July 2010
Daily Writing Prompts

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A Pen In Each Hand

  1. He barely got it out once with a straight face
  2. A zebra purse and pink rhinestone shoes
  3. “That’s a big step,” he said. “Are you sure you’re ready?”
  4. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: peace, locked, floor, detail, demanding
    2. Use the phrase “I never figured you for a…”
    3. Write about something taking longer than expected.
  5. Write about someone moving toward independence
  6. All of the bandages in her medicine cabinet featured cartoon characters.
  7. A morning of raspberry tea and cinnamon toast
  8. Set a story/poem at a used bookstore with a ginger cat on the counter
  9. I told myself he’d find someone else but I didn’t think it would be…
  10. “You’ve done it again. And again. And again.”
  11. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: skinned, branches, syrupy, feeling, clear.
    2. Write about dropping something, or falling.
    3. Write about a chance comment, taken the wrong way, which turns out to be more interesting that way.
  12. “I could solve all of this with one phone call.”
  13. Set your story at a community pool with two women talking as they sunbathe
  14. Use red, white and/or blue as a theme or symbol in a story or poem
  15. “What’s that look for? We’re only going into the kitchen.”
  16. “Do you want it trimmed in maribou or faux fur?”
  17. A yellow bathrobe hangs on a burnished nickel hook
  18. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: himself, memorial, dance, times, however.
    2. Write about a day that’s perfect in every way. Except…
    3. Use the phrase “let them eat cake”.
  19. “Before you get angry, let me explain the dent and the white feathers.”
  20. Family game night takes a macabre turn during Clue
  21. Use a brown rabbit and a patch of sunflowers in your story or poem
  22. Begin your scene at 7:22 a.m. in room 722 of a swank hotel
  23. “Lawrence of Arabia is playing at the Plex. You want to go?”
  24. At the picnic, Grandma Betty asks, “Has John got laid yet?”
  25. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: saying, bottom, expectations, effect, heart
    2. Write about an accident waiting to happen.
    3. Write about travel.
  26. A Christmas ornament found behind the sofa
  27. A piece of red paper taped to a door reads…
  28. Batman slippers and a concert t-shirt
  29. At the first day of the convention, a stripper in a bear costume
  30. A 40th birthday cake with black and blue candles
  31. Harry Potter’s birthday! Write a story or poem set in a castle
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