Write about wants versus needs.
Have you discovered something you thought you needed, but found out it was really a “want?”
Are there things you now know you can do without?
Write about how your “wants” change in different circumstances.
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Gratitude . . . Prompt #485
What are you grateful for?
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What makes you . . . Prompt #484
What makes you lose track of time?
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Peace. Prompt #483
Mother Ganga What brings you peace?
Write about a place, a time, a moment, or a situation where you found peace.
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Kindness. Prompt #482
Write about a kindness someone showed you.
Or write about a kind thing you did for someone.
Or a kindness you saw.
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Your message. . . Prompt #481
If you could give the world one message, what would it be?
Inspired from Rachel Macy Stafford’s guest blog post.
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A new adventure. Prompt #480
Write about something new you tried recently.
Did you love it?
Did you hate it?’
Spill the details!
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Discovering Epiphanies . . . Prompt #479
How to get to an epiphany in writing.
One way to discover an epiphany:
Start with: The problem began with wanting something.
I wanted . . .
I wanted it because (back story) . . .
To get it, I . . . (action)
However, something got in my way: (there may be several actions/reactions/sequences that got in the way) . . .
I had to try something different, so I . . .
At the time I was thinking that . . .
The turning point came when . . .
When that happened, I realized . . .
Resolution: After that I . . .
Another way to get to an epiphany:
Write about a pivotal event in your life. Something happened and you weren’t the same after. Narrow it down to the exact moment and location where it took place. It could be something wonderful or something painful. It could be funny, sad, heartbreaking or touching. Ideally, it’s a moment that changed your life. It changed how you live your life, how you view life.
If it comes from your childhood. . . how has it formed you as an adult?
If it happened after you became an adult, how has it changed your life?To get to the epiphany, drill down to the fine-tuning details of what happened that changed you. Be specific: Where, when, who was there, add any details you can remember.
Inspired by Adair Lara writing workshops.
You can also use this template to flesh out your fictional characters.
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You can’t get away with it. Prompt #478
You can’t get away with it.
Or, can you?
Write about something you or someone else got away with . . . or didn’t get away with.
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Ekphrastic Writing . . . Prompt #477
Today’s writing prompt is inspired by Jumpstart Writing Facilitator Lakin Khan.
From Lakin:
Participants in the Jumpstart Writing Workshops that I facilitate have been doing some ekphrastic writing, which is descriptive writing about or a response to visual art.
We have been having fun looking at paintings and photos, imaging stories and practicing writing visual descriptions.
Lakin’s response to a postcard of Claude Monet’s painting “Wheat Stacks at Dawn.”
“Frost is the frosting on these giant cupcakes of hay waiting in the pale pearly peachlight of dawn for the Giant of Alsace to stomp down the hill for his morning meal. At least so far, he’s been happy with hay. What might happen if he decides to go all keto on us and demand ostrich-eggs over easy and a side of humans to start his day?” ~ Lakin Khan
Another example is Anne Sexton’s poem “Starry Night” one of many ekphrastic responses to the painting of the same name by Vincent Van Gogh.Perhaps you remember Don McLean’s song, “Starry Starry Night” — another example of an artist in one medium responding to an artist from another.
I hope you find a chance to write ekphrastically, locating an image that sparks your imagination or elicits a response.Or take a chance with random postcards or images in a magazine or museum brochure.
Or even better, treat yourself to a trip to an art museum and spend some time writing there.
Originally posted on January 29, 2020 by Lakin Khan on her blog, Rhymes With Bacon.
Lakin Khan facilitates Jumpsart Writing Workshops in Sonoma and Marin Counties.