May 2010
Daily Writing Prompts

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A Pen In Each Hand

  1. I woke up wearing hospital bracelet with the info from my fake ID
  2. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: doubts, themselves, room, lover, purple. (Bonus word: Krawalltouristen, “riot tourists”.)
    2. Write something based on one of the photographs here: http://number27.org/today.php?d=20100501 or one of the phrases describing them.
    3. Write about something sticky.
  3. She’s sitting on the sofa buck naked and eating a cupcake for dinner
  4. First I need to check and see if I have a warrant out in Alabama
  5. Anything’s socially acceptable if you do it with enough confidence
  6. She’s a freak. I’ve got the scars to prove it.
  7. I hit rock bottom, God threw me a shovel. I continued to dig.
  8. “Recommended dose” hasn’t been in my vocabulary for quite some time.
  9. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: advantage, seemed, bedtime, audience, forget.
    2. Use the phrase “But in the Empire…”.
    3. Write about cheese.
  10. My mom only writes when she wants money so I’ve stopped opening her emails.
  11. When I meet people on vacation, I invent a new identity.
  12. I keep my exes in my life to retain part of who I was with each of them.
  13. I’ve done a lot wrong but am haunted by the “right” thing I failed to do.
  14. I compared my groceries to those in every cart I passed.
  15. You were right. I do love her more.
  16. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: least, spread, confusing, always, left.
    2. Write about doing the impossible.
    3. Write about changing your mind based on the numbers.
  17. I found out my grandmother died via a text message from my cousin.
  18. Afraid I plan to leave her, my wife superglued my wedding ring to my finger.
  19. My physics teacher accidentally lit me on fire.
  20. When she shook her her freshly-laundered sheets, a mouse fell out.
  21. He proposed in a McDonald’s.
  22. My father tells me I’m named for the dog he accidentally shot 30 years ago.
  23. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: blink, gates, shoulder, silver, space
    2. Write about an unfamiliar ache.
    3. Write about something electric.
  24. She keeps a toothbrush, a vibrator, and pepper spray in her purse
  25. “Sorry but there’s no more room on my space safari.”
  26. The hunt for organic waffles began at 6 a.m.
  27. Over morning coffee, I thought about why I went to college.
  28. Hey, can you grab me a tofu dog? I’m kind of busy live-blogging this picnic
  29. “Don’t worry. She knows I’m rich.”
  30. Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises
    1. Use the following words: there, jaded, between, cherry, swayed. (Bonus word: mole, either the sauce or the rodent).
    2. Write about a painting, sketch, photograph, or other kind of picture.
    3. Write about something that goes bump in the dark.
  31. My brother told me he would financially support me, as long as…
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