Category: Writing Prompts
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Writing Prompt #8: Cyclone Storms on North Pole of Jupiter!
The image below is a “composite image” collected by Nasa’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper, which is part of their Juno mission to Jupiter. There is an interesting article here if you’d like to know more about it. When I saw this, I immediately thought this storm (or storms?) would make for a nice writing prompt.…
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Play Misty for Me (1971 Movie) Writing Prompt #7
We watched Play Misty for Me last night, which was a 1971 thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Jessica Walter also starred and did a good job, I thought, playing the villain. The book reminds me a bit of Stephen King’s Misery, which came out sixteen years later as well as of course the…
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Writing Prompt #6: Book in a Tree
Today’s writing prompt comes from a hike we recently did where I found a book stuck up in a tree, which I thought was a little unusual—especially since it sat there for three weeks. The talented painter, Dave Stone, gave me the idea for this writing prompt with a comment he made on my personal…
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Writing Prompt #5: “Don’t Slip” by Magpie at Midnight
Originally posted on The Magpie at Midnight: When I was a kid I used to spend my weekend mornings watching the TV with my sister. On the UK terrestrial channels we used to get mornings of programming that included a range of different programmes and quiz shows, and these frequently included slapstick inspired cartoons like…
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Writing Prompt #4: Book you are reading paired with random text
Today’s writing prompt comes from your own reading, because what you read can fuel your own writing, either deep within the opaque corners of one’s mind and-or self-consciously, welling up to the surface of things. First, consider the cover of whatever book you are currently reading as general inspiration. See where the artwork takes you…
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Writing Prompt #3: Doggo
Today’s prompt comes courtesy of Storybot on Twitter, where I follow them. Their app is also available in the Google Play store. “Write the first line that’s inspired by this photo.” When this prompt come up in my Twitter feed, I wrote, “The first thing I noticed after the wizard turned me into a dog…
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Writing Prompt #2: Arrows and Forest Squash
Use this prompt as a jumping off point for your own short story, poem, narrative, fragment, etc. and see where you go—perhaps the picture or the text taken separately or mashed together somehow will lead you somewhere useful or fun… Suggestion: Create something new that somehow brings both pictures into your work. Bonus points if…
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Writing Prompt #1: Stacks of Railroad Ties and “here’s the thing” …
Use this prompt as a jumping off point for your own short story, poem, narrative, fragment, etc. and see where you go—perhaps the picture or the text taken separately or mashed together somehow will lead you somewhere useful or fun… Visual Prompt: Text Prompt: We had no intention of choosing sides until we were sure…
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