Category: Writing Prompts

  • Pushing the Envelope: A Different Kind of Writing Prompt

    Pushing the Envelope: A Different Kind of Writing Prompt

    New writers tend to define themselves as fiction writer, children’s writer, mystery writer, steampunk-dysporia-paranormal young adult writer. Among dramatic writers the boxes are fewer; comedy or drama.  But I like to say, how do you know you can not write that genre unless you try? I have created some “possibilities”  to help writers stretch and…

  • Prompt the Second

    Prompt the Second

    Here is the next writing prompt. And it is a good one! “Visit a neighborhood you’ve never been to. Pick a random house. What’s the story behind that house and the people who live in it?” If you can do a prompt the same day that is great, if not, no worries commit to doing…

  • In Training 2 Write: Prompt the First

    In Training 2 Write: Prompt the First

    As a runner trains for a marathon, so a writer needs to train. Last year, I created a blog on tumblr for the purpose of practicing writing and it was incredibly helpful. Crafting a 750 word story based on a Writer’s Digest Your Story prompt was a blast. The result of it had a big…