Want to write? Having trouble getting started? Stuck in a rut?

Using prompts, or ideas, are a great way to free your mind and unstick your blocked mind.

Set a timer for fifteen minutes. Choose one of the prompts below and Just Write!

I remember . . .

A childhood memory

Something bad that turned out good

Something you would like to see again

Someone from your childhood

How I really spent my summer vacation

Or, write whatever is on your mind.

Just write! It’s healthy. It can be fun. And it’s free!

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 .

Finish the sentence and keep writing:

The autumnal glow, chilly afternoons, and crisp nights . . .

What is your most prized or cherished possession?

Why?

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 11^th 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 care not to re-traumatize yourself. There are many ideas on how to write about difficult subjects on The Write Spot Blog.
Type “trauma” in the search box. There are several choices on how to write without adding trauma.

Write about a great adventure you would like to have.

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?

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