Sometimes it's tough to get started an a writing project. Sometimes you get stuck in the middle. Sometimes ideas just won't come. In all these situations writing prompts can be helpful.
Perhaps you are sitting down for a regular time of writing, and you just don't have any idea what to write. Find a writing prompt online. A couple of good places to find prompts are at www.writersdigest.com/prompts and at
www.warren-wilson.edu/~creativewriting/Prompt. Prompts can be story ideas, pictures, or challenges. One that I did recently involves writing a short story using only dialog. I thought it would be difficult, but it turned out to be very easy, once I got going.
Perhaps you are sitting down to work on a story you have already begun and can't get back into it. Sometimes you just have to clear out the cobwebs and start again. Writing a story or poem based on a prompt can do that for you. It gets your mind on something else for awhile and lets your brain come back to the original story with more clarity, and perhaps, a new vision.
Perhaps you want to do something new, but the words and ideas are elusive. Find a prompt that gets your brain moving and follow it through. You may be surprised at the short story or poem you create. You never know, it may even become the basis for a novel! To make things easy, I will give you a prompt in the spirit of Halloween that will soon be upon us. Feel free to leave responses or to email me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!
PROMPT: A group of children comes to your door, begging for candy. One of them just doesn't seem right. What is it that doesn't seem right? What do you do? Where do your actions, or those of the child, lead?
Have fun!
Perhaps you are sitting down for a regular time of writing, and you just don't have any idea what to write. Find a writing prompt online. A couple of good places to find prompts are at www.writersdigest.com/prompts and at
www.warren-wilson.edu/~creativewriting/Prompt. Prompts can be story ideas, pictures, or challenges. One that I did recently involves writing a short story using only dialog. I thought it would be difficult, but it turned out to be very easy, once I got going.
Perhaps you are sitting down to work on a story you have already begun and can't get back into it. Sometimes you just have to clear out the cobwebs and start again. Writing a story or poem based on a prompt can do that for you. It gets your mind on something else for awhile and lets your brain come back to the original story with more clarity, and perhaps, a new vision.
Perhaps you want to do something new, but the words and ideas are elusive. Find a prompt that gets your brain moving and follow it through. You may be surprised at the short story or poem you create. You never know, it may even become the basis for a novel! To make things easy, I will give you a prompt in the spirit of Halloween that will soon be upon us. Feel free to leave responses or to email me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!
PROMPT: A group of children comes to your door, begging for candy. One of them just doesn't seem right. What is it that doesn't seem right? What do you do? Where do your actions, or those of the child, lead?
Have fun!