dawn.vogel | January 4, 2019
I’ve been writing a lot of flash fiction in the past year, so I’m always excited to find flash fiction prompts. Here’s a list of 50 flash fiction prompts in a variety of genres. For an extra challenge, see if you can take one of these prompts and change the genre!
dawn.vogel | December 28, 2018
2018 is drawing to a close, and it’s time for the first writing prompts of 2019! For January’s words this year, it’s words about winter and the coming of a new year. But I’ve focused on words with more than one potential meaning, so you can interpret them in different ways. Check back on the […]
dawn.vogel | December 21, 2018
If you’re stuck in a rut and need a creative writing prompt that will get your brain thinking in new ways, check out this fun creative writing prompt from The Write Practice! Your end results may be more poetic than prose, but even that can lead you in the direction of a story or something […]
dawn.vogel | December 14, 2018
If you’re looking for some creative short story prompts, I’ve found a list of 72 at Bookfox! There are some for nearly any genre you can think of, and some that could be used in a multitude of different genres with just a few tweaks. The ideas are each a sentence or more, giving all […]
dawn.vogel | November 30, 2018
December begins tomorrow, which seems far too near. But it also means that this year is almost over, which is something of a relief. The prompts this month are taken from December holidays and words associated with winter. As always, feel free to interpret the words in the way you like. I’ve tossed in some […]
dawn.vogel | November 16, 2018
If you’re stuck in a rut or need a prompt to get you started on a new story, have you checked out Penguin Random House’s Writer’s Academy prompt list? The list includes prompts for fantasy, horror, mystery, romance, and sci-fi, and you could always pick elements from multiple lists if you want to do something […]
dawn.vogel | November 9, 2018
If you’re looking for some seasonal writing prompts for autumn, check out this list from Bustle. Not all of them are speculative fiction oriented, but you could take some of those non spec fic prompts and twist them a little to point them in the direction you want to go. They also invite you to […]
dawn.vogel | October 26, 2018
November is still almost a week a way, but not quite. So it’s time for November’s writing prompts. The prompts this month are taken from November holidays, words associated with autumn and the month of November, and words derived from the word “November.” As always, feel free to interpret the words in the way you […]
dawn.vogel | October 12, 2018
If you’re looking for a list of speculative fiction prompts that can last you a good long while, check out this list from author Eric J. Krause! There appear to be maybe 100 different prompts here, and they’re all over the place in terms of theme and content! This is going to become my go […]
dawn.vogel | September 28, 2018
Normally, today’s the day when I would post my list of prompts for the month of October. But October is Drawlloween, which is a great month of prompts for artists to draw a spooky thing every day of the month. And I like to use Drawlloween prompts as writing prompts, because I love spooky things! […]
