dawn.vogel | December 13, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about what happens when you imbibe a potion. Write a piece about how much inspiration a character can afford. Write a piece about the impacts of a cubic zirconia. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or […]
dawn.vogel | December 6, 2024
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! HistoryExtra has a great list of eight weird December historical occurrences (well, one is in January, but I’ll allow it!), which are somewhat holiday themed. If you need more in the “weird winter holiday” category, check out The Debrief’s list […]
dawn.vogel | November 29, 2024
We’re coming to the end of the year, so it’s time for the December 2024 writing prompts! Column 1 this month is from Doodlewash‘s December 2024 prompts. For this one, I occasionally took out an adjective related to Christmas or winter. Column 2 is from Kick in the Creative‘s December 2024 prompts. For these, I […]
dawn.vogel | November 22, 2024
Although these writing prompts from the University of Iowa’s Iowa Reading Research Center are labeled as being for grades 9 through 12 (or American high schoolers), they’ve got some excellent advice and ideas that could be used by older writers as well! The document is set up to be used by a teacher, and includes […]
dawn.vogel | November 8, 2024
Time for more weird history to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! This month, check out “Not Just Turkey: 12 Surprising Things & Weird Holidays That Have Happened in November“! While only half of the entries are historic events, there are still some interesting things included among them! This History Extra article […]
dawn.vogel | November 1, 2024
It’s time for the November writing prompts! The lists I looked at for this month were definitely thinking autumn, so I changed it up a little bit with one very non-autumn list! Column 1 is from the Doodlewash November 2024 Art Challenge. It’s got a number of autumnal words, but it’s also got a nice […]
dawn.vogel | October 25, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about unexpected luck on an unlucky day. Write a piece about the music made by dry leaves. Write a piece about what gets caught in a glow-in-the-dark web. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check […]
dawn.vogel | October 4, 2024
It’s time yet again for some historic events to inspire your writing or maybe just pique your curiosity! This month’s list of historic event again comes from The History Place, which has a nice, simple way of presenting things. But I’ve also found October in Pop Culture History, which has a variety of facts about […]
dawn.vogel | September 27, 2024
October is almost upon us, which means it’s time for the October 2024 writing prompts! This month’s prompts are all taken from drawing challenges. As always, I devote column 1 to Mab’s Drawlloween Club, my favorite of the bunch. (She also has a printable calendar version if you prefer to have that to scribble notes […]
dawn.vogel | September 20, 2024
It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a fabulous catch. Write a piece about what the bloodthirsty chew on. Write a piece about what is slumbering. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or check them out when I post them here!
