February 2012
Daily Writing Prompts

A Pen In Each Hand

  1. A flock of cedar waxwings gorging on mulberries.
  2. She always wished on the first star she saw at night.
  3. Create a place defined by smell.
  4. Leather books with crackling spines.
  5. Get today’s Sunday Brunch Prompts at Twitter.
    1. Use the following words: angles, blow, light, class, vulnerable
    2. Use the phrase, “Hope is a dangerous thing.”
    3. Use three different adjectives to describe something or someone.
  6. The man in the grey suit stands alone, unnoticed.
  7. Paper lanterns bouncing in the breeze.
  8. Shadows, like silent howling faces.
  9. It’s 3 a.m. A man is alone in a laundromat.
  10. She was plain as a plate.
  11. He was drenched in anxiety.
  12. Get today’s Sunday Brunch Prompts at Twitter.
    1. Use the following five words: fortune, knotted, extra, sweet, drag.
    2. Write about hitting a new high (or new low).
    3. Write about Saturday night at the edge of the world (hat tip to io9.com)
  13. His voice changed from thunder to silk.
  14. “Death is a mere technicality.”
  15. All she could remember about him was his nose.
  16. I felt slighted and betrayed.
  17. Only her perfume lingered.
  18. Wine is bottled poetry.
  19. Get today’s Sunday Brunch Prompts at Twitter.
    1. Use the following words: surprise, twice, season, attached, breed
    2. Use the phrase “That’s right, You don’t understand.”
    3. Fill in the blanks: “__________ is a place where _________”
  20. A woman with pitted cheeks and black hair cut in bangs.
  21. Rain dancing on a lake.
  22. Use false teeth, a silver necklace and knitted cap in a poem or short story.
  23. The smile starting to die on her mouth.
  24. Celebrate rain in a poem or short story.
  25. Visit your library today and check out a book in a genre you don’t read.
  26. Get today’s Sunday Brunch Prompts at Twitter.
    1. Use the following five words: warning, small, mused, until, hunger.
    2. Fill in the blanks: “no ______, ______, or ______.”
    3. Write about a distinctive facial feature.
  27. A dare at a county fair.
  28. “I can’t tell you how I feel right now.”
  29. Her increasing grey hairs excited her.
Print Friendly, PDF & Email