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Writing Prompt: Dear John From the Furniture

I saw this writing prompt on the Writer’s Digest website: You return home from work to find a Dear John letter on your kitchen table. Oddly enough, it’s from one of your favorite pieces of furniture. What does the letter say? Sounds fun. Enjoy!

Writing Prompt: One Eye

I’m trying to get back into writing more regularly. I figured I’d start with a few writing prompts before diving back into the trilogy. I came across an archive of a lot of wonderful 5 minute exercises on C.M. Mayo’s site. Here’s the one for July 30: “One Eye” Your character has lost an eye. This creates all sorts of unexpected challenges for him or her. What are they? Be specific. Sketch out a couple of mini-scenes. »

Writing Prompt: Sound Awakening

With their diverse imagery and symbolism, tarot cards can make for interesting subjects of writing prompts. Here’s an example tarot writing prompt that I posted this morning on Cat ‘N Owl: This is the Judgment card from I Tarocchi dell’Alba Dorata by Giacinto Gaudenzi. But the direct translation of Il Risveglio is The Awakening rather than Judgment and it is in that difference that I found inspiration for this writing prompt. I also love imagery, the witch’s »

Writing Prompt: Aliens in the Road

Great image, isn’t it? Right away I see inspiration in it for crazy alien abductions: So there I was already having the worst day ever when my car came to rest on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. I had no flashlight and wasn’t sure what to do so I sat there for a moment, punching the steering wheel. What can I say? It felt like the right thing to do. Like I said, worst »

Writing Prompt: description as told to a blind person

I love National Geographic’s photography. I saw this picture of an aerial view of elephants in a national park in Kenya and thought the image was breathtaking. And then I thought—since I often have this thought—how on earth would you describe something like this to someone who is blind? So there you have it, your writing prompt. Describe the scene to a blind person. Enjoy!

Writing Prompt: A Simple Description

I love this image. The colors are fantastic. The frozen bubbles look like small orbs of glass or maybe even hovering moons and planets a wee bit too close together. I like thinking of it as a sliver of time within chaos. Yes, the imagination can get carried away in fun intoxicating scenarios. Your writing prompt: let’s go for a simple description this time. Just write what you see in the simplest terms possible. No lavish vocabulary »

Writing Prompt: Conversation at the Standing Stones

I flipped over my calendar today (yes I’m late, I know. ) and found this wonderful image you see here. Stephani Pui-Mun Law’s work continues to amaze me. I look at it and already have conversations going on in my head between the little pixies and the girl, who looks so timid to me. Your writing prompt: Write a scene from a pixie’s perspective of the conversation taking place here. Keep in mind that some pixies are »

Writing Prompt: Pizza Delivery Nightmare

I saw this prompt on the writersdigest.com forum and found it entertaining. Figured I’d pass it along. Enjoy! You’re a pizza delivery driver and it’s your last stop of the night. The house is on an unlit, unfamiliar street. As you ring the doorbell, you’re greeted by an unusual character who invites you in while he gets cash–and abruptly knocks you out cold. When you wake up, you’re tied to a chair. What happens next?

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