Picture yourself standing in front of the house, apartment, flat, whatever type of building you grew up in. If you lived in more than one place, choose the one that holds the most memories. Take a moment to look around. Scan from one side to the other. What do you see? What do you smell? What do you hear? Take some deep breaths as you see this scene. Mentally take a walk to where you often walked: School, library, playground, theater, skating rink, store. Picture yourself on this walk. What did your neighborhood smell like? What did you hear as you walked along? Just Write~!
Category: Prompts
What’s bugging you? . . . Prompt #845
Writing Prompt:What’s bugging you? Just Write! #amwriting #iamawriter #justwrite
The “5 Whys” . . . Prompt #844
Prompt One Make a list of five physical / tangible things you want to own or have. In your wildest dreams, what are five material things you want? Prompt Two Make a brief list of five changes you would like to make. Could be emotional, health, financial, or personal. Be specific. For example: Emotional: Change attitude or feelings that don’t serve you. Is there something you are having a hard time letting go? List that, or those, if there are more than one. Rather than good health: Lose weight, change eating habits, drink more water, etc. Rather than exercise: Be specific about types of movement, etc. Rather than the broad category of “financial,” consider: Freedom from present money worries, wanting future financial security, etc. In your wildest dreams, what are five personal things you want? Prompt ThreeFrom Facebook post by Interesting World, April 24, 2025: Sometimes, the real reason for…
A contest you won, or almost won . . . Prompt #844
Write about a contest you won OR came close to winning OR wish you had won #justwrite #amwriting #imawriter
Something you made . . . Prompt #843
Write about something you made. Did you keep it or give it to someone? Just Write! #amwriting #justwrite #iamawriter
What are you tired of? . . . Prompt #842
Writing Prompt: What are you tired of? #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
Dastardly Deeds . . . Prompt #841
Writing Prompt: Dastardly Deeds that someone did to you. Dastardly Deeds you did. Have you forgiven them? Have you forgiven yourself? Can you? What would it take to forgive?
Write a letter to someone who . . . Prompt #840
Someone took care of you when you were little. A mother, father, grandparent, aunt, uncle, sibling. Hopefully there was someone you could rely on. Someone who helped you learn things, how to navigate life. Most of us had someone we could count on. And if we didn’t have that, we learned to make-do, to take care of ourselves. Who helped you learn about life? Who gave you advice? Who could you turn to? Write a letter to that person. Something to think about when writing this letter: You can heal your life. Just Write!
A mother figure . . . Prompt #839
Maybe you have biological children, or adopted children, maybe you were, or are, a mother figure to someone. Maybe you have taken care of, or are still, taking care of someone. Write about someone you are caring for . . . either as mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, spouse, partner, sibling, friend. Someone you are responsible for. Or someone you do things for. It could be big things: Cook, take to doctor visits, oversee finances. It could be little things. Write about a person who trusts you, who calls on you, who looks forward to being with you. A friend. Write about being a mother, a mother figure, a caretaker, or someone who other people depend on. If that doesn’t work, write about dreams you had . . . when you were a teenager, when you were dreaming of your future, what did you envision? Just write!
How you became who you are . . . Prompt #838
Write about how you became who you are. Why you are the way you are. Is it genetics, epigenetics, nature, nurture, not nurtured? Remember a pivotal event. Something happened that changed the trajectory of your life. You may not have known it at the time. But looking back, you might discover the “aha” moment. How to find that pivotal event, that “aha” moment: You might not find a pivotal event during this writing. However, if you keep writing, it might pop up. Just Write!