Write from your point of view or from a fictional character’s pov.
Don’t have a fictional character? Today might be a good time to create one.
Use these words in your writing:
Illusion, jar, hope, shatter, widget, super, awkward
Hope = hoping, hopeful
Jar = jars, jarring
“At the time it seemed very important. That’s the funny thing about arguments. Now, I can’t even remember what it was all about.”
Quote by Dr. Chilton in the movie, Pollyanna.
Writing prompt: Write about an argument or a disagreement.
After you have written all you want on this subject, put on your screenplay hat. Write this same scene from the point of view of the other person involved in the argument or disagreement.
Like Prompt #510, this prompt is also inspired by Lin-Manuel Miranda, besides being an amazing lyricist, he is the author of Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You which came from his Tweets.
Jonny Sun said Lin should make the tweet comments into a book.
Lin asked Jonny, “Why would I write a book when you can get this free?”
Jonny, the person who became the illustrator for the book, answered, “Because people like to hold things.”
Prompt: What do you like to hold or carry?
This prompt is inspired by an interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda, an American composer, lyricist, actor, singer, rapper, producer, and playwright. He composed music for Moana, and starred in Mary Poppins. He is possibly best known for creating and starring in the Broadway play, Hamilton.
He is the author of Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You which came from his Tweets.
Jonny Sun said to Lin, “You should make these tweet comments into a book.”
Lin replied, “Why would I write a book when you can get this free?”
Sun, the person who became the illustrator for the book, answered, “Because people like to hold things.”
Lin’s tweets came from asking himself, “What do I need to hear right now?”
Prompt: What do you need to hear right now?
Write about:
~ A performance you were in, or a performance your fictional character was in.
Or:
~ A live performance you will always remember.
I usually like to include a photo or an image with the writing prompts. It usually takes me longer to find an image than to create the prompt.
Today’s writing prompt is multiple choice:
What image would you use to go with this writing prompt?
Or: What song lyrics would you use for this prompt? You can create your own song lyrics, or use a song you know to write about.
I’m thinking of “You Raise Me Up,” by Josh Groban.
Writing Prompt: Today I trust.
Just Write!
What were your happiest moments last week? or last month? or last year?’
You can also write on the opposite:
Most annoying, frustrating, angry moments of last week, or last month, or last year.
If you want someone to understand you, what would you tell them about your past?
Imagine a room full of people, they are looking at a speaker behind a podium. They want to know more about the topic. In a way, they want to be entertained.
They are talking about you.
Who knows more about you than you? Who best to celebrate the essence of you, than you?
Write about you . . . Provide enough information so the people in that room have a clear vision or impression of you and your life.
Prompt: I want to tell you about . . .
Make a List.
Start with the year you were born and make a list of significant events that happened in your life, both personally and historically.
If you are having trouble thinking of major events, here are a few:
1950-1975 Vietnam Conflict
1958 Explorer I, first American satellite is launched
January 1959 Alaska becomes the 49th state
August 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state
January 1961 John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president
August 1963 Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream” Speech
Nov. 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated
1964 Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
April 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated
June 1963 Sen. Robert Kennedy is assassinated
July 1969 Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the moon
1973 Roe v. Wade, legalizes abortion
1973 Watergate cover-up.
July 1974 Nixon resigns
1986 Space shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after liftoff
1990 Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, leading to Persian Gulf War
9/11/2001 Two hijacked jetliners ram two towers of World Trade Center
April 2009 Swine flu
June 2009 Michael Jackson dies at age 50
Writing Prompt: Take one item from your list and write in detail what happened to you that year. If you have time, take another year and write what happened to you that year.
