“Stories are how we make sense of our lives, how we attempt to impose some discernable order on the chaos of existence, and such attempts make the chaos bearable.” — Bret Anthony Johnston, “Narrative Calisthenics,” Poets & Writers, Nov/Dec 2008
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Writing Exercises Are Like Foyers
“. . . writing exercises . . . are the way architects think of foyers: They usher an individual from one world to another. I use them as a means of transitioning from the outside word of reality to the interior word of imagination and language. . .” — Bret Anthony Johnston, “Narrative Calisthenics,” Poets & Writers, Nov/Dec 2008
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Wish you didn’t know. Prompt #475
Write about something you wish you didn’t know.
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Responsibilities . . . Prompt #472
What responsibilities did you have as a child?
What was required of you from the adults in your life?
What responsibilities do you carry over from your childhood?
What responsibilities do you want to give up?
You are free to write whatever you want, using these prompts to spark ideas.
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Receive allowance? Prompt #471
As a child, did you get an allowance?
If yes, how much? What did you spend it on?
If you didn’t receive an allowance, what did you do for spending money?
If you didn’t receive spending money, do you wish you had? What would you have spent it on?
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Driving me crazy . . . Prompt #470
Write about . . .
The thing driving me crazy today is . . .
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If you could change . . . Prompt #469
If you could change anything in the world, it would be . . .
Or . . .
The time I felt most changed in a single second was when . . .
Use one or both writing prompts. Just write!
Prompts are inspired from Write Free – attracting the creative life, revised second edition by Rebecca Lawton and Jordan Rosenfeld.
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It’s a miracle . . . Prompt #468
Today’s writing prompt:
It’s a miracle . . .
Write whatever comes up.
Write whatever pops into your head.
Don’t judge. Don’t edit. Don’t be critical.
Just write!
It’s a miracle . . .
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Childhood dream. Prompt #467
Write about your childhood dream.
Is your childhood dream still calling you?
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Who? Where? When? Why? Prompt #466
Who?
Where?
When?
Why?
Just write!