dawn.vogel | April 17, 2020
With many of us staying at home a lot more than we used to, people may want to get creative for things to do while they’re at home. This list has 30 fun options! But if you want to get really creative, you could take this list of options and use it as writing prompts. […]
dawn.vogel | April 3, 2020
My attention span tends to be fairly short right now, so the idea of writing flash fiction rather than longer works is definitely appealing to me. Here’s a list of 131 flash fiction prompts if you’re also looking for shorter things to write! The website offers it as a 100 day challenge or a 30 […]
dawn.vogel | March 27, 2020
March has seemed a lot longer than it ought to have, but this is shaping up to be the new normal in our neck of the woods. This month, we’ve got a random assortment of words, plus a bonus handful of words in the image for this post. Feel free to toss them in wherever […]
dawn.vogel | March 20, 2020
If you’re looking for specific genre writing prompts, check out this list! They’ve got several ideas for each of a bunch of different genres. And they’ve even got historical fiction, which is an uncommon genre to find in prompts! This could also be fun if you randomly picked two prompts from different genre categories and […]
dawn.vogel | February 28, 2020
We’re already to the end of a long February, so it’s time for the March writing prompts! I’ve got themed and non-themed prompts mixed in this year! Check back on the last Friday of each month (or occasionally the first day of a new month, when that falls on a Friday) for my History That […]
dawn.vogel | February 21, 2020
For this week’s fun, check out this list of “What If” Journal Prompts. But now, apply them to fiction. More specifically, spin out some ideas of what a character might do if one of these What Ifs happened to them, and build a story from there!
dawn.vogel | January 31, 2020
January has flown by, and we’re reaching February! It’s a 29-day February this year, and I’m definitely going to be taking advantage of that extra day! Most of the words for this month are themed to the season, but there are also a good handful of really random things, so that you can have some […]
dawn.vogel | January 6, 2020
Last week, I talked about writing to a theme. This week, I’m talking about writing to prompts. The two things are related, but not entirely the same. Writing to prompts comes up frequently if you’re looking to challenge yourself to write a daily, weekly, or even monthly story, when you don’t necessarily have an end […]
dawn.vogel | December 27, 2019
2019 is coming to a close, so it’s time for the January 2020 writing prompts! Most of the words for this month are themed to the season, but there are also a good handful of really random things, so that you can have some non-seasonal prompts! You could also integrate the photo I’ve included with […]
dawn.vogel | December 20, 2019
Sometimes, you’ve got an idea for a story but you just need the right twist to make it different from stories that have come before. Whether you’re looking for a twist or a whole idea, here’s a list of 30 short story ideas with twists! The ideas are meant for middle school students, but that […]
