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Fun for Friday: The Big Pink Book of Prompts, “It’s Funny …”

| June 5, 2026

Time to share what I did with prompt 3 from the Big Pink Book! I’m not much of a puns person, so I took the “It’s funny” prompt and came up with some first sentences connected to that. Even though there were 20 dots on the page, I only wrote 10 sentences, since some took […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 3: It’s Funny …

| June 1, 2026

The third prompt in the Big Pink Book is another list-making prompt, this time themed around some puns and an intro of “It’s funny.” The puns, in the stickers to the right, are: “You are deer to me,” “Love you a latte!,” “That’s bananas” (with the bananas as an image), “No Prob-llama,” and “Donut worry. […]

Fun For Friday: The Big Pink Book of Prompts, “We go together like …”

| May 22, 2026

As promised, here’s my version of the second prompt from the Big Pink Book! I numbered the washi tape dots from 1 through 20, but I also made two columns. The left-hand column is genres, and the right-hand column is locations. I also added an extra sticker to this page–a d20 that looks like a […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 2: We go together like …

| May 18, 2026

The second prompt in the Big Pink Book is simple enough–the line of dots (washi tape) make it perfect for making a list. And the “We go together like …” suggests that it can be for things that go together. The sticker at the bottom involves some concentric circles and dots that reminds me of […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 1, A Map

| May 11, 2026

The first prompt in the Big Pink Book isn’t entirely a writing prompt. It consists of a blank page and a unmarked map (though the version above has my markings on it). I used these two pages for some reflections on my writing journey. I labeled the blank page with “My Map: my journey as […]

My Handmade Prompt Book

| May 4, 2026

Back in November 2024, I snagged a thick, hot pink, wire-bound notebook. Since then, I’ve added scrapbook paper, stickers, washi tape, and other random ephemera to the pages. I also numbered all of the pages, each of which has some sort of theme. Some of the themes are very clear, while others just have a […]