Writing prompts inspired from You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Caregivers by B. Lynn Goodwin.
Prompt: Yesterday I believed . . . The truth is . . .
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Today I feel . . .Prompt #20
Today’s prompt is inspired from You Want Me To Do What? Journaling for Caregivers (available on Amazon) by B. Lynn Goodwin, founder of Writer Advice, promoting authors through interviews. Writer Advice also publishes experienced and emerging writers, showcasing fresh ideas and high quality writing.
Prompt: Today I feel . . .
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I’m trying to figure out . . . Prompt #19
Susan Bono, Queen of Personal Essays suggests this prompt:I’m trying to figure out how I feel about _________.
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I thought I would never . . . Prompt #18
Another prompt inspired by essayist Susan Bono. I thought I would never learn to love ____________.
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I want to tell you how . . . .Prompt #16
I want to tell you how ______________changed my life. Prompt inspired by Susan Bono. Fill in the blank. Write for 12-15 minutes about how something or someone changed your life.
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It was a Saturday morning and . . . Prompt #15
“It was a Saturday morning and clouds were gathering . . .” Finish the sentence and then keep writing. See where this takes you. -
Writing and Improv – Prompt #14
Today’s prompt inspired by Leigh Anne Jasheway, “Improv/e your writing” in the Nov/Dec issue of Writer’s Digest magazine. Talking about writing and improv: “Write a short description of something physical a person would do — say Stanley tapped his foot while making occasional clicking sounds with his tongue.”
Your turn: Conjure a character, an action and go from there. . . don’t worry about where your writing will take you, be open to where this can go.Prompt: Character and action
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Birthday – Prompt #13
My Baby Blog is one month old today. Time to celebrate! I’m doing the Happy Dance!Prompt: Write about a birthday you loved or one you hated.
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Physical location and action to describe emotional state – Prompt #12
“Setting says something about character, says Rhodes,” in “Location Location” by Elfrieda Abbe, October 2013 issue of The Writer magazine. David Rhodes, author of Driftless and Jewelweed, goes on to say, “A person walking along an empty beach is thinking deeply. . . If a couple sits at a high place overlooking an open valley, they are in love and the future of that love extends before them. A character running through the forest is happy; one lying down is sick or sad. These associations are not hard-fixed symbols, but rather associative colorings that come to life in that split second between emergent images and first thoughts. In stories, such descriptive asides can be used to add depth to the passions and to suggest both strong and ambiguous states of mind.”
Prompt: Put yourself, or your fictional character, in a emotional frame of mind. Write, using physical location and action to describe character’s emotional state. Don’t tell us what his or her emotion is. Write a descriptive scene. Commentators: What emotion do you think writer wants to convey?
