This prompt is a 3D vision board of sorts. Imagine yourself at this time next year. Where will you be? What will you have accomplished? What long-put-off dreams are on their way to becoming real? Write your life as it will be in exactly one year from today. Add your post/comment/prompt answer…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesdays
PROMPTuesday #211: The Rock and the Hard Place
Today’s PROMPTuesday is simple in pronouncement, but perhaps not in execution: What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do? Include the link to your answer in the comments or feel free to leave your submission here, also in the comments section. Meanwhile…to bone up on PROMPTuesdays, read a bit about…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #210: All in the Family
It’s holiday ramp-up time! And what better way to usher in the season than to share our most dysfunctional family stories? I originally posted the story below on my “other” blog several years ago, but it still stands as my most shared seasonal delight. Meanwhile, What’s your favorite family holiday story? Include…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #209: The Crazy
(NOT a happy chucklehead.) “The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads.” ~William Styron, 1958 I posted this on Facebook the other day and heaved a…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #208: The Thanking
Times have been tough lately for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is this damn economy. I’ve been working hard to stay afloat on all levels and sometimes you just get tired, you know? It occurred to me that the best thing to do is make my gratitude list to…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #207: Who Was Your Believer?
In February 1978, my family moved to Buffalo Grove, Illinois from Foster City, California. Recently battered by a grumpy blizzard of legendary proportions, Chicago looked in February how I felt: tired, beat up, and gray. I’d turned 10 in November a few months earlier and hated my life. My dad took us from my beloved…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #206: A Re-Do
This writing prompt was originally posted in 2008, but this picture continues to hang in my living room and uncover stories, so I present it once again for your own telling. (Painting by Rebecca, and drawn from a dream.) This PROMPTuesday, make up a story inspired by the picture above. Include the…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #202: Scary
Hey ho! Which is way different than “Hey, Ho!” Speaking of punctuation, what scares you? Nuclear war used to scare me, but now I’ve settled on not dying before I do what I need to do. And finding the thing I need to do so I can do it. …Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #201: More Music
Do you remember your first concert? Can you describe it? What do you remember? Write it for me? I’d love to hear all about it. A few caveats: 1) Keep it to 500 words or less. 2) Don’t take any longer than 10 minutes to write. 3) Do not edit, censor or…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #200: Beloved
Let’s keep it super simple today, and focus on one word for inspiration: BELOVED. Tell us about someone in your life, or that stuffed animal you couldn’t put down as a child, or your life’s passion, or whatever comes to mind when you hear the word, “beloved.” A few caveats: 1) Keep…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #199: Recollect
I’m not giving PROMPTuesday up, by God! I almost wrote I’d be taking a hiatus, but no sir, I’m hanging onto the end with my near and dear. So in the spirit of keeping on with the keeping on, today’s creative writing prompt is: This one time in high school… I like the…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #198: About Last Night
Creative writing prompts for people who like creative writing prompts.
