Prompts

Easy to use prompts

Suggestions to spark imagination and inspire writing.

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  • Prompt #124

    How do you want to be remembered? Humorous or serious – what would you write for your epitaph? Compose several brief epitaphs for yourself — the headlines you’d like to see on your headstone. Think of them as messages to future generations that convey how you want to be remembered. And then. . . write

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  • Prompt #124

    How do you want to be remembered? Humorous or serious – what would you write for your epitaph? Compose several brief epitaphs for yourself — the headlines you’d like to see on your headstone. Think…

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  • Prompt #123

    What is your body telling you? For today’s writing . . . sit comfortably. Take a deep breath in. Let it out. Another deep, refreshing breath in. Release. One more big, nourishing breath. Let it…

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  • Prompt #122

    Gifts! Write about one or more:

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  • Prompt #121

    Write a telegram . . . Compose a telegram — a brief note that could be sent over the wires. Oh, I guess this sounds like an email, or a text message. But doesn’t “telegram”…

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  • Prompt #120

    Write about something that happened . . . Write about something that happened to you this week. It can be something big, or something small. Maybe something you saw or observed. Perhaps something or someone…

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  • Prompt #119

    Write about a gift. . . Part 1:  Write about a gift someone gave you that you didn’t like, didn’t know what to do with or had no use for. Part 2:  What does this…

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  • Challenging situation. . .

    Challenging situation. . . Sometimes you don’t know how you will act when faced with a difficult or a life threatening situation . . . until you are in the throes of it.  Write about…

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  • An epiphany . . . Prompt #117

    * “An epiphany is a sudden realization of a significant event. At that special moment, a life meaning becomes clear to you —an insight into your personality, a discovery of something you value or believe…

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  • Seeing red. Prompt #116

                        Today’s writing prompt:  Seeing red.                                Photo credits: Red door – Colby Drake Children and backpacks – Kent Sorensen Holiday table…

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