dawn.vogel | September 6, 2024
While I wasn’t able to find a page with many “weird” historic events for September, I’ve got a couple of options for those looking for historical events to inspire your writing or other creative endeavors. Restless (a UK-based site) has a list of twenty-two historic events that happened in September, nearly one for every day […]
dawn.vogel | August 30, 2024
September is just around the corner (and with it, hopefully cooler temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere as we slide toward fall), so it’s time for the September 2024 prompts! This month, all of the prompts come from art challenges of a sort. They also play together in surprising and interesting ways, which I think could […]
dawn.vogel | August 9, 2024
Weird history is a great place to find inspiration for fiction. Even if you don’t write historical fiction, you could choose an odd event and transport it into a different setting, time period, genre, etc. Here’s a list of six weird things that have happened in Augusts past! See if one of them gives you […]
dawn.vogel | 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 […]
dawn.vogel | 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 […]
dawn.vogel | 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!
dawn.vogel | 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 […]
dawn.vogel | 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 […]
dawn.vogel | 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 […]
dawn.vogel | 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!
