December 2010
Daily Writing Prompts

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A Pen In Each Hand

  1. A group of co-workers out for happy hour.
  2. Use pepperoni, light bulb and snowflake in a poem or short story.
  3. A SWAT Team member afraid of heights.
  4. A wedding on an urban trolley.
  5. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
    1. Use the following words: driving, bridge, count, possible, project
    2. Write about something that’s broken that can be made to work if it’s used just right.
    3. Write about remembering something that you haven’t (or your character hasn’t) experienced.
  6. Visit an airport and write about one passenger.
  7. Your m/c hates a particular holiday song; what and why?
  8. When she noticed the flat tire she cried for 20 minutes, then changed it.
  9. Soft candlelight, the scent of cinnamon and heavy metal blaring.
  10. He made promises, but rarely kept them.
  11. “I prefer to think of it as the challenge of the unknown.”
  12. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
    1. Use the following words: slide, atone, self-made, sound, wouldn’t.
    2. Use the phrase “She gave me asphalt.”
    3. Write about staring into an open fire.
  13. The vases were on the mantle, she wondered which one held her father’s ashes.
  14. What does golden thunder mean?
  15. Use an oven, a trumpet and a train in a poem or short story.
  16. A desire was growing in him to be elsewhere.
  17. Her smile fascinated me, it seemed evil.
  18. He no longer preached the Gospel, but demonstrated God’s love.
  19. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
    1. Use the following words: guide, rarely, expression, flight, doubt
    2. Write about asking for a do-over.
    3. Write about the rise or decline of something.
  20. She had the annoying habit of cracking her knuckles.
  21. Go to a park today. Enjoy the natural world.
  22. He hasn’t worked in two years.
  23. The wind sang of silent grief.
  24. Write about the world of a letter carrier.
  25. Imagine the people you interact with as animals; take notes.
  26. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
    1. Use the following words: electronic, crush, dismal, clock, away
    2. Fill in the blank, “I’ve been ______ my entire life.”
    3. Write about a net, a web, or lattice.
  27. A tumbling afternoon of mist and fog.
  28. Dancers in gossamer garments.
  29. There aren’t enough stars to reflect my gratitude.
  30. A cat chasing a leaf on a windy day.
  31. Happy New Year eve! Resolve to have fun with writing in 2011.
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