Category: Prompts

Today’s writing prompt . . .

The Truth is . . .

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Prompt #1

Think about someone important in your life.

Someone who made an impact on you.

Write a list or a few paragraphs of events in this person’s life.

It could be milestones or simple everyday things.

Prompt #2

Turn what you just wrote into a poem with these suggestions:

Make this a numbered poem. Each stanza gets a number.

Each stanza is four lines.

Each stanza represents a chunk of time in the person’s life, perhaps by decade.

Example:

1.

Love child

Tossed around

Whose arms held her?

Who comforted her?

2.

Showing off

Late for work

Three times

Not a charm

Thank you to Susan Furness who suggested this prompt at Recovery Writing of Idaho, organized by Norma Jaeger.

Image from “The Write Spot to Jumpstart Your Writing: Connections.”

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Writing Prompt:

The last straw . . .

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Writing Prompt:

When I was a kid . . .

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Part 1

Finish the sentences:

When I was ten years old, I . . .

As a young adult, I wanted . . .

To get what I wanted, here’s what I did . . .

Here’s what happened . . .

My recurring dream . . .

Part 2

After your freewrite on any or all of the above sentence starts, rewrite, using “add-ons” or “appositives.”

An appositive is a word or group of words that add detail to the original.

They can be in the same sentence, or a new sentence.

For example:

1. I rode my bicycle.

2. I rode my bicycle on a hot summer day. I looked behind me. Sure enough, my sister was following.

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Do you like Jello? 

Red Jello? Yellow Jello? Green Jello?

Never Jello?

Jello in a cup? In a bowl? In a mold like aspic?

Do you like Jello plain or with fruit in it?

Are you a Jello and whipped cream fan?

Have you had Strawberry Pretzel Jello?

Prompt: Write about Jello.

Strawberry Pretzel Jello

Ingredients:

2 cups crushed pretzels

3/4 cup butter, melted

3 tablespoons white sugar

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored Jello

2 cups boiling water

1 (10 ounce) package frozen strawberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400^o

Stir together crushed pretzels, melted butter, and 3 tablespoons sugar; mix well and press mixture into the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set. Set aside to cool.

In a large mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Fold in whipped topping. Spread mixture onto cooled crust.

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in still frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. When mixture is about the consistency of egg whites, pour and spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until set.

Enjoy!