Here’s something a little different for this writing prompt. I thought of this because where I live we’re in the middle of the first winter storm of the season. I always say look around and you’ll find something to write about. So for this story the opening line is- Isn’t it a bit early for…
Monday Writing Prompt-Rewriting Spooky
It’s Halloween this Friday so I couldn’t let a Monday Writing Prompt slip by without one with a spooky slant. For this one pick your favorite horror or ghost story and rewrite its ending. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompt-Busy
Oftentimes story ideas originate from things that are happening in our lives. This morning I thought how busy this week would be for me so that’s the theme of this week’s writing prompt. Your character is busy and forgets to do something. What is it and what happens because of their neglect? This story could…