June 2010
Daily Writing Prompts

A Pen In Each Hand

  1. Wind blown dust shimmered in the morning light
  2. A tangle of phlox, day lilies and bleeding heart.
  3. A mistaken assumption
  4. She looked liked the mother of a Barbie Doll
  5. His eyes were a translucent gray.
  6. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: burned, ghost, empty, ring, hours. Bonus word: spoon
    2. Use the phrase “fingers of imagination”
    3. Write about probability, or possibility.
  7. The Bible was the cornerstone of her world.
  8. Perhaps a piece of toast?
  9. Three things made him happy…
  10. She hit him with a cast iron skillet.
  11. I believe in giraffes.
  12. The spark of energy between two lovers.
  13. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: great, weight, carved, seeming, trees. (Bonus word: caulk).
    2. Write about a copy or an imitation.
    3. Use the phrase “with a single stroke.”
  14. A small herd of buffalo grazed in the meadow.
  15. The deafening sound of a helicopter.
  16. The first stray greeks of dawn.
  17. The first gray streaks of dawn.
  18. Clouds billowed like mutant cauliflower.
  19. What he thought were mountains, were pieces of paper.
  20. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: swallowed, following, taken, whispering, pocket
    2. Write about waiting.
    3. Ascribe motives to an inanimate object.
  21. He emanated sadness and anger.
  22. Pat had been a rebel.
  23. “I try to stay invisible.”
  24. Their gardener was a master at topiary.
  25. A woman in a bright orange silk dress.
  26. Coffee ground scattered across the front porch.
  27. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: released, device, humanity, wanted, cherries. (Bonus word: squid).
    2. Fill in the blanks: “why ____ can’t ______”
    3. Use the phrase “they (or we) had known each other for years.”
  28. A cello, 3-D glasses and a bottle of Pinot Grigio.
  29. Your m/c goes to the cemetery every Tuesday.
  30. His walk reminded me of a gazelle.
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