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Fun for Friday: Fresh Hot DefCon One Instagram Writing Prompts!

| January 12, 2024

It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece in which the characters are thankful for something. Write a piece in which unexpected cold weather has forced a change of plans. Write a piece in which someone receives a gift. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other […]

Fun for Friday: Sci-Fi Writing Prompts for the FUTURE!

| January 5, 2024

If you want to kick off the new year looking toward the future, here are 101 Epic Sci-Fi Story Prompts from screencraft! There are a variety of ideas that could lead to stories set in space or on Earth, depending on which direction you’d like to take it!  

Fun for Friday: January 2024 Writing Prompts!

| December 29, 2023

Well, 2024 is just around the corner, so here we go with the first writing prompt post for the year! List 1 is Doodlewash’s January 2024 list. I added a link to “puffling” on this list because I only learned when I looked it up that it’s a baby puffin! How cute is that?! List […]

Fun for Friday: Unnatural Animals?

| December 22, 2023

Our local zoo does a Wild Lanterns event each winter with all sorts of “animal” displays. We haven’t been to the nighttime version this year, so we haven’t seen the animals lit up, but we see them on our daytime zoo walks. So this week, you’ve got a trio of “unnatural” animals to use in […]

Fun for Friday: WikiRoulette

| December 15, 2023

If you enjoy truly random writing prompts, check out WikiRoulette. Visiting the site will pull up a random article from Wikipedia. Sometimes, they’ll be for very detailed pages, while other times, there may be less information available. But they may give you an interesting person, a place you’ve never heard of, or miscellaneous other articles […]

Fun for Friday: Written? Kitten!

| December 8, 2023

Today’s Fun for Friday is a little different from the usual! If you’re looking for a writing motivation tool, check out Written? Kitten! You set the sort of picture you’d like to see, how many words you need in order to get it, and write! When you hit your determined goal, you get a picture! […]

Fun for Friday: December 2023 Writing Prompts

| December 1, 2023

Well, we’re in the home stretch. It’s December now, which means it’s time for the December 2023 writing prompts! This month’s prompts are all sourced from other locations. The first column is Drawcember from Reddit. The second column is from Doodlewash’s December art challenge list. And the third column is from Writers Write’s December 2022 […]

Fun for Friday: 500 Fiction Writing Prompts!

| November 24, 2023

Looking for a load of fiction writing prompts? Check out the 500 fiction writing prompts at Written Word Media! They’re grouped by genre, and include both speculative fiction and non-speculative fiction ideas. But you know me, I’d probably try to turn those non-speculative prompts into something speculative as well!    

Fun for Friday: Meow Wolf Images from the Ossuary

| November 17, 2023

On our recent roadtrip, we ended in Denver, where my youngest sister really wanted us all to go see Meow Wolf. She had previously been to the one in Santa Fe and enjoyed it, and I’d heard great things about it from my friends. So we went! If you’re not familiar with Meow Wolf, it’s […]

Fun for Friday: Spooky DefCon One Instagram Writing Prompts!

| November 10, 2023

It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a group of bats preparing for Halloween shenanigans. Write a piece about classic monsters preparing to do something that isn’t traditional for them. Write a piece in which autumn (the season) is a character. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for […]