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Writing prompts for march 2019

Thinking Spring. Writing Prompts for March 2019

March came in like a lamb here, and despite a little foreboding about its exit in four weeks, I was very glad to say good-bye to February.

I’m trying to think spring, despite the white stuff on the ground, so I’m putting my online Writing Camp for Teens on sale just in time for March/Spring Break. Please drop by here and check out the five days of activities that I’ve assembled for creative teens.

I’m very excited to be working on a new non-fiction project for genre writers. I hope to have at least one of the planned books ready by the end of March, so I can share it with you in my next blog. I’m working on books for sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, romance, and memoir authors, and enjoying every minute of creating these resources for you. Do you have a favourite genre that you like to read? Please drop a note in the comments. I’m a big mystery fan myself, but I do read some romance and fantasy, too.

Here are your writing prompts for March. I hope you have a creative month ahead!

Use one, some, or all the words in one of these groups to create a story or poem.

  • Call, storm, run, lost, black, lightning
  • Computer, message, unknown, threat, secret
  • Hidden, treasure, capture, bluff, scarlet
  • Distracted, danger, child, cry, flee, blunder

Here are some opening lines that might suggest a story or two.

  • I don’t like it when he’s so quiet.
  • That sound wasn’t thunder.
  • I was down to my last ten minutes of battery power.
  • The room on the other side of this wall was supposed to be empty.
  • Just my luck!
  • Sleet hammered the car windshield.
  • No, I was not going to answer his text.
  • Whoever said, “Cheaters never prosper,” never met Henry.
  • Helen hadn’t meant to lie.

See if any of these titles inspire a story or poem: Blue Moon, No Dreams Left, What S/He Was Waiting For, Meadowland, Purple Dusk, Climbing to the Stars, Scary Dreams, The Last Planet, The Garden, The Remains, Ice Storm, Raven Song.

Here are some short scenes of dialogue. Can you imagine the rest of the scene?

I don’t want to see you ever again.
Ever again is a long time
That’s what I’m counting on.

I’m sorry.
I wish I could believe you.

I have to go.
Have to or want to?
I think you’ve already decided.

Should the clouds look like that?
No. We need shelter. Now.
Where?

Wishing you a writerly March!

Writing Prompts for July 2018

WRITING PROMPTS JULY 2018

I believe that creativity begets creativity. When I’m working on one creative project, I get inspiration and ideas for others. Does the same thing happen to you? It’s certainly a lovely to be in that place right now. I plan to enjoy it and wish the same for you!

I’m also happy to announce the launch of my online Writing Camp for Teens. If you are a teen writer or have a teen writer in your family, please check out what I’ve been up to here.

I’m taking the plunge and attending a writers’ critique group this evening. I only know one member, so I’m a little intimidated, but I know it’s healthy to get out and meet other writers. I’ve always been reluctant to share my work, so this will be a stretch for me. If those of you already in critique groups have any encouraging advice (or cautionary tales) please pass them along. I’m sure I’m not the only one interested in some insider information.

I hope you enjoy the new writing prompts and that you and yours have a healthy and writerly month ahead.

Use one, some, or all of the words in one of these groups to create a story or poem.

  • Deck, breeze, book, cup, alone, fear
  • Lake, tree, shore, run, midnight
  • Table, menu, grief, pie, memory
  • Message, hurry, unknown, friend, doubt
  • Thunder, clouds, running shelter, lightning, breath

Use one of these opening sentences to start a story.

  • I deserved better.
  • Henry smelled of Old Spice and trouble.
  • The audience rose to its feet.
  • Saying goodbye was going to be harder than I thought
  • I was afraid that my famous last words were going to be, “I should never have believed Henry.”
  • Storm front coming.
  • I wasn’t sure Helen would recover from this one.

Here are some titles that might inspire a story or poem: Every Monday, Run, The Last Pony, The Answer, Quotient, Formula for Murder, Always or Never, Alone in the Sky, Promises and Lies, One Heart for Yesterday.

Here are some dialogue excerpts. See what scenes you can create from them.

  • I haven’t seen Henry for ages.
  • He was around yesterday. Maybe, he doesn’t want to see you.

 

  • Did you like the movie?
  • Uh huh.
  • That’s all you have to say?
  • Didn’t you notice who was sitting in front of us?

 

  • I thought we were done here.
  • You might be, but I’m not.

 

  • Did you hear what Helen said?
  • Yes.
  • Did it sound like a threat to you?
  • Yes.

 

  • I’ve had enough. Let’s go.
  • Who put you in charge?
  • Okay fine. You can stay, but I’m leaving now.

 

 

 

 

 

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