dawn.vogel | September 6, 2024
While I wasn’t able to find a page with many “weird” historic events for September, I’ve got a couple of options for those looking for historical events to inspire your writing or other creative endeavors. Restless (a UK-based site) has a list of twenty-two historic events that happened in September, nearly one for every day […]
dawn.vogel | August 30, 2024
September is just around the corner (and with it, hopefully cooler temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere as we slide toward fall), so it’s time for the September 2024 prompts! This month, all of the prompts come from art challenges of a sort. They also play together in surprising and interesting ways, which I think could […]
dawn.vogel | August 23, 2024
As we reach the end of the summer (for students, at least), I thought an interesting fiction writing prompt might be one of the questions that younger students often write about early in the school year: what did you do on your summer vacation? However, for this, make it fictional! Pick a character you’re writing […]
dawn.vogel | August 16, 2024
For this week’s Fun for Friday, check out this article about the etymology of the word “dude“! The article also explores the idea of “macaronic language,” which is not a term I was familiar with prior to this article. But it’s interesting how it’s connected to both the way “dude” came about AND the connection […]
dawn.vogel | August 9, 2024
Weird history is a great place to find inspiration for fiction. Even if you don’t write historical fiction, you could choose an odd event and transport it into a different setting, time period, genre, etc. Here’s a list of six weird things that have happened in Augusts past! See if one of them gives you […]
dawn.vogel | August 2, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a pet in need of a bath who resists it. Write a piece about an artist who becomes a community leader. Write a piece about someone shopping for a perfect gift. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every […]
dawn.vogel | July 26, 2024
There are still a handful more days in July, but it’s time for the August 2024 prompts! This month, I’ve gotten all of the prompts from art challenges! The first column is for Doggust, which is new to me, but it involves art of dogs! I’ve opted for the alternative list, as the main list […]
dawn.vogel | July 19, 2024
Ever wonder what a group of Pugs should be called? If you like collective nouns, including some funny ones suggested by people, check out The Collective Nouns. While some of the list are actual collective nouns (denoted by “submitted”), some are not the real collective nouns (denoted by “suggested”), often because no one has created […]
dawn.vogel | July 12, 2024
Sometimes, Fridays are just for fun, not necessarily writing prompts. This is one of those Fridays! Today, check out the Just for Fun page at Writing World! While they also offer prompts (which I think I’ve shared before), this offers a variety of tools and other fun things for authors, including title generators, fictional recipes, […]
dawn.vogel | July 5, 2024
Looking for yet another source of writing prompts? I’m always finding new ones! Today, it’s this list of 400+ writing prompts (some fiction, some non-fiction) from Self-Publishing School. They link to individual genre lists, so you can jump down to the appropriate list that grabs your attention!
