Writing, at heart, is simple. All you have to do is put pen to paper, one word at a time. As Margaret Atwood says, “A word after a word after a word is power.” And yet, we make it hard. We resist that power. We make judgements about ourselves and our pages. Which, of course, […]
Many moons ago, I used to offer a ton of writing prompts. I wrote a tumblr blog called Inventive Writing Prompts (nobody ever said I was good at names, oh and I just checked and it is long gone). I’ve written a writing prompts book (please go look at it because nobody else ever does). […]
And here you have them: the last set of writing prompts for September. Hope you’ve enjoyed them, and stay tuned for news of the release of a writing journal of prompts soon! –Not in this lifetime. –If ever I should leave you…. –What are the parameters of your main character’s world? Is he an international […]
September is Writing Prompt Month! Actually, I have no idea if that’s true, but it sounds good, doesn’t it? Here are your prompts for the week: –What a fool he was. Yet still she was in love with him. –Rise and Shine! Bright, shiny new day! –Oh God, do I have to? –They argued all […]
I’m in a prompt kind of mood (or at least I was when I wrote this post, before I left for France) because later on this fall I’ll be coming out, with a wonderful co-author, with a writing prompt journal that you will be able to hold in your very own hands! Exciting, no? But […]
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 […]
It is Saturday! Time for my weekly prompt round-up, with prompts taken from my Tumblr blog. Pay special attention to this one, because I'm taking a brief hiatus from these posts for the duration of my time in Europe. But there's almost 400 prompts on the Tumblr blog, so head over there if you need […]
Ah summertime….I've been on vacation, I've been slacking…no scratch that last one, I have not been slacking since I got home. There's much to do to catch up from vacation and get ready to be out of the country for three weeks. Awk! The thought of it makes my heart pound–in a good way and […]
Here is the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog, minus one because I, um, forgot. #363 Write about how your character reacts in an emergency. Cool and composed, the one everyone else can count on? Or the opposite? #364 Use the words sunlight, sailing ship, and stained glass in a sentence. Now use […]
Here we go again with our weekly collection of prompts from my daily Tumblr blog. Enjoy and write a lot, will you please? It would make me happy. #357 Use the words umbrella, metal and sunlight in a sentence. Now use that sentence as a prompt. #358 He couldn’t understand a word she said. […]
