Writing Prompts for October Is there magic in autumn? Or any other season? Is there something scary inside a house in your town? Or a piano that plays on its own? Or AI chat? Write about it. Make it an observation or a warning from a parent, teacher, or grandparent. Or tell the story from
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Summer 2025 Writing Advice
September Writing Prompts Write about a September memory: September is a month filled with memories. The prompts below start with some of mine and expand. You can write about one of them or anything they trigger. When you have a draft, we’d love to read your work if you’d like to share it. More about
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Spring 2025 ~~ Writing Advice
WHAT’S outside your window or in front of you? NEW Writing Prompts for June WHAT’S outside your window or in front of you? Make a list of 10 things you see or hear or smell or feel on this late spring day. Or things you wish you could see or hear or smell or feel.
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Winter 2025 ~~ Writing Advice
March Prompts Welcome to March. Try any of these prompts. Set a timer for 20 minutes. Finish the sentence. Write your next sentence and keep going. If you get stuck, use the sentence start again, and see where the writing takes you. When I looked out the window . . . When I listened
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Fall 2024 ~~ Writing Advice
No Time to Write in December? Try this: Close the door to the room where your desk or a desk is. Turn off your phone or put it on airplane mode. Set your timer for 20 minutes. Write about any holiday moment in your memory. Here are a couple of starts I could use. What
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Writing Advice ~~ Summer 2024
You can say a lot in a letter that you might have trouble saying in person. September Writing Prompts Ever read an epistolary novel? You can say a lot in a letter that you might have trouble saying in person. Here are some things to try: Write a letter to your younger self offering advice.
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Spring 2024 ~~ Writing Advice
“Hook your readers and draw them into your world.” ~~Anoop Judge Ways to Begin a Story: Crafting the Perfect Opening The author of this article, Anoop Judge, is also the author of No Ordinary Thursday, a family drama of secrets, misconceptions, and tragedy, She’s the author of three additional books and is also a writing
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Winter 2024 Writing Advice
What happens if… Some Writing Prompts to Ponder during March 🌹 What happens if you pick one prompt, complete the sentence, write the next sentence, and keep going? What happens if you write for 20 minutes? When spring comes… Did you hear… Rolling around in the grass, she was shocked to find… Did you have
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Fall 2023~~December Writing Prompts and Writing Advice from Sol Stein & Raven Howell
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ― Mark Twain December Writing Prompts Set a timer for 20 minutes. Finish one of these sentence starts. Keep going. Go wherever the writing takes you. When the 20 minutes
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Summer of 2023 ~~ Writing Advice
I asked the winners of our last contest to explain why entering contests is worthwhile. All sent excellent responses and no two are the same. There are 3 responses on the page, but at the top we have our September Writing Prompts. “You never know who is reading your work and other paths that may
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Spring 2023 — New Writing Advice & Prompts
“We are compelled to make sense of ourselves, our lives, and the physical and ethereal realms in which those unfold. We do so as interpreters, as storytellers.” ~~ Ronald Chapman Writing as Spiritual Practice By Ronald Chapman Author of The Dark Side of Grace Editor’s Note: MY TBR stack is climbing towards the
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Winter of 2023 — Writing Advice
“I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.” —Ray Bradbury February Free Writing Topics: Write about the layers of love in your life. Write about your first love. Write about your current love. Write about your love for a child, a pet, or a project. Write about the love thoughts that won’t leave
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