Prompt 2468

Write about the effect of something that did not happen

If you're looking for a challenge, join us on March 15th when we try to write like Stephen King... for a fortnight, at least.

(Turns out it's way harder than it looks.)

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Prompts for 31 July 2023

A thief of noble lineage but down on their luck ducks into a cave pursued by angry shopkeepers, and stumbles into a cavern full of gnomes.  The gnomes promise to hide the thief . . . for a price.  The thief resigns themself to losing everything they just stole, but instead find that the gnome chief wants lessons in how human nobility acts and dresses.

365 Days of Prompts - December 30

Write a scene with the opening line: “The world slowly faded to black.”

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There's a reason we use the word bitter. That painful, sour taste that we have to accept it lingering in our mouth, long after what caused it is gone. It grows foul and sharper with time, festering with the anger that forced it to be in the first place

JBB’s DRP for 5/1/23: Monday Meditation: Heartbeat

Welcome to Week 17. Now is a good time to remember to listen to your heart. Connecting to the rhythm of your heart by controlling your breathing and then your thoughts is a great way to begin the new week. Let’s Go (calmly)! Source: Heartbeat: A Mindfulness Exercise to Calm Your Emotions by The Partnership in Education, https://youtu.be/3iUf73v92lI

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Prompt 2466

It all started with the baking of a pie, and ended with the pushing of a button.

Prompt 2468

They couldn’t think of what to say, but they knew they had to say something before it was too late.

Prompt 2467

“ did I hurt you?”

“ no, no. I’m glad you brought it up.”

I need everyone’s best character advice. STAT.

I think having a writing playlist is so important, if only because it trains your brain to get into the right headspace for your wip.

For those of us that stopped writing for a while, what brought you back?

Okay! So! I’m on the ten billionth? edit of my book and here’s a lesson I learned: the first ten-ish chapters are the hardest because you have to set up a bunch of stuff that hasn’t happened yet (and in my experience they’re usually the most edited any way). My solution is to start around the end of the beginning/start of the middle and make a list while you’re editing of everything that needs to happen to get to that point, and then! You have a checklist of everything that happens at the beginning. And then you edit the beginning after you’ve done the rest.

What scares you the most about writing?

Prompt 2417

Write a story based on your favorite song. you have to include all the lyrics but they can be out of order.