dawn.vogel | July 15, 2022
Even if you don’t consider yourself a poet, poetry can be a fun way to get your creative brain working when you don’t have ideas for stories. With these fun exercises, you might get an unusual poem, or you might get an idea out of the poetry you’re playing with that could turn into a […]
dawn.vogel | July 8, 2022
I didn’t have a theme picked out when I started putting these image prompts together, but one seems to have developed anyway. The first image shows a person standing in shallow water with a boat that is comparatively larger than them, but still a smaller boat. In the background, the sun is rising and painting […]
dawn.vogel | July 1, 2022
If you’re looking for a bunch of sci-fi prompts, along with some other genre prompts, check out this page. In addition to the prompts here, there are links to other prompt lists, AND there’s a prompt generator as well! So you’ll find all sorts of ideas (some better than others, of course, when it comes […]
dawn.vogel | June 24, 2022
July will be here before we know it, so it’s time for the July writing prompts. This month, I picked a bunch of onomatopoeic words, a bunch of color words that are also somewhat summer-y, and some very random words. Of course, you can take the color words at face value and write about them […]
dawn.vogel | June 17, 2022
Sometimes, it can be fun to look at prompts that aren’t designed for fiction writing and twist them into fiction prompts. This list is meant to be for creative journaling, but there are plenty here that could also be story seeds for a fiction writer. You may have to turn a few of them on […]
dawn.vogel | May 27, 2022
This year is flying past for me! Here we are, staring down the beginning of June, summer vacation for kids, and possibly summer weather if you’re in the northern hemisphere. So it’s time for the June 2022 writing prompts! June has had a bunch of art challenges in the past (not all of which are […]
dawn.vogel | May 20, 2022
When you’re staring at a blank page with no ideas, pop over to Wrighting Words’ list of writing prompts! Whether you do best with random bits of dialogue, titles, or random words, there are a bunch of different ways to get your writing started! With six different categories to choose from, you could even pick […]
dawn.vogel | May 6, 2022
If you’re looking for a batch of unique and interesting short story prompts, check out this list from The Adroit Journal. There are great options in their list, whether you want to write speculative or literary fiction! You can also mix and match them for new combinations and ideas!
dawn.vogel | April 29, 2022
It’s almost May (or, in the words of the meme, “It’s gonna be May”), and that means it’s time for MerMay! If you’re not familiar with MerMay, it’s an art challenge started by Tom Bancroft. Every day in May, artists are encouraged to use the prompts for a sketch, which they then post using hashtags […]
dawn.vogel | April 15, 2022
Have you ever gotten a plot or character from a song? I certainly have, many times over. Drawfee recently gave their artists a challenge to create a character based on the first three songs that came up on shuffle. I think this would be a fun idea to inspire either a character or a plot […]
