December 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on December 31, 2015 by TC Editors

Write about what you would do if you were unafraid.
Write about unseasonable weather
“I wish I knew how to use emojis.”
Imitate auto-corrected drunken typing
Use these 5 words: caucus, commit, refugees, challenge, executive.
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1. Use the following five words: beyond, lunar, sailors, crooked, seasons.
2. Write about a distraction at a critical moment.
3. Use the phrase, “You lost your shoe.”
A distressing Facebook status.
A reunion where the locals stay home
“We’ve got to get the old guard out.”
Your character has memory loss
Use these 5 words: reboot, sabotage, record-smashing, sequel, dream.
“It’s different where I come from.”
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1. Use the following five words: crooked, looking, degradations, together, bark.
2. A character rapidly summarizes the situation.
3. Use the phrase, “Today answers the question.”
Look what the cat dragged in.
Add a character who wears a leather vest and a fanny pack.
Sorting someone else’s bookshelf
“Violence is not inevitable, but…”
Everyone else is leaving town.
Use these 5 words: anthem, valuable, referee, collectors, legend.
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1. Use the following five words: depends, author’s, strength, o’clock, ready.
2. A character gets tangled up in words or syntax.
3. Use the phrase, “How nice for you.”
A fake relationship.
Thinking up new holiday traditions
“He lied about being a scientist!”
“All through the house…”
Use these 5 words: intertwined, nostalgia, snowing, ocean, train.
“It’s all over but the shouting.”
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1. Use the following five words: would, shore, forever, corner, clings.
2. Use the phrase, “It’s a dangerous game.”
3. Write about something so lifelike it’s uncanny.
“There’s more than one way to do it.”
Tell a story using only found pictures.
Realizing that good posture actually is a good thing.
Your MC gives a speech and… *drops mic*

November 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on November 30, 2015 by TC Editors

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1. Use the following five words: rhapsody, understand, light, misused, ranklings.
2. Write about an unwelcome comment on clothing.
3. Write about a sudden change of attitude.
Are you nanoing this year? It’s not too late to get started!
Write about the slant of sunlight in the morning.
Use these 5 words: Netflix, tragic, critics, flights, whale.
“I wish I had a backup copy.”
Use this phrase: a spooky story
Multitasking one too many thing.
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“You always have to work on date night.”
Start with: “It doesn’t get more traditional than this.”
It’s important to tell the truth, except…
Use these 5 words: Lego, divided, calm, schizophrenia, economy.
When everything has to work at the same time.
Start with: “Psst… hey, kid…”
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Use this phrase: kick start the week!
“There’s just one more little detail…”
Use these 5 words: apolitical, connection, risks, arrest, conspiracy.
Intentionally misunderstanding instructions
Use this phrase: atrocities of the past
“Did you get the message?”
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1. Use the following five words: Silence, destination, world, white, dead.
2. Write about overcoming resentment.
3. Use the phrase, “Repeat after me…”
“Seven Twenty-Three and All’s Well”
Start with: “Look at this craftsmanship!”
Cold snap makes the pets want to cuddle
Use these 5 words: libraries, evil, trolling, delight, trust.
Write about a formal introduction.
Use this phrase: a tentative deal
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1. Use the following five words: language, crepe, barking, gloves, switch.
2. Write about something that’s not done any more.
3. Write about ignoring a request.
Start with: “ok, you guys, we’re back in action.”

October 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on October 31, 2015 by TC Editors

“We’re even now.”
Use these 5 words: drought, blueberry, ginger, heavily, mournful.
Major party foul
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1. Use the following five words: memory, torture, gloves, looking, color.
2. It’s St Francis day. Write about blessing an animal.
3. Watching someone else learn to use a tool.
“What are you looking for?”
Use this phrase: my disturbed friend
“And now, a word from our _____”
Start with: “While I’m waiting for this novocaine fo wear off…”
“It’s a really small town.”
Use these 5 words: humanity, engage, conversations, destination, wanderlust.
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1. Use the following five words: doves, begin, walls, librarian, weep.
2. Use the phrase “I used to know how to do this.”
3. Write about not quite finishing.
Use this phrase: precipice of disaster
Something you used to fret about.
Start with: “The community is in shock…”
Biting the hand that feeds.
Use these 5 words: disparity, violent, diagnosed, escorted, eerie.
Ten years ago today…
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1. Use the following five words: found, done, meanness, floors, muffled.
2. Comment on a song in a language that’s not understood.
3. Fill in the blank: “Can’t live with ______, and can’t live without [it].”
A sudden change in the weather.
Use this phrase: afternoon tea
What’s in the bottle?
Start with: “Thoughts and prayers are not enough.”
“You are not wearing that.”
Use these 5 words: drones, DNA, sex, shuffled, double-cross.
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1. Use the following five words: broken, madman, whose, language, eating.
2. Today is St. Crispin’s day + 600 yrs. Misquote Shakespeare.
3. Someone overslept.
Use this phrase: a love letter to fans
“… got every single one of them right.”
Start with: “It may be unhealthy, but I feel that without…”
“That’s not what we expected.”
Write a dating app bio for one of your characters.
A character changes his/her name

September 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on September 30, 2015 by TC Editors

Write about an annoying salesperson
Include this line: “I actually did laugh out loud over this.”
A lazy summery afternoon
Use these 5 words: tribute, suspension, premise, terrifying, mandated.
Write about clever graffiti
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1. Use the following five words: workings, burst, street, sailors, pestilence.
2. Use the phrase, “But not for you.”
3. Write about picking up after someone else.
A popular employee’s last day
a handmade dress printed with sun, moon, stars and planets
Can’t afford it with the tax.
Include this line: “I don’t remember half of it.”
Important message goes unanswered
Use these 5 words: market, pride, tomorrow, religion, women.
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1. Use the following five words: sooner, workings, curve, every, morning.
2. Write about a delivery.
3. Fill in the blank: “Like a ______, only better. But not by much.”
writing emails to random friends
It helps to be left-handed.
Include this line: “It’s probably going to be turned into condos.”
An old letter changes things.
Use these 5 words: parade, pleasure, classified, designer, auctioned.
A critical system is near failure
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1. Use the following five words: misused, aeroplanes, saying, round, sand.
2. Write about the last time somebody did this.
3. Use the phrase, “This could be more exciting.”
Once a season, needed or not.
cracking the case
“That’s a mistake, not an error.”
Use these 5 words: uniform, propaganda, lawns, embrace, journey.
A sad holiday or anniversary
mechanical difficulties
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1. Use the following five words: curled, slights, young, begins, slide.
2. Write about coming home after a time away.
3. Use the phrase, “only had two.”
Include this line: “I miss [name] on rainy Mondays.”
“That’s not what I intended to do.”
a disingenuous interpretation

August 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on August 31, 2015 by TC Editors

Not the worst ever, but it will do.
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1. Use the following five words: sweep, agony, rest, beyond, hear.
2. Use the phrase “I can’t imagine how I did that.”
3. Write about something that used to work.
A bad case of the Mondays.
Use these 5 words: evocative, werewolf, stress, quick, holiday.
“I celebrate that holiday every day.”
Start with: Halfway through our international tour…
Our anniversary was a Tuesday that year.
Write about: a false narrative.
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1. Use the following five words: happiness, policemen, barking, polished, come.
2. Fill in the blank: “It’s not nearly as ________ as it seems.”
3. Write about washing windows.
Use these 5 words: segregated, smart, wrestling, waffle, spearheaded.
Write about a bad attitude
Start with: That’s a great strategy.
“Let’s do that next week instead.”
Write about: a small scale evacuation.
What dog are the Dog Days named for?
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1. Use the following five words: slide, bruises, floors, destination, memory.
2. Write about a special meal.
3. It’s 3am. Now what?
Some day, someone in this group will discover…
Use these 5 words: skepticism, impossible, cheated, raw, accused.
The cupboard is bare.
Start with: The tables have turned.
It’s complicated.
Write about: being charged with second degree murder.
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1. Use the following five words: looking, through, secret, eating, laborers.
2. Use the phrase, “I hope that will hold it for now.”
3. Write about an ill-timed sneeze.
Use these 5 words: adaptation, wildly, contaminated, hitting, beach.
Give directions creatively.
Start with: Photographs shape public opinion.
Loss of intuitive sense of the passage of time.
Write about: curing a cat’s anxiety.
“You’re telling me not to talk about it.”
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1. Use the following five words: saying, which, lives, wheel, observe.
2. Use the phrase, “Tell me who you are.”
3. Write about food of an unusual color.
Too many fresh vegetables at once.

July 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on July 31, 2015 by TC Editors

“It’s different for people like me.”
He quietly helped hundreds of children escape…
Write about something very out of fashion
Use these 5 words: itchy, public, scratch, crazy, spaceship.
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1. Use the following words: wants, mole, three, toppled, remember
2. Fill in the blank: “Last time this happened, you _____.”
3. Write about a fruit.
historians are baffled
Cooking things right out of the garden
There’s something extremely surprising about…
On this date in (year)…
Use these 5 words: high note, vanquish, point-blank, asleep, investigation.
Write about a stain
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1. Use the following five words: alter, dying, brush, strength, toadstools.
2. A character makes harrumphing noises.
3. Use the phrase, “I have too many toys.”
“Do it like that, except…”
beautiful worms
“Where did you put that thing that was here?”
“You mean to tell me…”
Too many funerals.
Use these 5 words: questions, effectively, teaching, break, smile.
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1. Use the following five words: poetry, hear, found, noon, built.
2. A character considers leaving in a huff after an argument.
3. Use the phrase, “That’s not a problem.”
You have to believe the experts are evil.
A wintery day in the summertime
“If I text you, could you text me back?”
If that happens while we’re fixing this…
Use these 5 words: explore, solitude, listening, patience, washing.
I wish somebody would just take care of that.
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1. Use the following five words: women, lunar, incantations, secret, corner.
2. A character says “I am not sorry.”
3. Use the phrase, “Tell me sweet lies.”
“We’re working on that right now.”
shark attack reported
All expenses paid. Except…
a parent who disapproves of the person their child is in love with.
“I can’t do this any more.”

June 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on June 30, 2015 by TC Editors

“Try to get it right this time.”
Use these 5 words: thunderstorm, scared, anniversary, party, cloud.
Rapidly falling temperature
Start with: If he had the chance…
Watching advertisements with the sound off
Use this line: “It’s time for me to reflect on my choices.”
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1. Use the following five words: wheelbarrow, fading, secret, began, poetry. If you don’t like those, try these: song, screams, crepe, librarian, eating.
2. Write about fabric (literal or figurative).
3. Fill in the blanks: ______ is okay if ______ is unavailable.
Use these 5 words: zipline, teen, twisted, diploma, promise.
A stilted reading of lines that should be spontaneous
Start with: A small part of me fears…
“I can give you three minutes.”
Use this phrase: “how the universe works”
It’s easier if you’re left handed.
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1. Use the following five words: silence, inside, which, women, stamp.
2. Fill in the blank: “I’d like to take advantage of this awkward situation to _____”.
3. It’s not time for dinner yet.
Dinner is popcorn tonight.
Open any social media app, scroll to the 7th post & use it as inspiration.
Was it a Tuesday or a Wednesday?
Use these 5 words: protests, club, flame, elected, panel.
“You can see where the foundations were.”
Start with: The seven stages of ____ are…
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1. Use the following five words: shall, roads, said, marry, prevent.
2. Fill in the blank: “I never promised you _______.”
3. “We’ll be back tomorrow.”
Use this line: “He stayed remarkably composed, all things considered.”
First holiday without a loved one.
Use these 5 words: altruism, performing, prison, sane, library.
A little of every spice in the cabinet.
Start with: Another thing I’ve been doing is…
He/she’s coming unraveled.
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1. Use the following five words: alter, broken, beside, blues, ourselves.
2. A cultural reference goes over someone’s head.
3. Write about a consistently mispronounced word.
Living situation violates zoning rules.
Use this phrase: “a risky and record-breaking journey”

May 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on May 31, 2015 by TC Editors

MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
Use these 5 words: athlete, sinuous, restless, science, breathing.
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1. Use the following words: machine, prefer, dotted, coffee, sideways.
2. A character runs out of something at an inopportune time.
3. Someone repeats something they’ve said before.
Perhaps he will learn.
Start with: “Whoops, I didn’t mean to do that.”
Apparently I can’t count.
Marching in [city].
A supersaturated solution
Use these 5 words: zillions, getaway, mint, foundation, organized.
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1. Use the following five words: street, o’clock, author’s, skeleton, convulsive.
2. Write about a difference of a few degrees.
3. “Is that what you really want?”
First one through makes the rules.
Start with: “None of you think I’m cool anyway.”
Besides that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?
Resisting temptation.
Trying to make everything fit, with a few extra pieces.
Use these 5 words: digital, releases, podcast, iconic, graphic.
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1. Use the following five words: bone, mother, gone, synthesis, white.
2. Write about a physical blunder.
3. Write about interrupting somebody who’s busy.
The rocks remember.
Start with: “Wait. What?!”
Picking gravel from a wound
Revealing private details.
Where’s the odd job person?
Use these 5 words: crucial, stark, madness, embryos, analysis.
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1. Use the following words: repeat, notebook, throw, least, quickly
2. Write about a spurious correlation.
3. Refer to someone’s horoscope, fortune cookie fortune, or tarot reading.
But that never happened.
Start with: “Just wanted to get outta there.”
Drop everything and write a haiku.
A spark of danger.
There’s a story behind this…
Something money can’t buy.
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April 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on April 30, 2015 by TC Editors

Use these 5 words: adopting, giggly, crochet, beets, early-bird
Character makes younger sibling’s name into a verb.
Use this phrase: where language fails
Something silly happens due to sleep deprivation
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Condolences gone wrong
looking for car keys
The weather is never like this.
Use these 5 words: security, beats, feeling, dirt, stronger
Answer “yes and no” to an either/or question
Use this phrase: afternoon bliss
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1. Use the following five words: message, light, blues, nothing, slide.
2. Someone calculates probability badly.
3. Use the phrase, “I have no idea what that is.”
keeping an eye out for…
The cat wants something.
Use these 5 words: retirement, ban, intern, popcorn, nerd
Otherwise sensible character coos at a baby
Use this phrase: an exact replica
One more joke will do you.
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1. Use the following words: bitter, breaks, finally, count, watching.
2. Write about delusions of adequacy.
3. Something happens a week off schedule.
“My wrist doesn’t bend that way.”
hurting another’s feelings
Trying to finish before lunch
Use these 5 words: umbrella, empire, powerful, trains, crazy
“Don’t try to fix it.”
Use this phrase: a dangerous new phase
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teaching girls to “be nice”
“Why does this have to be so hard?”
Use this phrase: the voices in my head
“Can I just have a nap in the sun?”

March 2015
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on March 31, 2015 by TC Editors

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1. Use the following words: bargain, nuclear, father, shark, fifteen.
2. Use the phrase “That’s not what I thought I was promising.”
3. Fill in the blank: “never a(n) ____ when you want one”
Write a daydream that can never be.
Use these 5 words: standby, hedge, traffic, interactive, tomorrow.
March Forth!
Fill in the blanks: I can’t watch _____ without _____.
The elephant in the living room.
Start with a humblebrag.
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1. Use the following five words: silent, boxes, crepe, excerpt, smooth.
2. Fill in the blanks: “If I had _______ I would/could ________”.
3. “They found a piece that wasn’t missing.”
Use these 5 words: wealthy, normal, treason, imagery, roundup.
An upside-down book on the shelf.
Fill in the blank: There’s nothing _____ about our future.
One-word reply: “Dude.”
Start with a parent refusing to vaccinate their child.
The day before the Ides, Caesar _____
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1. Use the following five words: midnight, silent, gloves, working, light.
2. Fill in the blanks: “The ghost in the ________.”
3. “I am not exactly waiting for the bus.”
Building a sandwich around a hole in the bread.
Use these 5 words: notable, harm, upstairs, backstage, barriers.
“I think I missed something fundamental.”
Fill in the blanks: _____ fights to keep backyard _____.
Spring! (Fall! if you’re in the south)
Start with god judging someone who’s fond of saying “only god can judge me.”
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1. Use the following five words: branch, looking, crowd, street, marry.
2. “I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry.”
3. It’s one hour until ______.
Use these 5 words: underway, festivals, tongue, excellent, appear.
“If you have a few minutes…”
Fill in the blank: Sometimes I think I should livetweet _____.
Write about a favorite toy
Start with “That’s not what I meant. Let me rephrase to be more clear.”
“Are you sure I’m not you?”
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The last time a character cried.
Use 5 of the topics that are trending on Twitter right now.

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