As a child, what toys or games did you see advertised on TV, or in the Sears Roebuck catalogue, that you wanted and didn’t get? OR: What toys did you want that your friends had and you didn’t have? OR: Write about being jealous, or feelings of “have not.” OR: Yearnings: Then or now. Frances Lefkowitz wrote a wonderful memoir, “To Have Not.” #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
Category: Prompts
Your latest acquisition . . . Prompt #790
Write about your latest acquisition. Was it a need? Or a want? OR: Write about your oldest possession. #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
If you could be small . . . Prompt #789
Writing Prompt: If you could make yourself small, what would you do? #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
Caught Up . . . Prompt 788
Are you, or is your fictional character, caught up? Caught up with current slang Caught up with current events Caught up with something that takes too much of your energy or time Caught up with TV shows you want to watch. Caught up with correspondence: letters, emails, texts, phone calls, messages Caught up with things that need to be done? If yes, how does that feel? If not, what would it take to be caught up?
Learn from reading . . . Prompt #787
What are you currently reading, or have recently read? Did you have an epiphany, a realization, or learn something with this reading? The Write Spot Series of Books #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
Performing Arts . . . Prompt #786
Write about . . . Being in a parade Running/walking a marathon Being in a performance: theatre, chorus, band, dance, or ??? #amwriting #iamawriter #justwrite
Wheels . . . Prompt #785
Write about learning how to . . . Ride a bicycle or a unicycle Ride a skateboard Roller skate Drive a car Who helped you? Or, did you figure it out yourself? How old were you? Where did these wheels take you? #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
Magical . . . Prompt #784
A writing prompt can be a word, a phrase, a book title, a line from a poem, or a line from a song. Today’s writing prompt is a word: Magical Write whatever comes to mind when you think “magical.” Blog posts that capture magical and creativity musings. Writing is Magical Creativity as Magic #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter #creativity
Trouble . . . Prompt #783
Today’s writing prompt, Trouble, is brought to us by Marcia Aldrich’s post on Brevity, “Too Vast for Words: Writing prompts for Large Subjects.” In this Brevity post, Marcia asks: Do you have a history with this word, trouble? How long has it been important to you? Why this word and not near synonyms? Is it part of a song or movie or book that matters to you? Does your sense of the word differ from what other people might think of it? If so, how? Writing Prompt: Trouble Just Write! #amwriting #justwrite #iamawriter
Sentence Starts . . . Prompt #782
Sentence starts to inspire ideas to write about: Sentence starts If my family had a motto, it would be . . . The kitchen table . . . The worst, or best, thing about my mother / father / sibling / grandparent . . . I will never forget . . . I will always remember . . . My favorite thing to do when I was 8 years old . . . 12 years old . . .14 years old . . . On Saturdays, I liked to . . . I want you to know . . . Just Write! #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter