Category: Prompts

  • Sensory Detail . . . Prompt #738

    Writing Prompt

    Look around.

    What catches your eye?

    Choose an item near you, or in your room,  to write about.

    Hold it in your hands, if you can.

    Move it around in your hands.

    Feel it.

    What is the weight?

    The heft?

    The texture?

    Where did you get the item?

    What meaning does it have for you?

    You can start your freewrite like this:

    “I want to tell you about . . .”

    Use sensory detail

    Sight: Color, shape

    Feel/Touch: Smooth, bumpy, texture

    Smell: “Smells like . . .”

    Sound/Hearing: If it makes a sound, what do you have to do to make the sound?

    More posts about Sensory Detail.

    Marlene C

  • Reaching . . . Grasping . . . Prompt #737

    Sit comfortably in your chair.

    Feet flat on floor. Hands on lap.

    Sit up tall. Take a deep breath in. Hold for a few counts.

    Release your breath.

    Take a couple more deep breaths.

    Relax into your chair.

    Notice your non-dominant hand.

    Lift it and rotate it in a circle a few times.

    Rotate opposite direction a few times.

    Gently stretch fingers out.

    Relax hand.

    Stretch and relax hand a couple more times.

    Stretch arm in front of you or to the side.

    Stretch and notice your arm.

    Relax Arm. Return hand to lap.

    Take a deep breath in. Hold breath for a few counts. Release your breath.

    Notice your dominant hand.

    Lift it and rotate it in a circle a few times.

    Rotate opposite direction a few times.

    Gently stretch fingers out.

    Relax hand.

    Stretch hand a couple more times.

    Stretch arm in front of you or to the side.

    Stretch and notice your arm.

    Relax Arm. Return hand to lap.

    Take a deep breath in. Hold for a few counts. Let go.

    Travel back in time. See yourself at 10 years old.

    Eight years old.

    See yourself doing whatever you liked to do.

    Six years old. See yourself playing.

    Deep breath in. Hold.  Release.

    Writing Prompt:

    I see an arm, reaching for . . .

    I see a hand, grasping . . .

    #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter

    Marlene C

  • Shadows, fears, insecurities . . . Prompt #736

    “We all have shadows, fears, insecurities, and doubts. Acceptance of them all leads us to realizing an unconditional love for ourselves.

    When we can begin to love the parts of ourselves that we’ve deemed to be unlovable, when we invite in our shadows and let them know they are welcome, when we acknowledge and become curious to our fears, doubts, and insecurities, then we begin to realize that our innate nature (Love) has the capacity to hold them all.

    Everything within us is part of us. When we accept this, our true nature is revealed.” —Alister Gray

    Writing Prompt: Explore your fears, doubts, and insecurities as a curious child would explore sand, rain, flowers.

    Observe. Imagine. Create.

    Invite your shadow self to peek around the corner. Take a deep breath in. Let it out. Another deep breath in. Hold for a moment. Release.

    Acknowledge your fears, doubts, and insecurities.

    Give words to these thoughts.

    What does fear look like?

    What does doubt feel like?

    How does feelings of insecurity affect you, and your work, and your relationships?

    Let your thoughts dance on your page as you explore these feelings.

    As you write, remember to take deep breaths and release.

    Release your fears, doubts, and insecurities.

    Let them go.

    Alister Gray shares videos on Instagram related to the 8 Stages of I Am Love.

    Just Write!

    #iamwriting #iamawriter #justwrite

    Marlene C

  • The Right Thing . . . Prompt #735

    Write about a time you did the right thing, even though it was difficult and you didn’t really want to do it.

    Or, write about a time you didn’t do the right thing. 

    What happened?

    Marlene C

  • What is your gift? Prompt #734

    person holding s mores
    Photo by JACK REDGATE on Pexels.com

    Someone said to me: Everyone has a gift.

    What is your gift?

    #justwrite #amwriting #iamwriter

    Marlene C

  • If you could learn a new skill . . . Prompt #733

    person rock climbing
    Photo by Анна Рыжкова on Pexels.com

    If you could learn a new skill, what would it be?

    #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter

    Marlene C

  • Valuable Lesson . . . Prompt #732

    Things don’t always go your way.

    Sometimes the blooper is not your fault.

    Other times, you did a dumb, silly thing.

    Did you learn a lesson?

    Did you make the same mistake again?

    #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter

    Marlene C

  • I am curious about . . . Prompt #731

    Today’s Prompt:

    I am curious about . . .

    #just write #iamawriter #iamwriting

    Marlene C

  • Has your comfort zone changed? Prompt #730

    Has your comfort zone changed?

    Are you more, or less, tolerant than you used to be?

    Are you more, or less, comfortable in crowds?

    What did you used to do that you don’t do now?

    What do you do now that you didn’t used to do?

    #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter

    Marlene C

  • I would never . . . Prompt #729

    Write from your personal experience, or as your fictional character would answer.

    Prompt #1

    Write a list of things you, or your fictional character, would never do.

    Prompt #2

    Choose one item from the list.

    Imagine you have accomplished that item.

    Write about it as if you have done it.

    What happened?

    Did that accomplishment lead to something interesting?

    Did you win an award?

    How did you feel writing as if you accomplished it?

    #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter

    Marlene C