Category: Prompts

Part 1

Finish the sentences:

When I was ten years old, I . . .

As a young adult, I wanted . . .

To get what I wanted, here’s what I did . . .

Here’s what happened . . .

My recurring dream . . .

Part 2

After your freewrite on any or all of the above sentence starts, rewrite, using “add-ons” or “appositives.”

An appositive is a word or group of words that add detail to the original.

They can be in the same sentence, or a new sentence.

For example:

1. I rode my bicycle.

2. I rode my bicycle on a hot summer day. I looked behind me. Sure enough, my sister was following.

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Do you like Jello? 

Red Jello? Yellow Jello? Green Jello?

Never Jello?

Jello in a cup? In a bowl? In a mold like aspic?

Do you like Jello plain or with fruit in it?

Are you a Jello and whipped cream fan?

Have you had Strawberry Pretzel Jello?

Prompt: Write about Jello.

Strawberry Pretzel Jello

Ingredients:

2 cups crushed pretzels

3/4 cup butter, melted

3 tablespoons white sugar

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry flavored Jello

2 cups boiling water

1 (10 ounce) package frozen strawberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400^o

Stir together crushed pretzels, melted butter, and 3 tablespoons sugar; mix well and press mixture into the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set. Set aside to cool.

In a large mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Fold in whipped topping. Spread mixture onto cooled crust.

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in still frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. When mixture is about the consistency of egg whites, pour and spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until set.

Enjoy!

Did your family have a button box, or a button jar, or a tin of buttons?
Do you have a button box or button jar or a button tin?

Write about buttons.

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Writing Prompt: Just for today . . .

What would it be like if you had no problems, no cares, no worries?

I”m inviting you to pretend everything is fine. That you have no worries, no cares, no concerens, just for today.

If you find yourself thinking old, routine thoughts, how about writing, “I am fine. Everything is okay. I have all that I need.”

Just for today, or just for twenty minutes, write and act as if you have no worries.

Writing Prompt: Just for today . . .

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What do you collect?
Write about your collections.

Or write about A Collection.

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Writing Prompts:

What can you release?

What are you holding onto?

What can you let go of?

If you need inspiration to write on these prompts, or need help with how to write about something difficult, please take a look at:

Entering a cave . . . Prompt #502.

How to write without adding trauma

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Write about a time you felt out of place.

A place where you didn’t belong, but there you were.

What did you do? What did you feel?

Have you found Your Place?

Have you found Your Spot?

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Today’s writing prompt:

I always wanted . . .

Fill in the blanks. Write freely with no worries about the outcome. Just Write!

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