Write about a secret. Either a secret you hold, or write from a fictional point of view.
You can take your personal experience and write it as fiction.
If you want, change the gender, age, details of the main character.
Category: Prompts
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Write about a secret. Prompt #113
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A day without consequences. Prompt #112
If you could live one day without consequences, what would you (or your fictional character) do?
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Evening. Prompt #111
Today’s prompt: Evening.
Hmmmm. . . I wonder what you will come up with for this freewrite? I look forward to your writing about “evening.”
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What do you want? Prompt #110
What do you want?
Set your timer and write for 15 or 20 minutes. See what comes up for you.
If this prompt is too “open” or vague for you, how about this:
What do you want to do today? If you could do anything you want. . . what would you like to do today?
You can answer for yourself, or as your fictional character would answer. This might be a fun way to get to know your fictional character(s) a little deeper.
Above all, have fun with this prompt!
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Scene Two: Other character’s POV. Prompt #109
Using the same scene you wrote about for Prompt #108, write from the other person’s point of view. All inner thought, motivation and drama come from the secondary character’s point of view.
Or take any two characters: First write from one point of view, then write from the other person’s point of view.
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Scene One: Your point of view. Prompt #108
Today’s writing prompt is inspired from “Falling Down the Rabbit Hole” by Emily Hanlon, December 2007 issue of Writer’s Digest magazine.
Using an incident from your life, or your fictional character’s life, write a scene from your point of view (or, your fictional character’s point of view). Use dialogue. Inner thought is what defines point of view. The other character in this scene speaks and acts, but the reader doesn’t know the secondary character’s thoughts. All the inner thoughts belong to the point-of-view character.
Basically, you are writing about an argument or a fight, or a heated debate between two people . . . yourself or your fictional character, and a secondary character, using dialogue. -
Create a pantoum. Prompt #107
So far, on The Write Spot Blog, the prompts have been nice and easy. How about challenging yourself with a pantoum?
Pantoum is the Western word for the Malayan pantun, a poetic form that first appeared in the fifteenth century, in Malayan literature. It existed orally before then.
The Western version of the pantoum is a poem of indefinite length made up of stanzas whose four lines are repeated in a pattern: lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are repeated as lines 1 and 3 of the next stanza.
___________________________________________________________ line 1
___________________________________________________________ line 2
___________________________________________________________ line 3
___________________________________________________________ line 4
___________________________________________________________ line 5 – same as line 2
___________________________________________________________ line 6
___________________________________________________________ line 7 – same as line 4
___________________________________________________________ line 8
___________________________________________________________ line 9 – same as line 6
___________________________________________________________ line 10 – same as line 3
___________________________________________________________ line 11 – same as line 8
___________________________________________________________ line 12 – same as line 1
The final stanza has a twist: The second and fourth lines are the same as the third and first lines of the first stanza. The first line of the poem is the same as the last. This way, every line is used twice.Click on comments below to see samples of pantoums.
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Write about a vivid or recurring dream. Prompt # 106
Write about a vivid or recurring dream.
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What work would you do if you could do anything? Prompt #105
The following excerpt is from Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach.
“Some of us hear our passion calling when we’re very young, but most of us do not because we’re too busy listening to what other people, especially our parents, are telling us. So we embark on a vocational path, trying on different lives for size until we find one we can wear even if it doesn’t necessarily fit.Perhaps you’re conflicted about continuing the journey you started twenty-five years ago but have outgrown. You know you’re not heading in the direction you want to go, but at least your daily motions are familiar. And familiar feels safe. In today’s uncertain world, feeling safe and secure seems the emotional definition of sanity.
Perhaps you’re skilled in one occupation but not thrilled about using those skills anymore. Some other work does secretly thrill you. But the stakes seem too high. perhaps you’re dismayed, even embarrassed, by the thought that you don’t know what Great Work waits you.”
Prompt: Write whatever comes up for you when reading this. Or write about the work that secretly thrills you. Or write about feeling safe and secure. Or, what would you do if you could do anything? Just write!
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The funny thing about rock bottom is . . .Prompt #104
The funny thing about rock bottom is . . .Set your timer and write on this prompt.
Photo by Breana Marie
