- Use “flail” and “thrust” in a story or poem.
- Use an archived AB article to improve existing work or to try something new.
- Your character failed out of medical school.
- Submit a story or article to a paying market.
- Scene: three people at a coffee shop discussing the tip.
- Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
- Use the following five words: work, rubber, home, because, people.
- Write about an awkward introduction.
- Open a novel and begin with the first sentence that catches your eye.
- Use “oil” and “resolve” in a story or poem.
- Use an archived AB article to improve existing work or to try something new.
- Your character has a dream job but it’s not exactly his/her dream.
- Submit to an online journal or magazine.
- Scene: an unexpected meeting of two former lovers.
- Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
- Use the following five words: since, turning, doorway, spaces, change.
- Use the phrase “But I thought you were…”
- Use the phrase, “not for a couple months.”
- Do you snack or drink while you write? Imbibe something different today.
- Use “yank” and “invasion” in a story or poem.
- Use an archived AB article to improve existing work or to try something new.
- A character regrets a recent purchase.
- Research contests. Write for one, even if you don’t enter.
- Scene: a character is moving back in with his/her parents.
- Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
- Use the following five words: thing, pressed, life, blood, where.
- Use the phrase “it’s hard to believe.”
- Write about an interruption.
- Write something for children today. Aim for a specific age group.
- Use “coil” and “migrate” in a story or poem.
- Use an archived AB article to improve existing work or to try something new.
- A character who likes waking up in strange places.
- Do an in-depth critique of your own work.
- Scene: things are “evening out” for a character, then things “crash”.
- Do the Sunday Brunch prompts and post your exercises.
- Use the following five words: little, jumped, deal, quite, spoon.
- Include a detail (or details) that appeal(s) to a sense other than sight or hearing.
- Write about happily ever aftering.
- Write something adults-only today. It need not be “naughty” (but it may be).
- Use “useful” and “beautiful” in a story or poem.
- Use an archived AB article to improve existing work or to try something new.