July 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on July 31, 2022 by TC Editors

Write about special event parking.
Start your story during a strike.
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1. Use the following five words: harm, morale, joint, cheese, episode.
2. Use the phrase, “It seems harmless.”
3. Write about cancelling an event.
Use these five words: honestly, takeaway, grift, favor, auditor
Write about an old favorite song.
Write about an accidental success.
Use the phrase “On this date…”
Start with this line: I’m in a good position.
Write about a knife that needs to be sharpened.
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1. Use the following five words: enjoy, land, output, detective, picture.
2. Use the phrase, “It seems crowded for this time of day.”
3. Write about waiting to see how something ends.
Write about procrastination.
Use these five words: rioted, dopamine, climate, heart, daylight
Write about unlikely roommates.
Start with this line: We’ve still got work to do.
Invent a superstition for your story.
Start with this line: Don’t get hung up on logistics.
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1. Use the following five words: capital, belief, statement, overeat, stab.
2. Use the phrase, “This won’t take very long.”
3. Write about feeling chilled on a hot day.
Use these five words: festivals, powerlessness, elaborate, exchange, sweaters
Write about an odd way of figuring something out.
Write about a blue rock.
Use the phrase, “And now I’m writing to you.”
Write about a new love language.
Write about a lazy Saturday at home.
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Write about a deceptive advertisement.
Use these five words: expressway, failure, headache, shock, warbler
Write about an unidentified sound.
Start with this line: My soul is crushed.
Write about an unwelcome visitor.
Start with this line: I’m so angry.
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1. Use the following five words: summer, freckle, expand, preference, steward.
2. Use the phrase, “Let me show you.”
3. Write about pulling a wine cork from the bottle.

June 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on June 30, 2022 by TC Editors

Write what you’re afraid of.
Start your story on a playground.
Write about explaining the meaning of an armband.
Start with this line: All art is political.
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1. Use the following five words: knowledge, favor, hospitality, coverage, departure.
2. Use the phrase, “it helps me sleep.”
3. Write about travel difficulties.
Write about a hidden talent.
Buy and read a banned book.
Use these five words: tackling, volcano, stranger, forever, hellcat
Write about forgetting to check that one box on the form.
Start your story during a drought.
Write about sticker shock.
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1. Use the following five words: leave, rule, sand, particular, extort.
2. Fill in the blank, “coming up on time to _________.”
3. Write about an unidentified clomping noise.
Use the phrase, “For my next trick.”
Use these five words: versions, certificates, recorded, subway, sentences
Write about negotiating a time for a meeting.
Start with this line: Welcome back.
Write about an adult’s birthday.
Write about playing an instrument.
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1. Use the following five words: facility, survivor, stroll, sausage, mourning.
2. Use the phrase, “Are we ready yet?”
3. Write about a frustrating experience with technology.
Start with this line: This is heartbreaking.
Write about misidentifying a national flag.
Start your story while waiting for an answer.
Write about being bored during a medical recovery.
Start with this line: He’s watching what she does.
Write about watching a game you don’t understand.
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1. Use the following five words: undermine, product, column, dozen, quota.
2. Use the phrase, “That puts things in a different light.”
3. Write about reading between the lines.
Write about cleaning up a mud-covered kid.
Start your story while doing laundry.
Write about hooking up a music player.
Write about a journey.

May 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on May 31, 2022 by TC Editors

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1. Use the following five words: projection, fox, helpless, integration, forum.
2. Use the phrase, “When does that start?”
3. Write about trying to remember where someone lives.
Start with this line: My plan is coming together.
Write about gathering dry leaves.
Write about what lies under the surface.
Write about a lost loved-one’s birthday
Use these five words: spin-off, slash, progress, rejoin, critique
Use “such is the life of a houseplant.”
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1. Use the following five words: quota, drag, husband, recommendation, bargain.
2. Use the phrase, “Let me answer a different question.”
3. Write about talking yourself out of a corner.
Write about doing a word puzzle.
Use these five words: afloat, independent, route, stagecoach, Hollywood
Use the phrase, “I can live with that.”
Write about a shared vision.
Write about wondering how thorough a search was.
Write about revisionist history.
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1. Use the following five words: community, orientation, pasture, problem, loot.
2. Use the phrase, “And then it’s gone.”
3. Write about watching a bird.
Write about an adrenaline rush.
Write about making people participate in a group project.
Use these five words: botox, vanishing, pumpkin, novelist, addiction
Write about procrastination.
Write about conquering a fear.
Write about a quiet weekend at home.
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1. Use the following five words: jewel, paint, opinion, table, average.
2. Use the phrase, “Does Tuesday work for you?”
3. Write about noticing a tree.
Write about running out of coffee.
Write about a rude phone conversation.
Write about avoiding a holiday.
Start with this line: You don’t intend to trust me.
Your character is trying to ignore losing someone.
Start with this line: I’m really conflicted.
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1. Use the following five words: reduce, trade, station, snack. gift.
2. Use the phrase, “the duck problem.”
3. Write about struggling with technology.
Start your story at a city council meeting.
Write about not quite catching up.

April 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on April 30, 2022 by TC Editors

Write about going to class without your homework.
Start your story in the middle of an argument.
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1. Use the following five words: ignore, strain, slippery, hover, drawer.
2. Fill in the blank, “You can’t teach an old dog _____.”
3. Write about changing one’s mind.
Start with this line: Remember how I told you…
Write about an inconvenient dizzy spell.
Write about a superhero.
Write about slicing fruit together.
Start with this line: That’s game-changing.
Write about a car being towed away.
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1. Use the following five words: resident, choose, broadcast, kill, toast.
2. Use the phrase, “Wait and see.”
3. Write about trying to stay awake.
There’s a persistent knocking at the door.
Use these five words: hat maker, introduction, octogenarian, students, selfish
Use the phrase, “And now, we wait.”
Write about impatience.
Write about the return of a seasonal fountain.
Start your story during selection of a jury.
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1. Use the following five words: chew, staircase, secure. copper, contain.
2. Use the phrase, “There are several drafts.”
3. Write about an exaggeration.
Start with this line: The science is clear.
Use the phrase, “Does that raven know what we’re doing?”
Write about an occupational hazard.
Use the phrase, “Has it been a month already?”
Start your story your first memory.
Write about returning after a 2-year absence.
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1. Use the following five words: bag, coast, activity, node, objective.
2. Use the phrase, “That’s unlikely.”
3. Write about a bittersweet experience.
Write about a windy day.
Start your story during a social media outage.
Use the phrase, “That looks right.”
Start with this line: What do you think?
Write about missing a deadline.
Write about a word you hate.

March 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on March 31, 2022 by TC Editors

Use “Once a season, whether we need it or not.”
Start with this line: It’s pretty scary.
Write about an all-day meeting.
Start your story during a break-up.
Write about wondering where you got an idea.
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1. Use the following five words: modest, embrace, quarter, auditor, afford.
2. Fill in the blank, “Now subtract ______.”
3. Write about the pitter-patter of little feet.
Write about waiting for a storm.
Start with this line: I wanted to be there for you.
Write about finding something under a rock.
Start with this line: Here are some suggestions.
Write about people watching at a railroad crossing.
Start your story during a virtual class or workshop.
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1. Use the following five reporter, eavesdrop, chapter, conviction, celebration.
2. Fill in the blank, “I don’t need to do that any more.”
3. Write about an obsolete skill.
Use these five words: overdue, exit, homelessness, protests, embryos
Start next to an ice-covered pond on a warm day.
Start your story at the beach.
Write wordless dialog.
Use these five words: roof, summer, humanity, freak, crash
Write about a vacant restaurant.
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1. Use the following five compartment, challenge, gene, horse, greeting.
2. Fill in the blank, “Am I the only one left?”
3. Write about birdwatching.
Use the phrase, “All else being equal”
Write about eavesdropping.
Write about getting up very early.
Start your story in a restaurant closed for a private event.
Start with “Tell me a story.”
Use these five words: banana, clear, credits, game, wars
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1. Use the following five words: assume, blackmail, registration, consideration, personal.
2. Fill in the blank, “I remember when this was empty space.”
3. Write about watching a fire.
Write about sneaking in contraband.
Write about meeting a friend for coffee.
Start your story in an artist’s studio.
Write about leaving a task unfinished.

February 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on February 28, 2022 by TC Editors

Start with “Twas the night before Groundhog’s…”
Start your story while stranded without cell service.
Write about something that falls between categories.
Use these five words: bridge, serenade, detectives, sensitivity, blackbird
Write about a group project.
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1. Use the following five words: real, copper, grimace, opponent, swear.
2. Use the phrase, “Maybe if I don’t watch it.”
3. Write about equipment failure.
Write about a multi-colored graphic.
Use these five words: peacemaking, finesse, unpack, battles, blue
Write about falling off a bicycle.
Start your story while watching a scary movie.
Write about a lone goose on a frozen pond.
Use these five words: museum, brilliance, radar, elephants, sailing
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1. Use the following five words: joke, wander, exhibition, injection, headline.
2. Use the phrase, “I ate that for lunch.”
3. Write about an unexpected color.
Start your story during a costume party.
Use the phrase, “I’m not late, yet.”
Start with this line: He has no regrets.
Write about canceling a party.
Use these five words: bee, nutty, straightening, uncut, tuna
Write about children’s team sports.
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1. Use the following five words: consumer, necklace, justice, obscure, promise.
2. Use the phrase, “Tell me a story.”
3. Write about overlooking an important detail.
Use “The 21st is not a Thursday.”
Start your story on a ferry.
Write about improvising for a missing chess piece.
Use these five words: agencies, teams, shoulder, cocktail, textiles
Write about a folder stuffed full of papers.
Write about negative space.
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1. Use the following five words: pile, chocolate, decisive, dedicate, disorder.
2. Use the phrase, “Isn’t that a mouthful?”
3. Write about a different solution to a problem.
Use these five words: lawmaker, heroes, plans, godsend, renaissance

January 2022
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on January 31, 2022 by TC Editors

Write about promises kept only approximately.
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1. Use the following five words: roll, green, pigeon, storage, fling.
2. Use the phrase, “We appreciate…”
3. Write about a favorite childhood toy.
Write about a support person in a work group.
Start with this line: My dad doesn’t approve of him.
Write about a hospital stay
Write about quitting a competition.
Write about weather very different from today’s.
Write about a big discovery.
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1. Use the following five words: concrete, performer, soil, mild, father.
2. Use the phrase, “with raisins in it.”
3. Write about not knowing the day of the week.
Start your story in a science lab.
Write about a wrong-number phone call.
Use these five words: bullied, farm, diverse, born, hell
Write about a big round-number birthday.
Write about a maverick.
Write about a welcome-home from a pet.
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1. Use the following five words: punish, sausage, range, grace, network.
2. Use the phrase, “What is it thinking?”
3. Write about a hurry-up-and-wait situation.
Write about a chosen family relationship.
Use these five words: inferiority, grisly, icons, raven, references
Write about working toward a dream.
Start your story in a dystopia.
Write about learning to do something complicated.
Write about a frightening question.
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1. Use the following five words: merchant, hall, goalkeeper, depart, slippery.
2. Use the phrase, “supposedly ancient.”
3. Write about the final issue of a magazine.
Write about a red flag.
Write about deciding not to buy something that’s wanted.
Start your story at a protest of old-growth logging.
Write a shaggy-dog story.
Start your story on a Sunday afternoon.
Write about an unsung hero.
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1. Use the following five words: harvest, bulletin, gutter, braid, acute.
2. Use the phrase, “everyone I don’t like.”
3. Write about an odd posture or position.
Write about malfunctioning equipment.

December 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on December 31, 2021 by TC Editors

Write in a dialect not your own.
Set your story in a medical research laboratory
Write about a book club.
Start with this line: We will fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
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1. Use the following five words: confession, pony, welcome, distant, elect.
2. Use the phrase, “Is that the beer talking?”
3. Write about walking away from something familiar.
Write about a violation of policy
Write about being at sea in a storm.
Write about a betrayal
Write about the Little People.
Start with this line: She’s jealous of people who live in California.
Write about waiting for the mail to come.
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1. Use the following five words: detector, variety, directory, light, corn.
2. Use the phrase, “justify the expense.”
3. Write about an expected surprise.
Write about using an old calendar.
Write about a video conference call incident
Write about waiting in the cold.
Start with this line: I may not have all of the facts but…
Use the phrase, “What I should have done.”
Write about baking a pie
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1. Use the following five words: district, cottage, relation, steel, genuine.
2. Fill in the blank, “Cheap _____ is not worth the money.”
3. Write about intentionally violating rules.
Write about a meteor shower
Write about something that can only happen on the solstice.
Write about an artist’s process
Write about a small child jumping up and down.
Use these five words: veterans, additional, range, gamble, dynamic
Write about staying up after midnight.
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1. Use the following five words: death, parade, time, potential, public.
2. Use the phrase, “Can you hear it?”
3. Write about doing something other people thought impossible.
Write about turning down dessert.
Use these five words: perfectionism, unworthy, Emmy, B-roll, aesthetic
Write about trying to resume after interruption.
Start with this line: We are raffling off two tickets.
Summarize last year’s writing. What can you do differently next year?

November 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on November 30, 2021 by TC Editors

Write about waiting for the first winter storm.
Start with this line: Stop crying!
Write about an old stuffed animal toy.
Use these five words: charmed, soldier, fishing, realist, beach
Write about struggling with a computer.
Use these five words: weekend, marches, surprising, weather, park
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1. Use the following five words: violation, understanding, quaint, husband, pole.
2. Use the phrase, “I need help.”
3. Write about losing an important item.
Start with this line: The tsunami has been upgraded.
Write about losing a shopping list.
Start with this line: All the rats are leaving that sinking ship.
Write about the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Start with this line: You dance like my mom.
Write about looking through smudged glasses.
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1. Use the following five words: benefit, treatment, embark, helmet, litigation.
2. Use the phrase, “That’s not part of the celebration.”
3. Write about things we no longer wear.
Write about a mountain in the mist.
Start with this line: The odds are stacked against us.
Write about missing a quota.
Start with this line: Well, that didn’t age well.
Write about a dangerous intersection.
Start with this line: I really want you to win.
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1. Use the following five words: bike, meet, pill, gradient, manage.
2. Use the phrase, “The world seems smaller.”
3. Write about photographing a landscape.
Use these five words: midnight, exposure, nothing, cheat, air
Write about losing touch with a friend.
Start with this line: I just wanted to say thank you for…
Write about celebrating the wrong holiday.
Use these five words: clinical, halt, unconscionable, debate, disrupting
Write about a houseplant blooming.
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1. Use the following five words: suspicion, admission, detective, joke, inspire.
2. Use the phrase, “book of inspirational quotes.”
3. Write about wrestling with technology.
Set your story at a rehearsal.
Use these five words: envoy, partners, affordability, heart, digital

October 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on October 31, 2021 by TC Editors

Use “You probably haven’t heard this.”
Use these five words: agricultural, child, incredible, country, church
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1. Use the following five words: feeling, perforate, cottage, jungle, mislead.
2. Use the phrase, “There was a person I knew.”
3. Write about something done for healing purposes.
Start with this line: I’m thrilled to announce…
Use the phrase, “I’m not that good.”
Start with this line: She would’ve made a great leader.
Write about a flat tire.
Set your story on a disastrous date
Use the phrase “It’s been Saturday all week.”
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1. Use the following five words: waterfall, meeting, rescue, sword, occupation.
2. Use the phrase, “It’s mostly fluff.”
3. Write about making predictions.
Write about missing a whole season.
Set your story at a tiny wedding
Your characters exchange a knock-knock joke.
Write about a month of awareness
Your character coins a word.
Set your story in a cabin in the woods
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1. Use the following five words: biscuit, clash, policy, suffering, solve.
2. Use the phrase, “Give or take.”
3. Write about cancelling an event.
Start with this line: We understand why you’re frustrated.
Write about driving a train.
Write about an uninvited guest
Write about being bad at keeping secrets.
Start with this line: My research led me down a rabbithole.
Write about an interrupted routine.
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1. Use the following five words: horseshoe, porter, glove, sea, spider.
2. Use the phrase, “Make it fit in the box.”
3. Write about making copies.
Compare a child to their younger self.
Start with this line: Would you like to join our team?
Use “Blessed are the pessimists, for they shall have made backups.”
Use these five words: animate, famous, rage, daughter, beautiful
Write about visiting a former workplace.
Set your story during a high-profile interview
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1. Use the following five words: canvas, skate, plaintiff, auditor, thinker.
2. Use the phrase, “Which one is it?”
3. Write about an absurd challenge.

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