Write about a surprise party you have been to.
Or a surprise party you have given.
Write about a time you were surprised at a party.
Today’s Writing Prompt: Surprise Party
Category: Prompts
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I opened the door . . . Prompt #231
Today’s writing prompt: I opened the door . . .I’m looking forward to reading your writing on this one. So many possibilities.
I opened the door . . .
Photo by Breana Marie
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I am still waiting for . . . Prompt #230
I am still waiting for . . .Or . . .
I have stopped waiting for.
Write for 15-20 minutes. Post your freewrite on The Write Spot Blog.
Prompt: What are you still waiting for?
What have you stopped waiting for?
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Surprise! Prompt #229
Write about a time you were surprised . . . or caught off guard.
What happened? How did you react?
Writing Prompt: Surprise!
Type your freewrite and post on The Write Spot Blog.
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Freewrites: develop character, plot, setting, mood Prompt #228
What kinds of writing prompts do you want? Let me know and I’ll try to create prompts that will inspire writing.
Freewrites are a way to organize your thoughts, gather information, create characters, develop plot, set the scene, make discoveries, and more!
What have you discovered while freely writing? Share your thoughts, ideas, creations, inspirations here, on The Write Spot Blog.
Today’s writing prompts are oldies but goodies.
Character Development
Your Character Has a Secret #7
Location
Location, or place as character #8
A place where you find satisfaction #25
A room from your childhood #62
Plot/Conflict/Problem
The trouble started when . . . #3
Memoir
Favorite Place from Childhood #11
Write about a time you were lost #60
Mood, Tone, Pacing
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Penny for your thoughts. Prompt #227
Writing prompts are designed to spark your imagination and help you dip into your well of creativity. Using prompts, setting your timer for 15-20 minutes and writing freely, with no censorship, no editor sitting on your shoulder = a freewrite. Write whatever bubbles up for you. Write freely, write openly, write until your heart is content.
Today’s prompt: Penny for your thoughts. -
This Old Barn . . . Prompt #226
Today’s Writing Prompt . . . This Old Barn.
Or: If this barn could talk. . .
What do you think this barn was used for? Did you grow up near a barn like this?
Either write what really happened or make something up.
This old barn . . .
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I never thought of that .. . Prompt # 225
Part Three of a three-part series of writing prompts inspired by Susan Bono’s Jumpstart Writing Workshop.
A rewarding aspect of writing is when writers create scenarios that offer illumination for readers . . . that “aha moment.”
Inside a Snowflake
Tiny snow droplets slide into the snowflake
as it falls to the ground. if you listen, really closely,
you can hear the sun crunching together.
The weather is stormy—a snowstorm
with little snowflakes inside the big snowflake.
A girl lives in the snowflake, with golden hair in pretty braids
with a ribbon on the bottom.
At midnight she watches the snow fall outside the snowflake,
and the icicles drip. the next day she goes out
on the frozen lake and ice skates.
Sparks of ice fly up behind her.
By Emily Osborn, Grade 3, Poetry In The Schools
I love this fun and creative perspective, “. . . little snowflakes inside the big snowflake.”
Our unique ways of seeing things and capturing our thoughts in the written word can inspire readers, “Oh, I never thought of it like that.”
But how do writers access those sparks of creativity? Just Write. Be yourself. When you sit down to write, shed your inner critic, get in touch with your child-like world of discovery.
Writing Prompt: Write about being inside something.
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Narrator is the last to know . . . Prompt #224
This is Part Two of a three-part series of writing prompts inspired by Susan Bono’s Jumpstart Writing Workshop. Part One: Something Missing . . . Prompt #223
Susan talked about creating tension when the reader knows something that the narrator/character doesn’t know.
Prompt: Create or recreate a scene where the narrator/character doesn’t know what’s going on.
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Something missing . . . Prompt #223
I had the good fortune recently to “sit on the other side of the table.” I attended a Jumpstart Writing Workshop facilitated by Susan Bono.
Susan talked about how there is tension between what the reader knows and what the narrator/character doesn’t know.
Photo of Susan at Jumpstart Writing Workshop in Copperfield’s Bookstore, downtown Petaluma. Photo by Breana Marie.
Susan read Shel Silverstein’s poem, “Something Missing.”
I put on my socks,
I remember I put on my shoes.
I remember I put on my tie
That was painted
In beautiful purples and blues.
I remember I put on my coat,
To look perfectly grand at the dance,
Yet I feel there is something
I may have forgot—-
What is it? What is it?. . .Do you know what the narrator forgot? If you don’t know, read the poem again.
It rhymes with “dance.” . . . Pants!
Susan talked about how, in writing, there can be tension between what the reader knows and what the narrator/character doesn’t know. In the poem for example, the reader knows what the character doesn’t know . . . he forgot his pants.
Susan next talked about “yearning for an answer.” I think she’s on to something. . . readers yearn for answers as do writers. When writing, especially freewrites, we can learn about ourselves and as we write, truths can be revealed. Or, we might see an old situation in a new way. That’s what happened for me while writing on this prompt.
Writing Prompt: Write about the feeling of something missing.
Part 1 of 3. The next two prompts will continue with this subject of reader knowing, narrator not knowing and what’s missing. Stay tuned.
A reminder for making comments on The Write Spot Blog: There is no judging, no critiquing, no questions asked for clarification. With this type of freewriting, we are writing for ourselves, not for an audience nor for the entertainment of others. This type of writing can result in polished writing that is published, but that’s up to the writer to decide whether or not to share his/her writing. The first inklings of freewrites are kernels . . . ready to pop, or newly hatched, kind of like newborn babies seeing the world for the first time. Be kind with your comments.
And be gentle with yourself, dear writer, you are doing important work.
