As a child, did you get an allowance? If yes, how much? What did you spend it on? If you didn’t receive an allowance, what did you do for spending money? If you didn’t receive spending money, do you wish you had? What would you have spent it on?
Category: Prompts
Driving me crazy . . . Prompt #470
Write about . . . The thing driving me crazy today is . . .
If you could change . . . Prompt #469
If you could change anything in the world, it would be . . . Or . . . The time I felt most changed in a single second was when . . . Use one or both writing prompts. Just write! Prompts are inspired from Write Free – attracting the creative life, revised second edition by Rebecca Lawton and Jordan Rosenfeld.
It’s a miracle . . . Prompt #468
Today’s writing prompt: It’s a miracle . . . Write whatever comes up. Write whatever pops into your head. Don’t judge. Don’t edit. Don’t be critical. Just write! It’s a miracle . . .
Childhood dream. Prompt #467
Write about your childhood dream. Is your childhood dream still calling you?
Who? Where? When? Why? Prompt #466
Who? Where? When? Why? Just write!
How did I get here? Prompt #465
Sometimes we drive a familiar route as if in a daze. At some point we become aware that we have been driving unaware and wonder, “How did I get here?” Sometimes we’re at a job, either paid or volunteer, or we’re enmeshed in an activity, either fun or dramatic or both. Perhaps we’ve been consumed with this activity. Maybe we wake up one day and wonder, “How did I get here?” Sometimes we look around and all of a sudden we’re 40, or 50, or 60 years old, or in my case, in my early seventies. Sometimes we wonder, “How did I get here?” Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice is inspired from Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming. This journal helps “to alleviate the pressure of knowing what to write about.” “Writing Becoming led [Michelle] Obama to see the importance of taking time for contemplation. When asked about her…
What, or who, have you loved? Prompt #464
Write about someone or something you have loved.
What challenges do you want to overcome? Prompt #463
Some of the writing prompts on The Write Spot Blog are just for fun, like these: What Makes You Smile? Prompt #438 Paint A Word Picture. Prompt #450 Imagination Receiving a Greeting Card. Prompt #455 Others, like today’s, are contemplative. Today’s Writing Prompt: What challenge do you want to overcome?
Who do you miss? Prompt #462
I’ve been thinking about my mom, who passed away in July 2017. Every so often, like today, I want to phone her. I just want to talk with her. Prompt: Who do you miss? That’s my mom on the cover of The Write Spot: Connections. She was a dancer in her teens, performing at convalescent hospitals in the 1940’s. Connections is a collection of writing from mothers and their adult children. Some are funny, some poignant, some surprising. All are entertaining. Here’s an excerpt: Dime Sightings by Pamela Swanson Although my mother, Ione, could not afford them, she loved diamonds. Eventually she did save up enough money to buy herself a diamond ring. She was so proud of that ring. One year, early in November, Ione died without warning at the age of 54. Suddenly I was traveling the 2,100 miles from California where I lived to the small town…