- “Create a diversion!”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: relieve, attract, tire, occasion, feminine.
- Write about a nearly forgotten place.
- Use the phrase “tell me that you love me,” in an ironic way.
- “Ask yourself if you want the prize.”
- Use the following phrase: canceled due to weather conditions
- Write about unexpectedly nice weather.
- Use the following phrase: cleared of charges
- Write about a date that will live in infamy.
- Your protagonist is named Mayu Kawasaki.
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- Use the following five words: consolidate, pipe, tablet, sound, lion.
- Write about an odd way of saying something.
- Use the phrase “Is that real? Or did I make it up?”
- Your protagonist is named Terrell Holley.
- “Tell me again why we’re doing this?”
- Use the following phrase: a boys’ club
- Write about unintended consequences.
- Start w/ this line of dialogue: “A former student of mine emailed me today.”
- Characters playing the “What’s the next number in the sequence” game.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: chain, glance, mark, shine, consultation.
- Write about deciding not to care.
- Use the phrase, “Two generations ago.”
- Write about a birthday celebration gone wrong.
- Include a character who is a preschool teacher.
- Write about skipping a day of the week.
- Include a character named Ava Morrison.
- The universe holds its breath.
- Include a character named Naoto Kaeshiro.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: color-blind, know, commemorate, hunter, manage.
- Write about cooking.
- Fill in the blank: “Eat, drink, and be _________.”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “That was definitely an earthquake.”
- Write about someone who doesn’t celebrate holidays.
- Use the following phrase: we are survivors
- Sum up your year in writing.
- Include a character who is a veterinarian.
- Start with “They call it Boxing Day because…”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: consultation, convenience, loan, frog, lunch.
- Write about the second Thursday.
- Use the phrase, “That was a mistake.”
- Write about the First Annual _________.
Category Archives: WP 2018
December 2018
November 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Write about improvising when you haven’t done your homework.
- Use these 5 words: quality, recoil, cellular, marginal, electron.
- Use the phrase, “What is wrong with us?”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: string, bride, dictionary, happen, enlarge.
- Write about being surprised by one’s own feelings.
- Fill in the blank: “He/she is very ________, for one thing.”
- “Isn’t that usually out by now?”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “It’s not something we’ve seen before.”
- Watching a friend fall for the wrong person.
- Your antagonist is a fourth grade math teacher.
- Write about approaching burnout.
- Use the following phrase: little girls who want to grow up to be president
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: mutter, post, accident, tropical, frame.
- Write about doing something fun in serious circumstances.
- Fill in the blank: “Didn’t I tell you about ________ ?”
- Write about what makes a marriage last.
- Write about an interrupted meditation.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “This is going to be great!”
- “Wait, what year is it again?”
- Use these 5 words: worried, grade, entertaining, spill, mend.
- Dreading tomorrow for no obvious reason.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: determine, chalk, negotiation, pump, old.
- Write about an interior monologue.
- Fill in the blank: “I was connected to a different ________.”
- Clumsy-fingered typing accidents
- Use these 5 words: trauma, take, stain, mouthwatering, unbeatable.
- Being called for supper at an awkward moment.
- Use these 5 words: mote, substantial, woozy, nomenclature, thrall.
- Write about someone who hates being photographed.
- Write about puppy therapy.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: left, accumulation, tool, proof, zero.
- Write about doing something, knowing it’ll be regretted.
- Fill in the blank: ” ________ so thick you can taste it.”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “The neighbor’s daughter ran over my cat.”
- “How many colors are there in this rainbow?”
- Write about a sanctuary.
- Fill in: “If life gives you ______, make _____”
- Include a character named Zaina Velasquez.
October 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
“The weather’s never like this.”
- Use these 5 words: nondescript, polo shirt, webmaster, yonder, agonize.
- Write about improvising a recipe
- Use the following phrase: refugees are at risk
- Write about making a video backwards
- Use these 5 words: faithful, cluttered, brush, measure, poke.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: powder, accountant, record, spirit, guest.
- Use the phrase: “Not that, either.”
- Write about weeds.
- Use the following phrase: a May wedding
- Looking up scores long after the game.
- Use the following phrase: named after prominent locals
- One culture’s hero is another culture’s villain
- Use these 5 words: disinterest, excessive, lucid, husbandry, station.
- Going on a trip without underwear
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- Use the following five words: history, syndrome, movie, rough, fog.
- Describe the room or surroundings in detail.
- Fill in the blank: “I’ve never seen a ________ like that.”
- Use the phrase, “No, do this first.”
- Write about encountering a doppelganger.
- Write about strangely colored leaves.
- Use the following phrase: has lost its soul
- “Your crabgrass has crabgrass.”
- Use these 5 words: brick, wheel, heat, lush, animated.
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- Use these 5 words: acoustics, zonked, discreet, hungry, quince.
- You disagree with your main character about something important.
- Your antagonist is named Paramesh Pandya.
- Write about what the robot rover does while out of touch.
- Use these 5 words: bathrobe, issue, paramedic, harebrained, prose.
- Use the phrase, “It’s getting late.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: excess, astonishing, memory, thumb, measure.
- Write about telling someone how to do something.
- Fill in the blank: ” ________ runs in the family.”
- An argument about power bills for decorations
- Use these 5 words: ultimate, badass, saffron, attempt, pyrotechnic.
- “It got here early.”
September 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Write about an unfortunate bruise.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: bell, greeting, fastidious, mild, tongue.
- Use the phrase: “Lunchtime, tomorrow.”
- Write about unwittingly doing something the same every time.
- Write about faint remnants of something that was erased.
- Use these 5 words: nice, support, shop, bleach, quirky.
- Narrator contemplates their reflection in a shiny ball.
- Your antagonist is named Lianna Acosta.
- Use the phrase “You’re safe here with me.”
- Your antagonist is a funeral director.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: drawing, win, posture, half, resource.
- Use the phrase: “That looks ominous.”
- Write about someone who hasn’t been seen in a long time.
- Use these 5 words: squirrel, quill, earthquake, space, question.
- Write about doing something with the other hand.
- Write about not receiving an apology.
- Answer a question with another question.
- Use these 5 words: hunting, brainstorm, secondary, vetted, calamity.
- Write about being barefoot in the office.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: dragon, research, diplomat, carrot, strap.
- Use the phrase: “Good luck with the dog [or other animal].”
- Write about an unnecessary goodbye.
- Write about counting down to the last time something happens.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “Remember how I hugged you?”
- Write about finishing up chores to make time for…
- Write about why you love yourself.
- Write about a blank book.
- Write about a stolen victory.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: housing, bench, publicity, recover, clay.
- Use the phrase: “It’s remarkably quiet.”
- Write about getting confused by some numbers.
- Use these 5 words: novel, creativity, venture, pannier, excavate.
- Write about accidental harassment.
- Your protagonist is a cinematographer.
- Use the phrase “Blue envy.”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “Smell the water.”
- Use the phrase, “Didn’t I just do that?”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: wisecrack, occasion, turn, snow, border.
- Use the phrase: “The end of the month.”
- Write about discarding old things.
August 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Write about a civic holiday or commemoration.
- Include a character who is a model.
- An unorthodox way of doing calculations
- Write about an origin story.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: cheese, grace, qualification, peak, rider.
- Use the phrase: “long tail feathers.”
- Write about struggling to stay awake.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “It’s not perfect, but…”
- What to do when the internet is down.
- Use the following phrase: the largest in history
- “They’re all odd numbers.”
- Use these 5 words: conjunctivitis, metropolis, leviathan, gnash, slippery.
- “This doesn’t look very random to me.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: irony, apathy, ceiling, sandwich, process.
- Use the phrase: “That’s not what we expected.”
- Write about very strange or extreme weather.
- “You need to learn to lie with sincerity.”
- Use the following phrase: according to multiple sources
- “Last question: Where shall we have lunch?”
- Your protagonist is an architect.
- Write about an afternoon nap.
- Write about denying the truth.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: candle, countryside, bring, copy, prize.
- Use the phrase: “That’s pretty strong.”
- Write about a stuffed animal.
- Use the following phrase: tricky questions
- Write about pulling the plug for the last time.
- Use the following phrase: police find arm at sea
- “What’s it like, driving a behemoth?”
- Use these 5 words: bump, warm, deliver, misty, probable.
- “Remind me why we’re doing this?”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: section, calendar, note, beautiful, exact.
- Use the phrase: “We’re not late, yet.”
- Write about watching someone sleep.
- Include a character who’s neither male nor female.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “What the f–k just happened?”
- Write about trying to understand someone on a noisy connection.
- Write about what scares you most.
- “How many days is it since he left?”
July 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: inspire, sister, wall, relationship, breed.
- Use the phrase: “A riddle wrapped in a mystery.”
- Write about an idea with the potential to change everything.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “I don’t ask for much.”
- “We were not expecting that.”
- Use these 5 words: quotidian, percussive, Freudian slip, toque, outshine.
- Write about an unfortunate anniversary
- Use the following phrase: an undercover sting
- “I just did it. It’s not my turn.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: crude, wife, dictate, training, attract.
- Use the phrase: “You have to unlock it.”
- Write about calling people names.
- Write about wondering what the instructions mean.
- Use these 5 words: side step, chocolatier, flibbertigibbet, tromp, brute.
- Discuss spelling of nonsense sounds.
- Use these 5 words: tub, scrawny, cough, room, disapprove.
- Write about Friday the 13th.
- Write about a quick decision.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: point, sketch, ignite, suffering, short circuit.
- Use the phrase: “It’s no trouble at all.”
- Write about sloshing liquid.
- Your protagonist is a general practitioner.
- Your character cusses creatively
- Include a character who is a bookmaker.
- Start with “Next year at this time…”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “I miss everyone already.”
- “You’d think we’d know how to do this by now.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: train, dump, useful, sustain, total.
- Use the phrase: “All the towels are wet.”
- Write about waiting for somebody who’s late.
- “Even numbers, odd numbers, and the rest of them.”
- Use the following phrase: people camping in their backyard
- “I did the whole thing in one sitting.”
- Use the following phrase: standing room only
- Use the phrase, “Only one mistake.”
- Write about taking a chance.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: buffet, neck, overlook, aware, conscience.
- Use the phrase: “Crunching on the gravel.”
- Write about borrowing something from a neighbor or friend.
- Use the following phrase: thirty days of heart opening
- “There isn’t room for all the digits.”
June 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Begin with “Starting today…”
- Your protagonist is named Najla Mahmood.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: formulate, outfit, ensure, rear, rabbit.
- Fill in the blank: “It seems a little _______ for this time of year.”
- Write about two friends of your character who don’t get along.
- Use the following phrase: egg-free scrambled eggs
- Write about a friend in trouble.
- Use these 5 words: kiss, morning, live, zipper, material.
- “Is that a threat? Or a promise?”
- Your antagonist is named Channary Chanthavong.
- Use the phrase “They presumably know that.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: press, false, yard, exposure, damage.
- Fill in the blank: “I learned a lot about being human from _______ .”
- Write about a rite of passage.
- Use the phrase “Tell me more lies.”
- Include a character who is a software engineer.
- Use the phrase “What was I thinking?”
- Your antagonist is a bus driver.
- “You’ve confused me with someone else.”
- Your antagonist is a janitor.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: jury, wash, worker, ambiguous, latest.
- Answer an either/or question with “yes” or “no.”
- Write about not celebrating a holiday.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “Look at these pies!”
- Use the phrase, “What are you talking about?”
- Use these 5 words: sunken, raspberry, ampersand, zombify, temerity.
- Write about changing seasons.
- Your protagonist is a psychologist.
- “This is like a maze… I’m lost.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: outside, available, national, heel, contrast.
- Use the phrase: “culture seems foreign.”
- Write about a flower.
- “You’re up early…”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “I believe the allegations are true.”
- Write about a gathering storm.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “Look at this nice letter!”
- A long-deferred vacation
- Use the following phrase: a major advancement in technology
May 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- “Mayday! Mayday!”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “Look no further!”
- “There will be a price to pay.”
- Write about sharing war stories.
- “Be quiet, both of you, and work together.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: applied, orchestra, hang, recognize, penalty.
- Write about a picture of home.
- Use the phrase “any time now.”
- “It’s chilly in the cave.”
- Use the following phrase: thunderbolts and lightning
- Write about using the wind to advantage.
- Use the following phrase: already has my heart
- A new building, without windows.
- Your protagonist is named Prashansa Iyer.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: common, noble, threshold, glance, jelly.
- Write about doing something another person doesn’t approve of.
- Use the phrase, “Are you my mother?”
- Use the following phrase: a monarchy with racist baggage
- Write about a character who’s illiterate.
- Your protagonist is a criminal.
- Alone, after the memorial service.
- Use these 5 words: repent, colleague, siphon, weeping willow, wholesale.
- Use the phrase “Let me handle this.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: discover, shift, snack, orthodox, magnitude.
- Fill in the blank: “I’m too _______ for this kind of thing.”
- Use the phrase, “Quickly. It’s starting to rain.”
- An unfortunate anniversary.
- Use these 5 words: keelhaul, vigorous, uncivilized, topnotch, avatar.
- “Stay tuned, you’ll see.”
- Your antagonist is a sailboat captain.
- Write about a poor translation.
- Use the following phrase: as far as Mars–and beyond
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: provincial, load, market, gene, conclusion.
- Fill in the blank: “I like this so much I could just _______.”
- Write about making contact with a long-lost friend or family member.
- Use these 5 words: popcorn, voyage, dashing, mature, symptomatic.
- Write a ten-minute play.
- Start with this line of dialogue: “You may know her from…”
- “Last person out, please turn out the lights.”
April 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: number, architecture, alarm, bounce, shrink.
- Write about bailing out of a planned activity.
- Use the phrase “No good deed goes unpunished.”
- Your antagonist is named Maxim Ibarra.
- Cat, asleep with all 4 feet in the air.
- Use these words: trailblazer, bunk bed, indiscreet, grassroots, underground.
- That one channel you wanted to watch won’t work.
- Use the following phrase: even weirdos need some kindness
- Watching weather reports very carefully
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: convenience, piano, danger, asylum, axis.
- Write about feeling sad for no obvious reason.
- Use the phrase “Was that fun?”
- “I’m sorry I didn’t do that when you wanted.”
- Use the following phrase: all that rage is a mask
- Asking strange questions.
- Start with this dialogue: “We’ve become numb to this sort of behavior.”
- “No good deed goes unpunished.”
- Use the following phrase: throwing fuel on a dying fire
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: Sunday, towards, street, grunts, dress.
- Write about turning something in late.
- Use the phrase “Do what you need to do.”
- Use the following phrase: a gaggle of geese
- Life in a close-knit secret organization
- Write about a public shaming.
- Moving on to the next task.
- Your antagonist is a travel agent.
- Do it all at once? Or break it into pieces?
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: daughter, rice, ordinary, implicit, compete.
- Write about a tool you don’t know how to use.
- Use the phrase “And now it’s broken.
- Upgrading only to find favorites broken.
- Use the following phrase: fired for inappropriate behavior
- Conversation while washing dishes together.
- Use these 5 words: dock, ratty, coast, obtain, military.
- Entering the wrong year on a form
- Use the following phrase: behind closed doors
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: element, gate, expose, cheap, woman.
- Write about a security concern.
- Use the phrase “What I really want is a nap.”
- Include a character named Kedar Abbas.
March 2018
Daily Writing Prompts
- Write about a sudden change in the weather.
- Use the following phrase: this is something special
- “There’s absolutely no question.”
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: despair, lodge, cutting, long, fiction.
- Write about someone not finding what they’re looking for.
- Use the phrase “Could use a facelift.”
- Write about a lap cat “helping”
- Your protagonist is named Virgil Beck.
- Write about family interfering with work.
- Use these 5 words: befitting, last, program, haircut, birthday.
- “If you think about it inside out…”
- Write about being good enough.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: side, rung, smart, margin, liability.
- Write about dreading a move.
- Fill in the blank: “If you should happen to ______.”
- Use these 5 words: shipwreck, biofuel, ripple, dahlia, fern.
- Write about a life-changing decision
- Start with this line of dialogue: “_____ has died.”
- Write about something coming due on the Ides of March
- Use these 5 words: short, spinster, nauseate, fail, prelude.
- Write about the first attempt to sail a new boat.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: clique, rational, leak, nightmare, tactic.
- Write about a knock at the door, with “Five minutes” spoken aloud.
- Fill in the blank: “Do you really want to ______?”
- “How do you propose to do that?”
- Start with this line of dialogue: “Ok, we’re in the home stretch!”
- Write about waiting for spring
- Your antagonist is named Nova Epstein.
- Write about an abandoned building.
- Use these 5 words: bear, joyous, cemetery, awesome, melted.
- Get today’s prompts on Twitter.
- Use the following five words: dribble, evening, bring, lemon, drift.
- Write about unwanted automation.
- Use the phrase “Use the phrase.”
- Write about being mortified.
- Breakfast on the morning after.
- Write about mixed feelings.
- Write about going home early, only to find…
- Use these 5 words: vulgarity, doily, spirit, withdraw, inherit.
- Losing your sense of the passage of time