September 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on September 30, 2021 by TC Editors

Write about weird traffic as evidence for a mishap.
Use these five words: resigns, bungled, indigestible, record, dystopia
Write about the sound of construction, far away.
Start with this line: I’m convinced he’s allergic to…
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1. Use the following five words: position, forget, ostracize, timber, awful.
2. Use the phrase, “The same old thing.”
3. Write about figuring something out.
Set your story in a treehouse
Write about a holiday not shared by everyone present.
Use these five words: creativity, scheduled, update, self-worth, lifelong
Write about getting new glasses or lenses.
Start with this line: They just hit rock bottom.
Write about private mourning for a public event.
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1. Use the following five words: girl, advance, corner, register, uncle.
2. Use the phrase, “That’s ten times in the last week.”
3. Write about dim memories of a similar situation.
Write about something that makes no sense to the narrator.
Write about a short film
Write about obsessively sorting something that didn’t need it.
Start with this line: If I’m being totally honest…
Use the phrase, “We don’t have enough people to do that.”
Start with this line: He’s trying to buy votes.
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1. Use the following five words: breeze, salon, administration, remain, condition.
2. Use the phrase, “Open it up.”
3. Write about an automation failure.
Use these five words: worried, staging, history, impressive, farmer
Write about doing busy work until dinnertime.
Set your story during a murder trial
Your character writes a haiku.
Set your story at a party with cupcakes
Write about cracking knuckles before getting to work.
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1. Use the following five words: aviation, explicit, insistence, manufacturer, charismatic.
2. Use the phrase, “Was that tonight?”
3. Write about being too tired to stay awake.
Use the phrase, “Begin in the middle.”
Start with this line: Who gets custody of _____?
Use the phrase, “One last time.”
Use these five words: processed, ambiguity, cemetery, quarters, packing

August 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on August 31, 2021 by TC Editors

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1. Use the following five words: place, digital, iron, pumpkin, peanut.
2. Use the phrase, “Expect heavy precipitation.”
3. Write about merging cuisines from different places.
Start with this line: The apocalypse is coming.
Write about recovering from illness or injury.
Set your story at a closed border
Write about apologizing for being late.
Write about a personal attack
Write about watching a plume of smoke.
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1. Use the following five words: plaster, perfume, argument, swell, conscious.
2. Use the phrase, “That won’t work.”
3. Write about trying to stay awake.
Write about not apologizing for being late.
Use these five words: stars, missing, nuclear, powerful, accident
Write about missing deadlines.
Use these five words: outage, classic, concert, trial, exchange
Set your story on Friday the 13th.
Set your story during a snowstorm
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1. Use the following five words: island, density, general, copy, sister.
2. Use the phrase, “If it were reliable, it wouldn’t be magic.”
3. Write about almost missing a deadline.
Start with this line: She wants to be seen as something other than a mother.
Write about a doctored recording.
Write about something kept in cages
Answer a child’s “That’s not fair!” complaint.
Use these five words: superfans, behavioral, journalist, debate, airport
Use “How does this thing work again?”
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1. Use the following five words: waiter, chew, magnitude, joint, population.
2. Use the phrase, “It seems less noisy.”
3. Write about an inconvenient modern technology.
Write about a bad case of the Mondays
Write about a well-deserved bath
Write an incident in your character’s childhood.
Use these five words: grifters, gravesite, befitting, defeat, network
Write about not being able to come up with the right word.
Use these five words: flashpoint, shortage, packing, cheers, fight
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1. Use the following five words: half, release, jewel, X-ray, double.
2. Use the phrase, “How do we clean that?”
3. Write about disobeying rules.
Write about a great mystery
Write about clay on a potter’s wheel.

July 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on July 31, 2021 by TC Editors

Write four paragraphs of description of the setting of your story.
Use these five words: wondering, assessment, hidden, evidence, tracking
Use the phrase “battled to a scoreless tie.”
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1. Use the following five words: reader, theory, pause, drawer, reaction. Bonus word: earwax.
2. Fill in the blank: “Where did I put my _______?”
3. Write about studying a map.
Write about a freaked-out dog.
Use these five words: bloomers, rundown, transformed, starry, photos
Write about the sound of an appliance running.
Set your story in a courtroom
Write about eating out with a family member.
Use these five words: influx, security, breach, reborn, bleed
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1. Use the following five words: case, version, leave, tourist, precedent.
2. Use the phrase, “where did that come from?”
3. Write about correcting someone.
Use these five words: stalled, joint, win, gems, forcibly
Write about being confused by a calendar.
Set your story at a poetry reading
Write about rushing to open a restaurant.
Start with this line: What did you miss most while you were away?
Write a child’s bedtime story.
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1. Use the following five words: cylinder, fairy, straight, temperature, warm.
2. Use the phrase, “As far away as possible.”
3. Write about a large animal.
Write about a health worry.
Write about being scared
Write about settling in a different country.
Write about a sexual assault accusation
Write about summer snow.
Set your story in space
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1. Use the following five words: transport, throat, impound, suppress, hang.
2. Use the phrase, “I’m not sure what happens now.”
3. Write about giving up trying to explain something.
Set your story at an awards show
Drop everything and write a Haiku.
Start with this line: I’m not sure why I put myself through this.
Write about cleaning out the refrigerator.
Use these five words: cliffhanger, poet, buckle, hero, twist
Make up a name for a day of the week.

June 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on June 30, 2021 by TC Editors

Write about poison.
Set your story in a traffic jam
Write about getting the cold shoulder.
Use these five words: calling, double, lifetime, policy, treason
Write about being disappointed after a major accomplishment.
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Write about a favorite place to sit.
Set your story at a funeral
Write about tasting something special.
Use these five words: watch, crow, parity, coffee, justice
Write about staying up very late to finish a book.
Start with this line: He said he meant it as a compliment.
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1. Use the following five words: inappropriate, arrange, projection, plead, update.
2. Use the phrase, “It looks the same to me.”
3. Write about craving a stimulant.
Start with this line: Two lucky winners will receive…
Write about waiting for quitting time.
Write about a character wearing robes
Write about a misremembered quotation.
Start with this line: The stakes just got higher.
Write about discovering a surprising shared interest.
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1. Use the following five words: ceremony, scheme, prey, charm, hesitate.
2. Use the phrase, “Repeat after me.”
3. Write about uncooked food.
Use the phrase, “Was I daydreaming?”
Use these five words: fastidiously, patience, director, zero, imminent
Write about unconventional clothes.
Use these five words: imaginative, intersect, genius, false, analysis
Use the phrase, “It’s just six months til Christmas.”
Write about a complicated threat
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1. Use the following five words: paralyzed, claim, formation, positive, fail.
2. Fill in the blank: “Not enough room in the _______.”
3. Write about being unable to hear.
Start with this line: Where are they now?
Use this phrase: “Why isn’t it red?”
Set your story in a wildfire

May 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on May 31, 2021 by TC Editors

Use the phrase, “Mayday! Mayday!”
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1. Use the following five words: trait, earthquake, wire, laborer, suburb.
2. Use the phrase, “Wait, don’t do that.”
3. Write about trying not to laugh.
Write about a late-season storm.
Use these five words: married, tomorrow, founder, gala, surprise
Write about making up a holiday.
Start with this line: Please drive with caution.
Use “What day is it?”
Use these five words: ceremony, personal, legacy, lobster, swans
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1. Use the following five words: hardship, sour, provincial, miss, banner.
2. Use the phrase, “Is it morning again already?”
3. Write about doing habitual things in the wrong order.
Start with this line: It wasn’t something we focused on.
Write about using sign language in a noisy bar.
Start with this line: You should’ve cut him when you had the chance.
Write about a cat’s hunting habits.
Use these five words: superheroes, millions, human, poet, baseball
Use the phrase “And here it is mid-May already.”
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1. Use the following five words: recommend, class, abnormal, gravity, city.
2. Use the phrase, “scratching people off the list.”
3. Write about hoping not to encounter anybody you know.
Write about recreating a very old recipe.
Set your story at a movie premiere
Make up a child’s bedtime story.
Set your story in an airport
Write about a lesson learned during the pandemic.
Set your story at a protest
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1. Use the following five words: bind, corruption, distinct, deficit, passion.
2. Use the phrase, “There was a time when I believed…”
3. Write about putting on fancy clothes.
Write about receiving a diploma
Write about the limits of a can-do attitude.
Write about a musical collaboration
Start with “Why am I here?”
Use these five words: meet-cute, scrapbooking, arrest, envelope, neglected
Use “That’s not fair!”
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1. Use the following five words: institution, pest, lecture, nursery, pie.
2. Use the phrase, “It’s almost time to go.”
3. Write about troubleshooting.
Discuss the phrase “once upon a time.”

April 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on April 30, 2021 by TC Editors

Write about why April fools get their own day.
Write about winning
Write about an animal mascot.
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1. Use the following five words: jump, extension, waterfall, pile, monopoly.
2. Use the phrase, “Can we afford that?”
3. Write about an auction.
Write about figuring out a weird calendar.
Use these five words: groups, masks, doctor, refused, office
Write about an unlucky number.
Start with this line: This rhetoric is inciting violence.
Write about introducing old and new partners.
Write about an intense class
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1. Use the following five words: defeat, growth, ask, highlight, grace.
2. Use the phrase, “I don’t know what’s in it.”
3. Write about interruptions.
Write about a shooting
Write about struggling to read fine print.
Set your story under the surface of the ocean
Write about a last-minute reprieve.
Write about an important vote
Write about a lazy Saturday spent with a friend.
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1. Use the following five words: claim, velvet, acquit, argument, loose.
2. Use the phrase, “It’s better not to ask.”
3. Write about a moth drawn to a flame.
Write about a formal tea ceremony.
Start with this line: Do you think he will leave peacefully?
Write about tedious repetition.
Use these five words: discovery, collaboration, hug, plant, voice
Write about confusion over an acronym.
Use these five words: staffing, rock, recipients, counted, author
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1. Use the following five words: chord, chain, exercise, smart, album.
2. Use the phrase, “Here’s the plan.”
3. Write about waiting for dinnertime.
Write about dancing in the rain
Write about a recurring nightmare.
Start with this line: What are you most looking forward to?
Write about the last of its kind.
Use these five words: outlandish, shattering, accident, syndrome, modicum

March 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on March 31, 2021 by TC Editors

Start with the names of three colors.
Use these five words: forgotten, identities, weird, attribute, completed
Write about a failing battery.
Set your story in a casino
Write about taking all day to do a simple task.
Write about your writing routine
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1. Use the following five words: dive, court, neighbor, collar, organize.
2. Use the phrase, “Is that a cactus?”
3. Write about an arithmetic mistake.
Start with this line: I shouldn’t be laughing.
Use the phrase, “Tell me a story.”
Write about unwelcome paparazzi photos
Write about a failed software update.
Use these five words: hopeful, detour, roadblock, active, loudly
Write about being afraid to go out.
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1. Use the following five words: glare, clerk, feign, conclusion, aloof.
2. Use the phrase, “It’s not a good place.”
3. Write about remorse or regret.
Write about being stuck with an uncertain welcome.
Start with this line: I don’t make the rules.
Give your character an unusual name.
Start with this line: The only thing that would horrify me is…
Use “I used to know how to do this.”
Set your story on a fishing boat
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1. Use the following five words: disorder, performer, waste, tropical, grief.
2. Use the phrase, “What are you feeling?”
3. Write about picky food preferences.
Start with this line: What a trip down memory lane.
Write about an apprentice.
Set your story in a dream
Write about a summer hockey league.
Set your story at a yoga class
Write about a childhood embarrassment.
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1. Use the following five words: medium, hard, unpleasant, care, orgy.
2. Use the phrase, “mended feelings.”
3. Write about an uncanny feeling.
Write about a bad case of the Mondays.
Write about making a big move
Write about pushing up against limits.

February 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on February 28, 2021 by TC Editors

Write about a wild speculation.
Start with this line: I’ve always been there.
Write about trying to revive an extinct holiday.
Set your story at a city council meeting
Write about waiting for a computer to update.
Start with this line: Are we allowed to go to bed yet?
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1. Use the following five words: vehicle, promote, perforate, green, friend.
2. Use the phrase, “add that to the list.”
3. Write about something that’s undercooked.
Set your story in a room with a fireplace
Write about watching events without being able to do anything.
Use these five words: books, school, talked, rushing, quality
Use the phrase, “That wasn’t there 5 minutes ago.”
Use these five words: scientists, freelancers, erupted, figures, question
Describe a sunrise or sunset.
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1. Use the following five words: fame, hesitate, sign, character, referee.
2. Use the phrase, “Is your heat on?”
3. Write about vigorous exercise.
Use the phrase, “Didn’t I just do that?”
Use these five words: bidding, positive, donuts, tycoon, wealthy
Use the phrase, “I’ll check that right now.”
Start with this line: She can’t say anything that will upset her boss.
Use the phrase, “Tell us that story again.”
Use these five words: parole, snowfall, riot, teachers, red carpet
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1. Use the following five words: mean, overall, circumstance, progressive, grind.
2. Use the phrase, “You never listen.”
3. Write about putting something in the wrong place.
Start with this line: Here’s what you need to know.
Write about treachery.
Use these five words: carriage, kneecap, garlic, terminated, uneasy
Write about kids playing on a statue.
Start with this line: The next scheduled departure is at 5pm.
Write about being “randomly” selected.
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1. Use the following five words: salon, twin, stroke, organ, breeze.
2. Use the phrase, “How can that exist in the same world as this?”
3. Write about a sad memory.

January 2021
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on January 31, 2021 by TC Editors

Write about looking back on hopes for last year.
Use these five words: boundaries, fraud, exhibition, intimacy, display
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1. Use the following five words: irony, die, mood, tissue, sound.
2. Fill in the blank: “Love is what happens when _________.”
3. Write about a preposterous excuse.
Set your story in a downtown alley
Write about a morning without coffee.
Start with this line: I have two options.
Use the phrase, “Read this and summarize.”
Use these five words: intelligence, awareness, power, bottleneck, sanctions
Write about translating a poem.
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1. Use the following five words: arrogant, qualification, overwhelm, listen, reflect.
2. Fill in the blank: “_________ is what makes the world go around.”
3. Write about being slightly too late.
Use the phrase, “Help me take this off.”
Write about a frightening book
Write about a birthday party.
Start with this line: What you are describing is a crime.
Write about rediscovering old music.
Start with this line: It’s not over yet.
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1. Use the following five words: body, grind, secure, spirit, disappoint.
2. Use the phrase, “I don’t know what to think.”
3. Write about refusing dessert.
Write about a medical diagnosis
Fill in: “Aren’t you tired of _________?”
Use these five words: essential, gifts, necessary, trend, soundtrack
Write about new beginnings.
Set your story in the home of a wealthy family that hates each other
Write about not participating in a common activity.
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1. Use the following five words: picture, doll, control, rule, eavesdrop.
2. Use the phrase, “Look at the shadow.”
3. Write about deciding if something is safe.
Write about blocking someone on social media.
Write about an asteroid headed for Earth
Write about a delivery that arrives early.
Use these five words: comeback, life, trading, badly, direction
Write about finding patterns where there are none.
Use these five words: hibernation, clothes, undercurrent, walks, log
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1. Use the following five words: meet, date, announcement, practice, rainbow.
2. Use the phrase, “There’s only one left.”
3. Write about hoping someone understands.

December 2020
Daily Writing Prompts

Posted on December 31, 2020 by TC Editors

Write about sibling rivalry
Include these 3 characters in a story: judge, police officer, bartender.
Use a made-up word
Start with this line: “Calling this justice would be a mistake.”
Write about introducing someone new to a favorite drink
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1. Use the following five words: recover, loose, arrange, absence, investigation.
2. Use the phrase, “I don’t do that any more.”
3. Write about using something that’s not quite ready.
Write about a house fire.
Incl. these characters: paralegal, secretary, human resources administrator.
Write about a new system for doing familiar things.
Write an imagined interview with your favorite author.
Use “It feels like a year since I saw anybody.”
Set your story at a hockey game.
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1. Use the following five words: crisis, freedom, fear, copy, craftsman.
2. Fill in the blank: “I need a new __________.”
3. Write about an unexpected crowd.
Start with this line: “Oh, I’m definitely subtweeting.”
Write about visiting a grave.
Write about unicycling.
Use “What kind of critter are you?”
Use these five words: praise, holy, skeins, stigma, complicated.
Write about observing a holiday nobody else shares.
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1. Use the following five words: correspond, arena, aid, witch, spot.
2. Use the phrase, “That’s all they told me.”
3. Write about waiting for something that might not happen.
Write about celebrating the Winter Solstice.
Write about an old house.
Explain something incoherently.
Start with this line: “I first met _____ on the streets.”
Write about the kid who got left out.
Write about being ahead of the curve.
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1. Use the following five words: sugar, multimedia, indirect, ignore, elephant.
2. Use the phrase, “How long do we have to wait?”
3. Write about an exception to the rule.
Use these five words: mechanics, practicing, love, choice, agent.
Write about waiting for the mail to come.
Start with this line: “One of the biggest mysteries is…”
Your character sums up a year.

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