Herewith, the latest collection of writing prompts from my Tumblr blog, where I post a prompt a day. I hope they help you write tons and tons this week! #316 They tell me I should never have let anyone know what happened. #317 “Honey, I’m home!” Your main character’s significant other just walked in the […]
It is sunny and hot here in Portland, hot like in the nineties. Not my favorite. My office is upstairs for the time being (I'm working on moving it downstairs) and it gets hot up here so I'll be driven away from the computer soon enough. (I'm pretty sure we're going to see the movie […]
Bon jour! Here is this week's collection of writing prompts, a bit later than usual because I went out to breakfast at my favorite French cafe. And I bought macarons, which are calling to me from the kitchen (they can be a rowdy bunch), but they are for dessert at my sister's dinner tonight. Anyway, […]
Hi, I hope you've had a great week with lots of writing. And guess what? It's a long holiday weekend, at least here in the states. Surely you plan on using at least some of it to write? Of course you do. Here are some prompts from my Tumblr blog for your inspiration. #295 Two women […]
Like clockwork, like magic, like butter on bread, here it is, my weekly round-up of writing prompts from my Tumblr blog. I'm in Seattle this weekend, but you should be writing. Kidding! Or not. Anyway, Enjoy! Or don't enjoy, but use them to write like crazy. #288 What was your main character’s relationship with her mother […]
This week's collection of writing prompts from my Tumblr blog: #281 If your protagonist could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? #282 You can’t go home again. Or can you? Has your main character stayed home? Or was he a person who couldn’t wait to move as far away as possible? #283 They were […]
Scarritt Bennett Center I am back from Nashville, y'all. I went there to teach a workshop with my good writing friend Terry Price. We called it From Spark to Story, and planned it to be just that: a journey from gathering inspiration, to getting it onto the page, to shaping it into a story. […]
Here's the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr. Enjoy! #267 It’s a beautiful, warm evening, what’s your character’s pleasure: dinner al fresco; a hike; taking the children to the park; ignoring the weather and turning on the TV or something else entirely? #268 Is your main character a talker or a listener? #269 And then, […]
Just for you, because I love ya, I've invented a new writing machine. Here's what it does: with a long metal robotic arm, it reaches out, grabs paper and pen, and plops it down in front of you. You can also program it to grab your laptop, tablet, or computer keyboard. There's an optional feature […]
Here's this week's corral of my daily prompts: #259 If only….she thought. We all have a lot of “if onlies” in our life. What is your character’s biggest if only? #260 The wind blew and blew. It blew so hard and so long she thought she’d go crazy from it. And then, all of a sudden, it […]
