January 2010
Daily Writing Prompts

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A Pen In Each Hand

  1. Passing a woman with short white-blond hair and a cabled scarf.
  2. He takes out his phone in mid conversation and holds up a finger
  3. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: forgive, destroy, strengthen, finding, turned
    2. Write about an unexpected chore.
    3. Write about a pair of something.
  4. Use in a story: gamble, shuffle and applaud
  5. “Did you turn it down?” “I turned it off.”
  6. A shield with an image of an eagle and the number 8
  7. She feared balloons but she bought the helium tank anyway
  8. It would ruin the mood but he had to say it
  9. Set a story in an amusement park at dusk
  10. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: could, dozen, bartender, about, trust..
    2. Write about being functionally illiterate.
    3. Write about someone discovering his or her destiny.
  11. Use in a story: accept, kick, linger
  12. “Love isn’t something you can extinguish like a flame.”
  13. Each table sat 12 people, even the singles table in the back
  14. His office furniture was made of Brazilian rosewood
  15. She plays professional poker and her sister is a puzzle writer
  16. Technology in the wrong hands… for the right reason
  17. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: directed, mouth, once, parking, advice.
    2. Write about being reminded of a promise.
    3. Write about an exotic substance.
  18. She awakens to a blinking pink light and the smell of juniper
  19. A leaf blown by the wind settles on a frozen pond
  20. “I’m doing this to eat, not to make great art.”
  21. He wasn’t an Elvis man but he chose A18 on the jukebox
  22. They arrive at the cabin with three grocery bags and a pair of fishing poles
  23. “I didn’t say I didn’t like it. But you shouldn’t be wearing a bikini here.”
  24. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: found, quickly, everything, oceans, metal
    2. Write about accidental efficiency.
    3. Write about resurrecting an unused skill.
  25. It looks like it’s made of marble but it’s really made of wood
  26. She can’t believe it but there it is on a 20-foot screen for all to see
  27. Bill’s gone for a midnight snack
  28. Springsteen tickets, a six pack and a dozen red roses
  29. The game required a ping pong ball, a pack of matches and a blindfold
  30. Use in a story: replicate, anger, dominate
  31. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: wedding, metal, crashed, curly, amused.
    2. Write about two apparently conflicting statements.
    3. Write about seeing something invisible.
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