Happy August and it’s time for this month’s prompts. I thought we’d try some visual prompts. Here are five photos and all with a summer theme. Have fun figuring out what stories you can create using them as a guideline for plotting and characters. Happy writing.
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June Writing Prompts
It’s June and time for a new set of prompts. Have fun and happy writing. Last Line Who would be next? Any Line No cell phone reception here. Story Fragments Use the following scenario in any part of your story Why do they always discontinue the flavors I like the best? Setting Deserted supermarket Your…
May Writing Prompts
Here are the writing prompts for May. Have fun and happy writing. Objects Place the following object somewhere in your story. Solar powered lawn mower Movie Titles How about creating stories based on movies. Imagine that you’ve never seen them before and let the title spark your imagination to come up with your own tale….
April Writing Prompts
It’s another month which means it’s time for another round of writing prompts. Enjoy and happy writing. Scenario Your character loses their car keys. First Line “That’s not the way to treat friend.” Any Line “No cell phone reception here.” Journal Prompt Remember the last time someone did something to embarrass you. Opening Scene Matt…
Writing Challenge Day 12-Final Prompt
Another story prompt to round out Day 12 of this writer’s challenge. Be sure to keep all your writing notes from the week because we’ll be putting them to good use this weekend. Here’s today’s story idea. Matt is waiting for his sister to arrive on the next train and while he’s on the platform…
January Writing Prompts
It’s the first Wednesday of the month so that means it’s time for our new writing prompt format. Each first Wednesday, I’ll post a set of random prompts and ideas that you can use throughout the month to either, write a short story, improve one aspect of your writing or even use it to spark…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Cookies and Cocoa
Our final Wednesday Writing Prompt for 2020. Next year we’ll be changing format slightly. I hope you’ve found these prompts useful, created a story or two, and even sold a story or two. For this one, the words cookies and cocoa have to appear in your story three times. Once in narration, once in an…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Christmas Gift
This week’s prompt is all about Christmas shopping. What is your character hoping to buy and who is the gift for? It could be that they’re buying something special for their own use…and what would that be? Have fun and happy writing.
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Two POVS
We have three more writing prompts left for the year (including this one). In 2021, we’ll switch to monthly prompts where you can pick and choose from a whole bunch of ideas. So to say goodbye to the old style, I thought we’d mix things up for the rest of 2020. This week, here’s an…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Sci Fi Anyone?
Not a science fiction writer but feel like tackling a sci fi story? Here’s a photo prompt to get you started. What great sci fi story can you create? Maybe your character even does some time traveling. Perhaps they wake up and see this image outside the window. An added benefit is, there are lots…