The Write Spot Blog by Marlene Cullen

Tag: freewrites

  • Wish you had done or said differently. Prompt #383

    Write about something you wish you had done or said differently.

     

     

     

  • Stuck. Prompt #382

     

    Write about things you can get stuck in.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Habits. Prompt #381

    Habits! Write about your habits. Or write about someone’s habits.

    Do these habits annoy you?

    Endear you to the person?

    Habits. We all have them.

    Now, write about them.

  • A strange encounter . . . Prompt #380

    Write about a stranger who profoundly affected you. Or write about a strange encounter.

  • Dramatic change you have made? Prompt #379

    What is the most dramatic change you have had to make?

  • I surrender . . . Prompt #378

    Today’s writing prompt:

    I surrender . . . or I finally surrendered.

    With a prompt like this, you can also write the opposite:

    I will never surrender . . .

  • Describe a task. Prompt #376

     

    Tillie taught me how to fill a pen, or, as she said, “How to properly  fill a pen.”

    One: Turn the filling plunger counterclockwise as far as it will go.

    Two: Dip the nib completely into the ink.

    Three: Turn the filling plunger clockwise until it stops.

    Four: Hold the nib above the ink bottle and turn the plunger counter-clockwise again until three drops of ink fall back into the bottle.

    Five: Turn the plunger clockwise to stop the drops.

    Six: Wipe the excess ink completely from pen and nib.

    When I told Tillie that six steps seemed a lot to have to do before you begin, she said, “You must think of those six steps not as preparation for the beginning but as the beginning itself.”  — The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg

    Prompt: Desribe the steps to accomplish something.

    Or: Write about preparing something.

    Just Write!

  • Patterns Prompt #375

    Take a mental trip down Memory Lane.

    See yourself at five years of age. Picture that child. See him or her. Grab some detail. Smiling? Serious? Able to sit still? Has to move around?’

    Now, see yourself at twelve years of age. Take a moment to really see that image of yourself as a young teenager. Notice the clothes you wore, your hairstyle. What did you like to do? Who were your friends? Were you a serious student? Were you frivolous? Care free?

    Fast forward to twenty-five years old. How do you see yourself? How did you move . .  slow paced, bustling around, steady, focused, scattered?  Were you scaling corporate ladders? Were you climbing walls, anxious to get going, to start your career, start your life?

    How about thirty or forty or fifty years of age . .  did you shine your light on projects or people? Where were you at this time of life? Satisfied? Anxious to do more? Fulfilled? Wanting something, but didn’t know what?

    Look for patterns in your life. Write about those patterns.

    Photo by Christina Gleason

  • Just another day, or something special? Prompt #374

    Prompt #1: Does Father’s Day have a special meaning for you? Or is it just another day?

    Prompt #2: What about Mother’s Day? Special or just another day? Write whatever comes up for you.

    Prompt #3: Write about Memorial Day or Fourth of July. Anything special about them for you? Any traditions you follow now, or as a child?

  • Reaching for the stars. Prompt #373

    Write about reaching for the stars.