I found a fun prompt exercise I thought would be fun to share. Find postcards (or virtual ones) and write about the person writing them and/or the person receiving them. It can be any era, location or relationship. I wrote this one: Fate on a Postcard Justine pushed...
Hello All, I'm back from vacation and getting back into the swing of things gradually. For today's prompt please use this image. This is my response - enjoy! There was Humphrey, big, bold and yellow. Weren’t shadows supposed to be black or at least grey? Martin only...
Does writing energize or exhaust you? I get very energized during the initial stages – planning, researching, outlining – and during the actual writing in extended bursts where I’ll write for six or eight hours a day for a week or more… then I tend to burn out...
This week's prompt is 'revenge'. Write a poem or short story of getting back at someone. I wrote this story some time ago but still like it. The story began with a picture of a beach veranda, I have no idea why it went in this direction but that's the joy of writing....
I used a word game for last night's writers meeting and it resulted in this piece. The idea is to pick three cards, two with letters on and one with a picture. Using the picture as the theme, you have to use as many words beginning with the two letters as possible in...
Apologies - I forgot to schedule this post. The prompt today is ' a glimpse out of a window'. What do you see? Here's my effort. It started with a glimpse out of the corner of her eye. A movement passing the opened window but when she turned there was nothing there....
Your prompt is to describe a 'horror'... This is my response. Aaron swung his legs onto the cold hardwood floor and cradled his head in his hands. Sleep had come; surprisingly; shortly before dawn – a short respite from his inner turmoil. The previous hours had seen...
BOOKWORM - this is your starting point for a story...should be easy! I have to confess I had an ulterior motive for volunteering to look after the book stall at the village fete. Not only would I have first pick of the books but it was nicely situated in a large tent...
Your challenge is to write a poem or short story using this image above. It can be the start or ending of a story, a sense of place or wherever the image inspires your Mse to write. My Muse decided on a poem. Roots Revealed by the eroded earth Spindly, twisting...