dawn.vogel | September 26, 2025
October is my favorite time of year, because it’s the official beginning of spooky season. And it’s time for the October 2025 writing prompts! This month, I decided to do things a little bit differently! I found a total of FIVE lists of prompts for the month of October. However, because everyone has spooky on […]
dawn.vogel | September 19, 2025
The other day, I started thinking about verb and noun pairs like evolve and evolution, resolve and resolution, and revolve and revolution. But “revolt” also becomes “revolution” when turning it into a noun, despite it not having the “suffix-volve” construction of these other pairs. What gives? This one might not really be quite as complex […]
dawn.vogel | September 12, 2025
A couple of weeks ago, the “New Approaches to Older Fiction” panel from Flights of Foundry 2023 went live on YouTube. The panelists talked about classic works that are no longer under copyright and different ways in which those can be made more accessible to modern people. They had a ton of fun tossing around […]
dawn.vogel | September 5, 2025
Time for more weird science to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! For this month, I’m starting out with September Thinkers and Tinkerers from Getting Nerdy! This article has September birthdays and inventions from the world of science. Next up is Scientific American’s Science History from 50, 100, and 150 years ago, […]
dawn.vogel | August 29, 2025
Here we are with just days remaining before it’s September. I’m really not sure where this year went, though I am looking forward to autumn, my favorite season! This month, I’ve got a lot of autumn-related prompts, which means there’s a bit more overlap between the columns. Column 1 is the Swordtember prompt list for […]
dawn.vogel | August 22, 2025
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! I’m now pretty much caught up on posting these, so they’ll appear roughly every six weeks now! Write a piece from an axolotl’s perspective. Write a piece about a young wizard cleaning their room. Write a piece about a mirror reflecting a non-existent […]
dawn.vogel | August 15, 2025
For this week’s Fun for Friday and etymology, I’m sharing a post from Useless Etymology about the Greek word “naus” and the variety of English words that come from that root. As you might guess from the title, it’s about ships, but there are many other words that come from the same root. And when […]
dawn.vogel | August 8, 2025
Welcome to my new monthly Fun for Friday theme, weird science! (Not to be confused with the movie of the same name.) Toward the beginning of each month, I’ll share some links to articles about unusual discoveries, inventions, and other science facts. If you’re a sci-fi writer, perhaps one of these items will give you […]
dawn.vogel | August 1, 2025
It’s August now, so it’s time for the August 2025 writing prompts! This month, I’ve got a variety of sources for the prompts, a couple of which are new to me. Column 1 is the Artgust Art Prompts from @alchemist_attic on Instagram. These are designed to be used with any artistic medium, which to me […]
dawn.vogel | July 25, 2025
If you’re looking for some sci-fi story ideas, look no further than ScreenCraft’s list of 101 epic sci-fi story prompts! They’ve got a ton of interesting possibilities, and some of their ideas might be better suited for a longer work, while others could work as inspiration for very short fiction or poetry! Because they’ve got […]
