Inventive Writing Prompt Round-up #40

Hello from Nashville, y'all! Here's my latest collection of writing prompts from my Tumblr blog.

#274 Use the words cat, rain jacket and orchid in a sentence. Now use that sentence as a prompt.

#275 Write about what your main character did yesterday, from the time he woke up until the time he went to bed.

#276 Her cat was the most annoying cat in the world, especially when he…..

#277 The biggest difference between southerners and northerners is….

#278 Is your main character a walker or runner? How often does he exercise? Or is he an exercise slacker?

#279 Does your main character procrastinate or get things done quickly and efficiently?

#280 When the drumming started, she couldn't help but dance.

Feel free to post any results from the prompts in the comments!

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Charlotte

Charlotte Rains Dixon mentors creative writers from passionate to published. Charlotte is a free-lance journalist, ghostwriter, and author. She is Director Emeritus and a current mentor at the Writer's Loft, a certificate-writing program at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Spalding University and is the author of a dozen books, including The Complete Guide to Writing Successful Fundraising Letters, and Beautiful America’s Oregon Coast. Her fiction has appeared in The Trunk, Santa Fe Writer’s Project, Nameless Grace, and Somerset Studios and her articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, the Oregonian, and Pology, to name a few. Her novel, Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, was published in 2013, and she is represented by Erin Niumata at Folio Literary. Learn about her annual writing workshops in Europe at letsgowrite.com, and visit her blog at www.charlotterainsdixon.com, where you can find all kinds of tips and techniques on writing and creativity.

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J.D.
05/02/2015 5:56 pm
#277 Northerners are like chimpanzees, while their friends in the South are like dolphins. The dolphins have bigger brains–they just don’t talk as much.
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Dyoung
05/03/2015 6:55 am
Interesting viewpoint. You must be a southerner. I am not sure I agree with that!
The biggest difference? Northerners tend to be a bit more high strung while southerners have that relaxed, front porch, sweet tea drinking type of attitude.
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J.D.
05/03/2015 1:49 pm
Well, I was hoping to rile Charlotte. She apparently has deserted the North, at least while she is in Nashville. Portland may not even qualify as Northern–could be on a planet of its own. I wanted to make her workshop but too much in the fire.
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Charlotte Dixon
05/03/2015 3:41 pm
And southerners have the best hospitality in the world!
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Charlotte Dixon
05/03/2015 3:42 pm
I know, I'm fun to rile. I'm here in Nash for one more night and loving every minute of it. Planning another workshop here soon, J.D.! Plus I get to see you in France…
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Charlotte Dixon
05/03/2015 3:42 pm
I'm at a loss for words. Truly.
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J.D.
05/03/2015 6:25 pm
I don’t believe this “loss for words” nonsense. Please keep me informed about the next workshop.
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Charlotte Dixon
05/03/2015 8:23 pm
I will!
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