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 […]
dawn.vogel | April 19, 2024
If you’re curious about the etymology of a bunch of fairly common words, check out this article from Mental Floss! There are a ton of words there, and some of them might surprise you! You might also be inspired by this etymology to write something related to the origin of one of these words, so […]
dawn.vogel | April 12, 2024
If you follow my monthly prompts, you know I love prompts that come in threes. This list of ideas for stories starts with three elements that you can base a story on, and continues with a bunch of other interesting prompts! There are also links down at the bottom to other writing prompts that they’ve […]
dawn.vogel | April 5, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about what happens in the shadows. Write a piece about a long distance run. Write a piece about new neighbors who may not be what they seem. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them […]
dawn.vogel | March 29, 2024
Here we are at the end of March, so it’s time for the April 2024 writing prompts! This month, all of the words come from art challenges. The first column is from Doodlewash’s Spring Things challenge, and all of the words there are spring themed. The second column is from the Kick in the Creatives’ […]
dawn.vogel | March 22, 2024
Have you ever misheard or misunderstood the lyrics to a song? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, there’s a website devoted to this, called KissThisGuy (after a mishearing of a Jimi Hendrix song). I think misheard lyrics could make a great prompt for a story. Whether you use one of your own or one […]
