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A Word or Two to Get You Started
What is a writing prompt? It is a word, picture, phrase, quote or set of directions to help you kick start your writing for those days when you just can not get anything to percolate (it's also a great routine to get into to keep the words flowing).
In this lens you will find a few of the above options to help you journal or start your next short story as well as some really great book ideas and other writing inspiration. Please note that it has been divided into three pages (see tabs above next to "home").
This lens was created in January 2007 and has spent over 100 days in the top 100 Squidoo Lenses list. In January 2010 it was awarded the purple star of excellence and in February 2011 it was featured in the Squidoo Lens of the Day blog.
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In this lens you will find a few of the above options to help you journal or start your next short story as well as some really great book ideas and other writing inspiration. Please note that it has been divided into three pages (see tabs above next to "home").
This lens was created in January 2007 and has spent over 100 days in the top 100 Squidoo Lenses list. In January 2010 it was awarded the purple star of excellence and in February 2011 it was featured in the Squidoo Lens of the Day blog.
This lens is updated every Sunday.
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February Prompt Challenge
Something to work on throughout the month...
February 14th is Valentine's day but for the whole month you are going to be in the loving spirit. Valentine's day is set aside for couple love but there are many different kinds of love we experience every day -- some a little more superficial than others but still we love to love.On day one start off by creating a list of all the different types of love you can think of. Throughout the month you will use an item from this list to write about each day. And as luck would have it February has 29 days this year. Creating your list takes up one day so you'll only have to come up with 28 types of love. Even less if you begin with the list I started for you:
Day two: Motherly Love
Day three: Brotherly Love
Day four: Sisterly Love
Day five: Father Love
Day six: Spousal Love
Day seven: Boyfriend Love
Day eight: Girlfriend Love
Day nine: Pet Love
Day ten: Object Love
Day eleven: Mistress Love
Day twelve: Activity Love
Day thirteen: Religion Love
etc...
Now you finish the other fifteen days!
What to write about? There are a few options:
* Every day you can write a 400 word description of each type of love and provide examples that anyone would recognize.
* Or you can write about your personal experience with that type of love providing an example and exploring your feelings.
* Or (my personal favorite) you can write a short story with a character exhibiting one type of love. It can be a different character every day or you can use the same character and explore all the different types of love in his or her life. If you go the fiction route then the minimum word count is 750 words instead of 400.
Have a lovable month!
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Daily Word Prompts
One a day keeps procrastination at bay...
Here are a week's worth of daily "word" prompts. Do not read ahead. Get your pen or word document handy then pick a day, read the word and start writing. Mark each word on your calendar as a reminder.
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Day Five:
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Day Six:
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Day Seven:
Foolery - When the week is over write another piece using all of these words.
Prompt Writing Resources
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More to Get You Going
A little more than a word please...
Need more than a word to get you started? Follow the red star to find seven sentence prompts throughout this lens; one for each day of the week.
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Writing Prompt
Get ready to write before you read...
*In 500 words (or more), write a short story about a woman on vacation who takes a castle tour where she gets separated from her group and finds something unexpected.
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Oops You Don't Write Fiction
Most of the prompts in the Write Prompts lens are for people who write fiction although if you are uber creative you may find a way to journal or blog these prompts. If you are definitely interested in writing prompts for journaling or blogging please check out one of these lenses.
- Things to Blog About
- You get to the computer like you do every day, open up a fresh post to type something brilliant for your readers and suddenly you realize there is nothing there. Blank.Instead of writing something lame like, 'Nothing going on today... sooo bored', pick something from the list below. If you have a gr
- Personal Journal Writing Prompts
- Whether you journal with pen or with a keyboard this list of journalling prompts will help keep you writing when you feel you have nothing to write about. Search the list until you find a prompt you feel like writing about then have a go at it. Don't find one that speaks to you? That'
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Writing Prompt
Get ready to write before you read...
* Here are ten words. Start writing incorporating the words in as you go along: card, sale, latte, Mac, pillows, Volkswagen, innocent, hunger, chicken, bubbles.
Set your timer and for the next 15 to 20 minutes then write something using these ten words, and not all in one paragraph either.
Set your timer and for the next 15 to 20 minutes then write something using these ten words, and not all in one paragraph either.
Book-in-a-Week Writing Challenge
Want an excuse to write more? Look no further. Write along with other writers with similar goals one week a month. The ultimate goal is to finish a book (maybe eleven). Visit Book-in-a-week and get your Butt In Chair Hands On Keyboard Typing Away Madly (BIC HOK TAM)!
Rather write on your own? Then here is some butt in chair, hands on keyboard inspiration for you to use while writing.
Rather write on your own? Then here is some butt in chair, hands on keyboard inspiration for you to use while writing.
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The Write-Brain Workbook
366 Exercises to Liberate Your Writing
Never face a blank page again with this full year of "writing exercises and games designed to get thoughts brewing and the pen moving across the page." Inside you will find: 366 10-minute exercises to build momentum and turn off the left side of the brain.Get The Write-Brain Workbook from Amazon.
Author Q & A's
For inspiration...
Ever wonder what professional writers do for inspiration, procrastination or the business of writing? Then check out these author Q & A's for insight.Visit Author Q & A.
Writing Prompt
Get ready to write before you read...
*For the poetry writers. Even if you do not normally write poetry make an effort to complete this exercise.
Your topic is: pig tails and muddy faces.
Your form is: Free write for ten minutes about topic then reduce it down to six full lines.
Your topic is: pig tails and muddy faces.
Your form is: Free write for ten minutes about topic then reduce it down to six full lines.
An Exaltation of Forms
Poetic Inspiration Through Poetic Forms
An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art
Amazon Price: $19.18 (as of 02/10/2012)
This is one of my favorite poetic form books. "An Exaltation of Forms is an indispensable resource certain to find a dedicated audience among poetry lovers. The editors invited over fifty contemporary poets to select a poetic meter, stanza, or form, describe it, recount its history, and provide favorite examples. The essays represent a remarkably diverse range of literary styles and approaches, and show how the forms of contemporary English-language poetry derive from a wealth of different traditions."
Writing Prompt
Get ready to write before you read...
* Set a timer to write about the person, location and problem listed below for 20 minutes.
* Margie Knight * Target * Gunman starts shooting staff
When you are done write a completely different outcome to the same scenario.
* Margie Knight * Target * Gunman starts shooting staff
When you are done write a completely different outcome to the same scenario.
Writing Prompt
Get ready to write before you read...
*Write 300 words or more from the perspective of a male mechanic who is working overtime to get extra money for daughter's birthday gift.
The Writer's Idea Book
"With over 500 idea-generating prompts, this is the book you will reach for time after time to jump start your creativity and develop original ideas. Four distinctive sections offer dozens of unique approaches to "freeing the muse," each geared toward a different stage of writing."Get The Writer's Idea Book from Amazon.
Writing Prompt
Get ready to write before you read...
*Spend at least 15 minutes writing about your interpretation of this quote (or write a short story using this quote as a motto or path for your main character): "All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." ~ Havelock Ellis
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Wide Open
Inspiration & Techniques for Art Journaling on the Edge
A collection of 50 cards inspirational cards and a creativity journal. Each card is designed to stretch your observational and chronicling skills.Get Wide Open from Amazon.
Writing Prompt
Prompt Get ready to write before you read...
*Opening a book and taking the first line from a chapter is a great way to get a prompt when you're in a pinch. It's important to mark them in your writing so you don't inadvertently pass them off as your own at a later date.
You may recognize this line from Sue Ann Jaffarian's Ghost a la Mode.
"Mom went to a seance last night. As soon as the words were out of Kelly's mouth, Emma Whitecastle wanted to kick her daughter's..."
Continue writing for 10 - 15 minutes (or longer).
You may recognize this line from Sue Ann Jaffarian's Ghost a la Mode.
"Mom went to a seance last night. As soon as the words were out of Kelly's mouth, Emma Whitecastle wanted to kick her daughter's..."
Continue writing for 10 - 15 minutes (or longer).
A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words
Image-Driven Story Prompts and Excercises for Writers
Photographs make great writing prompts for the visual writer. They are even good if you are not a visual person because they force you to step outside your comfort zone. This book shows that a picture IS worth one thousand words. Your written words. It contains 110 photos that promise to provide you with visual inspiration for your story writing. But just in case you need a little more of a shove a written prompt is tagging along.Get A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words from Amazon.
Visual Prompt
Sometimes we need something a little visual to get our creative juices flowing. Study the image for five minutes then journal or write about it.
Photographer - D. Sharon Pruitt. After you have written about this image take a journey over to the photographer's photostream for more inspiration.
Photographer - D. Sharon Pruitt. After you have written about this image take a journey over to the photographer's photostream for more inspiration.
Journal Magic!
Lessons in Therapeutic Writing
"This book contains just about everything you'll need to help you open the door, break through your resistances, and get started with your journal writing. The sooner you begin your writing life, the sooner you will discover the magic and power that you carry within." Vent, brainstorm, remember, reflect, and learn.Get Journaling Magic! from Amazon.
A "Word" Prompt
I love words! Words make great prompts and lead to new ideas. Add this new word to your writing today.
- depone: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
- depone: to testify under oath; depose.
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Evolution of a Lens
The Write Prompts lens was the lens that first inducted me into Squidoo. It was created by someone else and they gifted it to me because they thought it was better suited to my interests. At the time I thought Squidoo was a neat idea and would be a great addition. I had no idea it would become an addiction.
The Write Prompts lens has evolved a lot over the years (most recently I've started experimenting with page breaks) and has a weekly following and with that growth came a blog of the same name.
The Write Prompts lens is my longest running lens and is like a baby to me. Of all my lenses (over 300) it is probably the most important to me and I have been religiously updating it every week for a few years.
Now you can get double the prompts by visiting the blog inspired by this lens. New prompts Monday to Sunday and you can subscribe by email to have reminders delivered to your in box!
The Write Prompts lens has evolved a lot over the years (most recently I've started experimenting with page breaks) and has a weekly following and with that growth came a blog of the same name.
The Write Prompts lens is my longest running lens and is like a baby to me. Of all my lenses (over 300) it is probably the most important to me and I have been religiously updating it every week for a few years.
Now you can get double the prompts by visiting the blog inspired by this lens. New prompts Monday to Sunday and you can subscribe by email to have reminders delivered to your in box!
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Reading into Images
03/21/2010
One of my favorite types of writing prompts to use is an image especially since I'm such a visual person myself. Whether you are a visual person or not using an image writing prompt is a good exercise for your creative energies.
As I was updating the prompts for this week at The Write Prompt lens I became increasing aware of just how versatile such a prompt is. This this week's image prompt for example, it's a simple image of two children in a narrow space on one side of a door. They are completely clothed with their faces away from the viewer. Are they in a place they shouldn't be? Are they trying to sneak up on someone? Are they hiding? Are they trying to escape? Were they going to visit gramma? Those were just some of my thought processes. If you spend a few minutes looking at them you'll probably come up with more.
Images provide a visual cue to get us started but there are so many avenues to explore. The same image can very well provide a new prompt for the writer every day. It depends on the mood of the writer and her/his creative influence at the moment of viewing. With so many images around us a writer has new excuse for not writing something new.
Have a delightfully creative week!
Moe aka biggirlblue
As I was updating the prompts for this week at The Write Prompt lens I became increasing aware of just how versatile such a prompt is. This this week's image prompt for example, it's a simple image of two children in a narrow space on one side of a door. They are completely clothed with their faces away from the viewer. Are they in a place they shouldn't be? Are they trying to sneak up on someone? Are they hiding? Are they trying to escape? Were they going to visit gramma? Those were just some of my thought processes. If you spend a few minutes looking at them you'll probably come up with more.
Images provide a visual cue to get us started but there are so many avenues to explore. The same image can very well provide a new prompt for the writer every day. It depends on the mood of the writer and her/his creative influence at the moment of viewing. With so many images around us a writer has new excuse for not writing something new.
Have a delightfully creative week!
Moe aka biggirlblue
8 Simple Things You Can Do To Make Time for Writing
04/19/2010
Working with writers for the last six years, the most common complaint I hear for lack of writing is "not enough hours in the day". The hours are there, you just need to practice your power of redirection. We do it all the time for the things that are important to us.
Here are eight simple things you can do to make time for writing:
* Get up 30 minutes earlier and use the 30 minutes for writing.
* Find a quiet place during your lunch hour and devote 15 minutes of your lunch to writing. The car is a good place. Or anywhere that has greenery.
* Hire a baby sitter for 2 hours and give her explicit instructions that you are not to be disturbed. Offer her a bonus if she succeeds. Lock yourself in a room and write like a dynamo -- don't cheat by doing email or laundry.
* Skip your email today and write for fifteen minutes.
* At the beginning of the day pick a writing topic to work on throughout the day. Whenever you are standing in line or waiting refer yourself to this topic. Keep a notepad and pen in your purse to jot down relevant thoughts -- yes this is still considered writing!
* If you are watching your favorite TV show, keep a pen an notebook by your side. When the commercial comes on put the TV on the mute. You have a good 3 to 4 minutes of writing before it comes back on.
* When you are preparing meals this week double the recipes. Divide and cook one meal tonight and freeze the other for next week. The time you save can be spent writing next week for a whole week!
* Stay up 30 minutes longer. Stop using the excuse that you are too tired at the end of the night. It's 30 minutes! If you absolutely can't do 30 then do 15. Give yourself a specific short writing task to do like flesh out a character or scene. You might find that you can get a lot done in 30 minutes especially at night time when the house is quiet.
Happy Writing!
The Prompt Writer
Here are eight simple things you can do to make time for writing:
* Get up 30 minutes earlier and use the 30 minutes for writing.
* Find a quiet place during your lunch hour and devote 15 minutes of your lunch to writing. The car is a good place. Or anywhere that has greenery.
* Hire a baby sitter for 2 hours and give her explicit instructions that you are not to be disturbed. Offer her a bonus if she succeeds. Lock yourself in a room and write like a dynamo -- don't cheat by doing email or laundry.
* Skip your email today and write for fifteen minutes.
* At the beginning of the day pick a writing topic to work on throughout the day. Whenever you are standing in line or waiting refer yourself to this topic. Keep a notepad and pen in your purse to jot down relevant thoughts -- yes this is still considered writing!
* If you are watching your favorite TV show, keep a pen an notebook by your side. When the commercial comes on put the TV on the mute. You have a good 3 to 4 minutes of writing before it comes back on.
* When you are preparing meals this week double the recipes. Divide and cook one meal tonight and freeze the other for next week. The time you save can be spent writing next week for a whole week!
* Stay up 30 minutes longer. Stop using the excuse that you are too tired at the end of the night. It's 30 minutes! If you absolutely can't do 30 then do 15. Give yourself a specific short writing task to do like flesh out a character or scene. You might find that you can get a lot done in 30 minutes especially at night time when the house is quiet.
Happy Writing!
The Prompt Writer
The Perfect Writing Prompt
07/25/2010
There is no such thing as the perfect writing prompt. Writing prompts are not some magic elixir that will suddenly make you an active writer. You still have engage your mind, fingers and butt. You can blame the prompt but the onus will still always be you.
When you decide to work with a writing prompt don't think too hard about it or on it. The idea is to free your mind and write what ever the prompt brings up. Your mind has a constant train of thought, use it now. It doesn't have to be witty. It doesn't have to make sense. You may never use the end result or you may rewrite it on some cold day in January turning it into one of your best short stories or novellas.
Don't surf the internet looking for the perfect prompt. It doesn't exist. Take the first writing prompt you come across and do something with it. Make it work for you whether you like it or not.
You can start here: The Write Prompts.
When you decide to work with a writing prompt don't think too hard about it or on it. The idea is to free your mind and write what ever the prompt brings up. Your mind has a constant train of thought, use it now. It doesn't have to be witty. It doesn't have to make sense. You may never use the end result or you may rewrite it on some cold day in January turning it into one of your best short stories or novellas.
Don't surf the internet looking for the perfect prompt. It doesn't exist. Take the first writing prompt you come across and do something with it. Make it work for you whether you like it or not.
You can start here: The Write Prompts.
by BigGirlBlue
BigGirlBlue
I'm a writer, an artist, and a brilliant procrastinator. A daily prompt is a good way to warm up or give your mind a break from your current... more »
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