Write about something you wish you didn’t know.
Category: Prompts
The Movies. . . Prompt #473
Today’s writing prompts are inspired from movies. ~ Thelma and Louise, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Little Miss Sunshine. Write about a road trip. ~ Dirty Dancing, Saturday Night Fever, Footloose. Write about how you learned to dance. ~ The Sting, two con men outcon a con. Write about a time you were tricked, or you tricked someone. ~Forrest Gump. Life is like a box of . . . [fill in the blank and continue writing].
Responsibilities . . . Prompt #472
What responsibilities did you have as a child? What was required of you from the adults in your life? What responsibilities do you carry over from your childhood? What responsibilities do you want to give up? You are free to write whatever you want, using these prompts to spark ideas.
Receive allowance? Prompt #471
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?
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…