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Fun for Friday: A Handful of DefCon One Instagram Prompts!

| August 2, 2024

It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a pet in need of a bath who resists it. Write a piece about an artist who becomes a community leader. Write a piece about someone shopping for a perfect gift. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every […]

Fun for Friday: August 2024 Prompts

| July 26, 2024

There are still a handful more days in July, but it’s time for the August 2024 prompts! This month, I’ve gotten all of the prompts from art challenges! The first column is for Doggust, which is new to me, but it involves art of dogs! I’ve opted for the alternative list, as the main list […]

Fun for Friday: 400+ Writing Prompts

| July 5, 2024

Looking for yet another source of writing prompts? I’m always finding new ones! Today, it’s this list of 400+ writing prompts (some fiction, some non-fiction) from Self-Publishing School. They link to individual genre lists, so you can jump down to the appropriate list that grabs your attention!  

Fun for Friday: July 2024 Writing Prompts!

| June 28, 2024

July is almost here, so it’s time for the July 2024 writing prompts! This month, all of the prompts come from a variety of art challenges, though all of them are somewhat generically themed. The second and third columns definitely have more of a July or summer flavor, while the first column has some summer […]

Fun for Friday: Instagram Writing Prompts from DefCon One!

| June 21, 2024

It’s time for some more prompts from the DefCon One Instagram account! Write a piece about a map that leads to a surprising celestial location. Write a piece about a rumor with surprising implications. Write a piece about a teacher outside of the classroom. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts every other Friday, or […]

Fun for Friday: June 2024 Writing Prompts!

| May 31, 2024

Where does the time go? It’s time for the June 2024 writing prompts! The words in the first column this month are from Kick in the Creatives. I’ve shortened a couple into single-word prompts, but I left a few of them longer, as those felt more evocative with the entire prompt. (As always, you can […]

Fun for Friday: Remixing Tropes

| 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!

Fun for Friday: New DefCon One Instagram Prompts

| 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!

Fun for Friday: Sci-Fi Writing Prompts for Long or Short Fiction

| 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!  

Fun for Friday: May 2024 Writing Prompts

| 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 […]