A Writing Prompt?

Question

Could someone please give me a good writing prompt? I really need to get those creative juices flowing. It would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Sure. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is your picture. Got a thousand words?? You can send them to me if you want.

http://www.neworderonline.com/Photos/Cache/11324.2950.large.jpg

Pax - C

Answer 2

A writing prompt might be: write a paragraph about Abe Lincoln's impact on society. A writing exercise might be: Find three different ways to describe Abraham Lincoln's appearance. Find three different ways to describe Abraham Lincoln's demeanor. Write a verse about Abraham Lincoln using iambic pentameter. Write a verse about Abraham Lincoln using blank verse etc.etc. The writing exercise asks for something very specific. The writing prompt is much more general.

Answer 3

1) Use a sentence starting with the word "I."
-I remember when...
-I had forgotten about...
-I wish I never...

2) Find a random picture and make up a story about it. Stock photos are a great source, and at www.fotosearch.com you can do a keyword search for interesting images. Perhaps your keywords could be: balloon, Italian, salad, or snow.

3) Use all the letters of a proper name to create your first sentence.
A few examples:
SHEILA: Sandra Hampton erased Ian's letters again. They weren't exactly letters, since they were emails, but they were...
EDWARD: Every day Whitney allows Ron Denmark to make her feel like losing her religion.
ZOE: Zach owes Ethan. Again. Big time.

4) Write something really off the wall and keep going.
-The first time I married Dan, culottes were still in style.
-Thirty years ago I died giving birth to Imogene Elizabeth Cunningham. At least that was supposed to be her name...
-It was time for my 12:00 feeding.
-The rain in Spain caused pain for Lorraine.
-Four thousand, six hundred, twenty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents ago my integrity was still intact.
-Today when I leave to go to work, I'm not coming back.
-Barbara Bell Bivens believed bad boys belonged behind bars.

Answer 4

There are a number of different Yahoo groups that post prompts. One (I started it several years ago) is "SmudgedInk". Another place you can look is online. I have a new group specifically devoted to prompts, short stories, and the critiques of those stories. It can be found at:

http://www.sswcg.com/content/

We'd love to have you as a member at either (or both!)

Good luck with your writing!

Tom

Answer 5

Use these words at least once in your story: dead, miniskirt, ring, notebook.

Two people meet on a boardwalk. One of them is not who they say they are.

Here are some good sites, too.

www.creativewritingprompts.com - Random prompts

www.seventhsanctum.com - Random generators (Go to the category "Writing" for some great prompts)

Answer 6

Have you ever been to a city, state, or country that you truly did not like? Now create a character who thinks of that place as a paradise. Add more characters who affect the main character's journey through the setting in different ways. Will the place turn out to be abominable or will it remain the character's paradise? You decide.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Story about a teenage girl, negligent parents. Use the word lamp twice in the first sentence.

Answer 9

Rest in the Spirit.

I know God is with me that very moment,
He had touched me with His grace- the gladness of my heart, accepts Him that He's the only one that I could rely on in my life.
His great love and healing power manifested in my whole being- the moment I felt His loving touch, my spirit yielded to His embrace.

Answer 10

Reasons to take a walk every day are...