dawn.vogel | October 16, 2020
This article has some neat ideas for short writing exercises that can help with novel writing. Though they call them “flash fiction” exercises, I think they are more meant to be done in a short period of time than to produce actual flash fiction. For those who are doing NaNoWriMo next month, they could provide […]
dawn.vogel | October 9, 2020
For this week’s Fun for Friday with images, I’ve got three images that sort of fit together better than some might. The first image is a lone figure in a small boat on a fairly calm body of water with a gray sky and another boat in the distance that is following a small wake. […]
dawn.vogel | October 2, 2020
If you’re looking for more ideas for writing inspiration for October (or other autumn months), check out Dream Foundry’s post about Make a Thing Month(s)! They’ve collected a variety of themed monthly creative challenges that can be used for art, writing, or other creative endeavors. And while most of them are for October, some are […]
dawn.vogel | September 25, 2020
It’s my favorite time of the year: Halloween! I’m ready for lots of spooky writing prompts and other autumnal delights! This month, the words in the first column come from Millennial Boss’s Simple Drawing Prompts. Words in the second column are the words that I’ve come up with, steering clear of the October theme of […]
dawn.vogel | September 18, 2020
I just stumbled across Numawok Creative, and I love her writing prompts archive. She’s got really more than 100 wonderful, thought-provoking prompts available. They’re bundled in groups of 10, so you can just choose one blog post to start with and work through, and then go on to another batch!
dawn.vogel | September 11, 2020
This week, I’ve got three photos that I can see an easy link between. But you might come up with a different way of looking at them! The first photo is whitecaps on a bit of ocean. The second photo is a person who is out of focus climbing a natural rock wall along a […]
dawn.vogel | September 4, 2020
If you’ve got kids in your life who are aspiring authors, but they don’t always have the ideas that go with that aspiration, or if you’d like to encourage kids to try their hand at writing fiction, check out this story starter generator from Scholastic! Specifically geared toward kids, and with three genres and a […]
dawn.vogel | August 28, 2020
We’re getting very close to September now, so it’s time for September 2020’s writing prompts! This month’s prompts are taken from back to school, the beginning of autumn, and some things specific to September, while also having a number of words that are less connected to these things. I also chose a lot of words […]
dawn.vogel | August 21, 2020
If you’re looking for a random bit of writing inspirations, I’ve recently created a writing prompts board on my Pinterest. It’s a collection of ideas for monthly writing challenges, one-off writing challenges, cool words, and useful lists of names. I’ll be adding more to it as time goes on, so feel free to follow it […]
dawn.vogel | August 14, 2020
Three more images for your writing inspiration! The first image is a very low to the ground shot of a blacktopped road with bright yellow double lines down the center. In the distance are mountains and a blue sky that seem to be in a desert environment. The second image is a silver skull-shaped ring […]
