dawn.vogel | April 14, 2023
This week’s Fun for Friday is three somewhat random photo prompts. The first photo depicts four people wearing long pants and coats, and holding umbrellas, walking in front of a white wall painted with blue that resembles a waterfall or surf waves. The second photo depicts two elaborate microphones sitting on a flat surface in […]
dawn.vogel | April 7, 2023
If you’re feeling devoid of ideas, check out the suggestions here for some writing prompts that might help you break out of writer’s block. The prompts are generally designed for non-speculative stories, but it’s easy to insert a speculative element into them, if you like!
dawn.vogel | March 31, 2023
It’s almost April, so time for the April writing prompts! This month, I did all random prompts. The first column is nouns, and the second column is verbs, except because English is how it is, some of those words can be either nouns or verbs. The third column is much more random, pulled from lists […]
dawn.vogel | March 24, 2023
My birthday is tomorrow, so I decided to celebrate with some birthday themed images for this week’s Fun for Friday! The first image depicts a round cake with rows of pink roses along the edges and three curly pink lit candles atop it. In the background is a metallic vase holding a bouquet of pink, […]
dawn.vogel | March 17, 2023
We’ve recently started an Instagram account for DefCon One Publishing, and one of the features on that Instagram is writing prompts every couple of weeks. You can catch them on Fridays on Instagram, or every so often, I’ll round up several of them and post them here! The three prompts this week are: Write a piece about a […]
dawn.vogel | March 10, 2023
I’ve already got a story in mind, looking at these three images, but I wonder what others might make of the same prompt! The first image is of a female-presenting person from Vietnam, dressed in white clothing and carrying a conical hat woven from straw with many large gaps between the straw. Her right hand […]
dawn.vogel | March 3, 2023
There’s a column in the New York Times called “What’s Going On in This Picture?“, where they strip captions from assorted news images and post them for students to explain and discuss. But it’s also a great random story prompt, as you fictionalize what’s going on, or otherwise use the image to inform a story. The […]
dawn.vogel | February 24, 2023
The March 2023 writing prompts feel like they’re falling a little early, but with February being a short month, now is the time! This month, the first column comes from Kick in the Creatives, which always has great word lists for each month (I sometimes shorten their prompts for my list). Column 2 comes from […]
dawn.vogel | February 17, 2023
If you’re looking for a potentially very quick writing prompt, check out this idea to write a micro story by filling in the blanks with an excuse. It may seem a little silly at first, but if you read through the post, it links to another post that explains this exercise and how it works […]
dawn.vogel | February 10, 2023
This week’s images are vaguely wintery images for your inspiration! The first image depicts four individuals in silhouette walking a narrow, slightly raised path with snow across the landscape on either side of the path. The sky above is cloudy, blocking most of the sunlight, but the sun peeks out near the bottom of the […]
