What were your mornings like as a child?
Did you wake up with an alarm clock?
Did Mom or Dad or someone else wake you?
Then what happened?
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Running . . . Prompt #710
Running away or running to?
Have you ever wanted to run away?
Did you run away? Why? Where did you go?
Or:
Did you have an ancestor who “rode the rails?”
If you were to be a hobo, carrying all your belongings in a kerchief tied to a stick, what would you have in the sack?
Or maybe you would have a knapsack.
Research shows:
A female hobo is a boette.
A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States.
Hoboes, tramps and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct:
A hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; and a bum neither travels nor works.
Be careful when you call a vagrant or homeless person a hobo — although this is exactly what the word means, it is a somewhat offensive term.
Why yes, perhaps I went down the rabbit hole with researching!
Thanks to Rebecca Evans for this “hobo with a kerchief on a stick” prompt idea. When she mentioned that in a conversation, I immediately saw the image of someone carrying a sack on a stick and thought “Great prompt!”
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I just want to . . . Prompt #709
Today’s writing prompt: I just want to . . .
If you have been following this blog, The Write Spot, you know what to do with this prompt.
If you are new to this blog or new to freewrites, here are some posts about freewrites:
Another post about freewriting: “Natalie Goldberg talks about writing practice”
“Freewrites: Opening Doors to Discoveries”
How to Write Without Adding Trauma
A freewrite, using the prompt I just want to . . .
Just Write!
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One of those times . . . Prompt #708
Remember back to your teenage years. Full of promise and full of hope for fun.
Hope that special someone notices you.
Looking forward to fun times.
Hope you won’t get caught doing whatever you weren’t supposed to be doing.
Because this was a time to take risks, to sneak past authority, to try new behavior.
Prompt: Write about one of those times . . . that you got away with something you shouldn’t have been doing.
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Teens and Cars . . . Prompt #707
Write about your first car, or your friend’s first car.
Make, Model, Year.
Bench Seat?
Stick shift?
What was special about this car?
Did you cruise Main Street? Or El Camino Real? Or The Boulevard?
Did you drag race . . . on The Great Highway or a lonesome stretch of road?
Not your family drive-in movies . . . did you go on dates to the drive-in?
Write about a car and car activities, especially the ones that took place during your teen years.
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Love Affair . . . Prompt #706
Write about a love affair.
It can be about a person, an animal.
Or a love affair with movies, food, books.
Or shoes, music, art, a mode of transportation, a city, a country.
Just Write!
#amwriting #justwrite #iamawriter
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Adjusted your sails . . . Prompt #705
“We cannot always direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails.”
It isn’t known who originally said this.
No matter, it’s today’s prompt.
Prompt: How have you adjusted your sails?
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What would you like to learn? . . . Prompt #704
What would you like to learn?
You can start by using one or more of these sentence starts:
I want to learn . . .
I want to learn how to . . .
I am learning . . .
#justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
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Character Sketch #2 . . . Prompt #703
Finish the following sentences as your fictional character would.
Or for yourself, perhaps a new way of looking at old ideas.
My full name is:
I live at or near:
I live with:
Today I want:
Today I hope:
I am happiest when:
I daydream about:
If I had my way:
I don’t understand:
What I could do is:
Sometimes I think:
If I were in charge:
I get angry when:
People wouldn’t like it if they knew:
If only we had enough:
A person can’t be happy unless:
I never told anyone that I:
Five years ago, I . . . :
Five years from now, I want . . .
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It’s a wrap . . . Prompt #701
Write an end-of-the-year letter. One you might send, or would never send.
You can capture how the year was for you, where you went, why you went there, what happened on that trip.
Or, it might be “I didn’t go anywhere and I didn’t do anything.”
You can write about a friend or a family member.
Or write about goals achieved, accomplishments met, or what was disappointing.
Just Write!
#amwriting #iamawriter #justwrite