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Category: Prompts
I’m not sure . . . Prompt #660
Use any of these sentence starts to inspire writing: I’m not sure if . . . I’m not sure about . . . I’m not sure when . . . I’m not sure why . . . I’m not sure how . . . I’m just not sure. #justwrite #amwriting #iamawriter
Never would I ever . . . Prompt #659
Writing Prompt: Never would I ever . . . #iamwriting #iamawriter #justwrite
Perspective . . . Prompt #658
I like the idea of looking at familair things with a new perspective. This writing idea is from Kathryn Petruccelli: Look at something in your environment, perhaps something you’ve seen many times before, that you think you know well. It could be a piece of art hanging in your house, or a plant on your windowsill. Get close and look again. Re-see it. After you’ve spent some time with it, create a list of metaphors—things it looks like, or reminds you of. Don’t be too attached to logic, be free with your associations. Maybe the comparisons will get wild as you go along. At some point, break the pattern of the list and slow things down by going deeper into description for one metaphor (extend it and explain it in more detail), or by making a statement—a simple subject-verb sentence—that reflects on or summarizes what you’ve said so far. Note…
I never thought . . . Prompt #657
Today’s Writing Prompt: I never thought . . . #iamawrite #justwrite #iamwriting
Tall Tales or Truth . . . Prompt #656
Write about yourself or about one (or more) of your fictional characters. You can write the truth or embellish a tall tale. “Your” is you or one of your fictional characters. Some writing starts: Describe your career / job. If you are retired, what did you do before retirement? If you could start over, what type of work do you wish you had pursued? Hobbies? What do you do in your spare time? If you don’t have spare time, what would you do if you had spare time? What do you like to do? Something very few people know about you. Something that is not true about you. Best vacation. Children. Grandchildren. Where did you grow up? Where do you live? What are you especially good at? What do you want people to know about you? #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
Food or Art? Prompt #654
Sometimes I get an idea for a writing prompt and then search for an image to go with the prompt. The phrase “food or art” popped into my head one day. It took a while, but I found an image. So, what do you think . . . food or art? Or, food as art? Just Write! #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
Comfort Food . . . Prompt #653
Comfort Food is a real thing. The idea of eating for comfort might be new to you. Or you may have experienced how food can bring relaxation and a sense of well-being since you were a child. Perhaps you are an “eat to live” person and became a “love to eat” person during shelter in place, when activities were limited and frustrations were high. Here’s what happened to me with comfort food during shelter in place, summer 2020. “Comfort food took on a new meaning. It was more than comfort food. It was about how to cope with feeling scared. When food filled my belly, there was more than a feeling of satiation. There was a feeling of we’re going to be okay. We can handle this. I tell myself this is just a moment in time. It’s temporary. But I know we are forever changed.” —“Things I Never Thought…
Worried . . . Prompt #652
Prompt #1 I’m worried about . . . Prompt #2 50 years ago I worried about . . . Prompt #3 When I was 17, I worried about . . . How To Write Without Adding Trauma
Character deep within . . . Prompt #651
Today’s writing prompt: There is a character deep within me . . . #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter