Just in case you were thinking, while the cat’s away, the mice will play, no such luck. To give you something to do other than sit around and sob about my absence, I’ve decided to set up writing prompt posts for every Monday in September, with seven posts for you. One for each day.
You know the drill. Set a timer for 10-20 minutes, and write without stopping. Use the prompts as a warm-up tool, or to inspire you, or when you are blocked. Okay? Here goes:
–Pink, yellow, purple, brown. Mary shook her head as she sorted the yarn her mother had chosen. She’d suspected it for a long time, but now she was certain: her mother had to be color blind.
–The road trip was tedious, especially when they got stuck in traffic for 30 minutes and Kevin started telling her to be patient.
–The small child turned the item over and over in her hands, then looked at the person who had handed it to her. “It’s called a watch. You tell time with it. People used to wear them all the time.”
–A group of brightly colored hot-air balloons sailed over head. She was so delighted with them, she ran through the fields, chasing them.
–He was a mean, ugly person with a twisted sense of humor. Yet still she loved him.
–Down the rain fell, harder and harder.
–If there was one thing your main character could change about the place she lives, what would it be?
Okay, have fun. Look for a guest post coming up soon. And look for another edition of prompts next Monday, September 12th. Oh, and here’s a little teaser–there just may be something in the way of a prompts journal coming up later on this fall!
Happy writing!
