This week’s prompt focuses on a character who decides to take a chance and step outside their comfort zone. Maybe they always take the same route to work and decide to go on the freeway. Perhaps they never go to new restaurants and decide to take a chance on the one that’s just opened in…
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Monday Writing Prompts-Fear of Heights
This prompt zeroes in on fear, specifically a fear of heights. That’s what your character has to deal with. Maybe they need to go into this building for an important job interview. Perhaps they even get a job on the top floor. Maybe they’re meeting a date at the restaurant on the top floor. How does…
Monday Writing Prompts-Lost Key
This week’s prompt focuses on a lost key. Does your character lose a key to their car, their house, a safety deposit box maybe? Perhaps your character finds a lost key belonging to someone else. It could even be they find a key many years after it was lost. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Words With More Than One Meaning
This week I thought we’d try something a little different. Here are two words, fall, leaves. In your short story you’re not only going to use them but try and use them in as many ways as you can to show all of their meanings… For example, It’s fall. I hope the tree doesn’t fall down. The…
Monday Writing Prompts-Speeding
Today’s prompt focuses on a character who is caught speeding. It could be their first time or their maybe they’ve been pulled over multiple times and they’re about to lose their license. Perhaps they’re in a brand new car. Do they talk their way out of it or are they going to get that ticket no…
Monday Writing Prompts-Solar Eclipse
You’ve probably guessed the focus of today’s prompt…the solar eclipse. You character decides to travel to a town to view it. What happens? Does he or she arrive there in time? What do they think as they view it? What happens after? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Photo Prompt-Storm
I saw this photo that was titled storm. Your story doesn’t have to focus on a storm but I thought it was a very dramatic looking shot that could conjure up no end of possibilities for a story. Maybe your character gets lost here, hides out in one of the buildings while the storm…
Monday Writing Prompts-Surfing
This prompt focuses on a character who goes surfing. It could be the first time they go and they’re taking lessons. Maybe they’re a pro and teaching someone else. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Cooking Lessons
Today’s prompt focuses on a character who decides to learn to cook. They sign up for a cooking class and what happens there is the basis of the story. Do they discover cooking’s not just for them? Does someone get hurt? Maybe they find their true calling in life…. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Starfish
For this prompt your character is walking on the beach and finds a starfish. Some possibilities for story direction could be- What is your character doing on the beach? Has he or she been to this beach before? Maybe it’s a beach by their childhood home. What emotion does seeing the starfish evoke? Have…