“When we seek closure, we reach out to the zipper. it keeps us warm, prevents things from falling out of purses and lets us cram way too much into our suitcases. When it gets stuck, so do we. Without it, life would be filled with the endless ennui of buttoning and snapping.” — Helen Anders
Today’s writing prompt: Zipper
Write about your first car, someone else’s first car, or your fictional character’s first car.
You can use this as a way to get to know your fictional character better. You probably won’t use this information in your fiction, but you might!
Write about a first car. See where it takes you.
Prompt #1: What are you angry about? Mad about? Annoyed about?
Complain! Go ahead and vent. Spit it out.
You can answer from your experience, or from your fictional character’s point of view.
Prompt #2: Regarding Prompt #1, is there anything you can do about it?
If yes, write possible solutions, compromises, ideas, brainstorm.
If not, let it go. Write about how you can release it, breathe it away, banish it, whisk it away.
How can you let go of your fears, worries, annoyances? How can you just let go?
Start writing with this phrase: “Growing up” . . . and then, just start writing!
Today’s writing prompt: Growing up . . .
Make a list. Write about things you have learned.“Think of writing as an organic, developmental process in which you start writing at the very beginning – before you know your meaning at all – and encourage your words gradually to change and evolve. Only at the end will you know what you want to say or the words you want to say it with.” –Peter Elbow
Relax into your chair.
Escort your inner critic . . . your editor out the door.
Shed your ideas about what perfect writing means.
Give yourself permission to write the worst stuff possible.
Writing isn’t about talent, it’s about practice.
Creative writing is an act of discovery.
Take a deep breath. Relax into your breathing.
Rather than write for an audience, write from an instinctual level.
Immerse yourself in writing. Let go of your worries. Just let go.
Write to satisfy an inner desire and to go to a meaningful place, that’s all your own.
Go deeper into the recesses of your mind and really write.
Write to get to a powerful level – not for an audience.
If you notice thoughts and feelings that cause discomfort, take a deep breath and exhale. Look around the room. Get up and walk to a window, or get a drink of cool, refreshing water. Then get back to writing.
Write from the well that stores the fears. Let the tears come, let the stomach tie up in knots. It’s okay to write the story that is difficult to tell.
When you are writing, if you run out of things to say, or don’t like the direction your writing is taking, write “What I really want to say . . .”
If you want ideas about what to write, click on Prompts on The Write Spot Blog.
You can write about something that happened to you, something that happened to someone else, or write fiction. I look forward to reading your writing about Zazzle.
Today’s random words writing prompt: honey, drunk, fast, feet, power, languid
You can also use the photo below as a writing prompt.
It will be fun to see what you do with this!
