dawn.vogel | June 28, 2024
July is almost here, so it’s time for the July 2024 writing prompts! This month, all of the prompts come from a variety of art challenges, though all of them are somewhat generically themed. The second and third columns definitely have more of a July or summer flavor, while the first column has some summer […]
dawn.vogel | June 21, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a map that leads to a surprising celestial location. Write a piece about a rumor with surprising implications. Write a piece about a teacher outside of the classroom. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or […]
dawn.vogel | June 14, 2024
As we approach the summer solstice, I’m thinking about the words for summer in different languages and how those came to be! Check out this article on the origins of summer from Dynamic Language!
dawn.vogel | June 7, 2024
If you’re looking for a random writing prompt, check out this generator! The prompts it provides would make great opening lines, but they could also just be used to inspire a story! This one is noted as the “Most Dangerous Random Prompt Generator” because you can start writing a story by clicking a button and […]
dawn.vogel | May 31, 2024
Where does the time go? It’s time for the June 2024 writing prompts! The words in the first column this month are from Kick in the Creatives. I’ve shortened a couple into single-word prompts, but I left a few of them longer, as those felt more evocative with the entire prompt. (As always, you can […]
dawn.vogel | May 24, 2024
If you want to play around with remixing tropes, check out this list of reverse trope writing prompts! There’s a lot of great material here on its own, but you could up the trope-busting by combining one or more of these reverse tropes in a longer piece!
dawn.vogel | May 17, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about an unexpected hero. Write about something that can be described with the word “lush”. Write about something or someone thriving. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them out when I post them here!
dawn.vogel | May 10, 2024
Ever wonder what words were “born” the same year as you? With Merriam-Webster’s Time Traveler, you can find out! Just pick your birth year (or a year you’re interested in) from the dropdown menu and skim through the results! The results are specifically words in print, so it’s possible that a word was in the […]
dawn.vogel | May 3, 2024
If you’re looking for ideas for writing long or short sci-fi, check out this list of sci-fi writing prompts from Jericho Writers! They’ve got them grouped into different subjects, including ideas for sci-fi horror and sci-fi for kids!
dawn.vogel | April 26, 2024
Time for another month worth of writing prompts! It’s my favorite time of year, MerMay, so the first column is the MerMay 2024 prompts! MerMay is a mermaid-related art challenge, so all of these words are meant to be combined with merfolk of some sort. There are a couple of named individuals in this year’s […]
