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…
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Monday Writing Prompt-Time Slip
I love stories where nothing is quite what it seems so for this writing prompt your character has a habit off checking the calendar on his wall. First thing he or she does when they get up each morning is walk to the calendar and strike a line through the previous day’s date. However, on…
Monday Writing Prompt-Fall and Spring
Fall (autumn) officially begins tomorrow but for those who live south of the equator it’s the first day of spring. For this writing prompt the words fall and spring have to appear in both the opening and closing sentences. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompt-What’s on The Doorstep?
Catalogs selling Christmas items are arriving in the mailbox every day. It’s not officially the end of summer yet, but it got be thinking about gifts and packages so this writing prompt focuses on a character who hears the doorbell ring. They open the door but no one’s there. However, there’s a package sitting there…
Monday Writing Prompt-Turning Leaves
Some of the leaves on the trees in my neighborhood are already turning golden. For this writing prompt, the leaves don’t change and not one single leaf falls. I know this prompt has a slight sci-fi feel to it and you can take that approach for you like. Other ideas might be that only one…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Autumn Has Arrived
An earlier than usual rambling this week and two reasons for it. First reason, I wanted to pass along this link to a free writing prompt e-book at Amazon. I know from experience sometimes they’re free one hour and not the next, so here it is Second reason, an idea for another story in my…
Monday Writing Prompt-What Happened This Summer?
Summer doesn’t officially end until next month, but it’s the last week of August so some schools are already open while the majority of people head back after the holiday weekend. Students have lots to tell their friends about what they did during summer break. Even teachers fill co-workers in on where they went on…
Monday Writing Prompt-Back To School
You can’t miss that it’s back to school season. Sales and ads everywhere and therefore a good topic for a story. Your main character might be someone who’s heading into the classroom for the first time, a teacher, a child’s first day of school, or even an older person returning to university. Or maybe you’re…
Monday Writing Prompt-The River
Today’s writing prompt has a water theme. The title of the story is The River. It could be something happens to the river, something’s found in the river, or even a character has a Eureka moment while being by the river. Lots of choices here so have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompt-Dog Days of Summer
We’re at the mid-point of the summer season so for this prompt use the line dog days of summer somewhere in the story. It could be part of dialogue or an internal thought. It could even been the opening or closing line of the story. Have fun and happy writing.