Do dreams come true? I think they can. I’ve had a dream since 2005, an item I can now cross off my bucket list: Produce a series of books to inspire writing. The recently published, The Write Spot: Reflections is the third book in The Write Spot Series. Today’s Prompt: Write your bucket list . . . things you want to do. Your dream wish list. Take a few minutes for this. Next: Choose an item from this list and write as if it were five years from now and you have completed your dream. A sort of cheerleading note to yourself. Go on . . . Dare to dream! For more inspirational writing on this topic: Prompt #212: What is on your bucket list? Prompt #216: Portals, Dreams and Promises The Write Spot: Reflections is available for $12 at Amazon, Copperfield’s Petaluma, and JavAmore Café .
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Autumnal glow . . . Prompt #393
Finish the sentence and keep writing: The autumnal glow, chilly afternoons, and crisp nights . . .
Prized possession. Prompt #391
What is your most prized or cherished possession? Why?
Mental Snapshot . . . Prompt #390
Our minds register events like snapshots, especially stressful or shocking events. Our minds take a snapshot as if we need to remember that point in time. For example, you probably remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard about John F. Kennedy being shot or September 11th or the October Northern California fires. For this prompt, I’d like to make it more personal. Yes, you can write about a global event. Or, you can use this prompt as an opportunity to take a deeper look at something that is personally meaningful to you. Something that was a type of surprise or shock so you took a mental snapshot. It could be good or surprising news. It could be something that was upsetting or disturbing. I invite you to go inward and write about a mental snapshot you carry with you. When writing about difficult experiences, take…
A great adventure . . . Prompt #387
Write about a great adventure you would like to have.
What brave thing have you done? Prompt #386
What brave thing have you done? Write about a brave thing you did, or a brave thing your parents or your grandparents did.
What were you good at as a child? Prompt #385
What were you good at as a child? What creativity did you enjoy? Do you still enjoy this creativity, or have you stopped? Could you do it again? What is stopping your creative spark? What feeds your creativity?
If I didn’t have to do it perfectly . . . Prompt #384
If I didn’t have to do it perfectly, I would try . . .
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.