dawn.vogel | February 24, 2023
The March 2023 writing prompts feel like they’re falling a little early, but with February being a short month, now is the time! This month, the first column comes from Kick in the Creatives, which always has great word lists for each month (I sometimes shorten their prompts for my list). Column 2 comes from […]
dawn.vogel | February 3, 2023
We’ve recently started an Instagram account for DefCon One Publishing, and one of the features on that Instagram is writing prompts every couple of weeks. You can catch them on Fridays on Instagram, or every so often, I’ll round up several of them and post them here! The three prompts this week are: Write a piece about a […]
dawn.vogel | January 27, 2023
It’s time for the February 2023 writing prompts, and yet again, I’m borrowing my lists from other sources. It’s the combination of the three, I think, that will lead to interesting things. Words in the first column are from the Kick in the Creatives February 2023 art prompts. They’ve got the most variety! Words in […]
dawn.vogel | January 6, 2023
Hopefully the worst of the bitter cold and ice has melted for my Northern Hemisphere readers, but we’re still in the midst of winter. So today, have some winter fiction writing prompts! There are some fun ideas here, some of which could be made even more fun by adding some speculative elements. They could also […]
dawn.vogel | December 30, 2022
The new year is just around the corner, so it’s time for the January 2023 writing prompts! The word lists this month are borrowed from other sources. Word 1 is from Kick in the Creatives, which is one of my favorite sources for great prompts, for January 2023. Word 2 is from Natural Beach Living‘s […]
dawn.vogel | December 16, 2022
We’ve recently started an Instagram account for DefCon One Publishing, and one of the features on that Instagram is writing prompts every couple of weeks. You can catch them on Fridays on Instagram, or every so often, I’ll round up several of them and post them here! The three prompts this week are: Write a […]
dawn.vogel | December 2, 2022
If you’re looking for some ideas of new things to write, check out this list of 50 creative writing prompts for adults! There are some that might not lend themselves immediately to speculative fiction writing, but they might plant enough of a seed for you to spin into something speculative. Or they might give you […]
dawn.vogel | November 25, 2022
Believe it or not, we’re almost to December and the end of the year! I feel like time is flying by this year, though that may just be in comparison to the last couple of years, which each seemed to last about a decade. For this month’s writing prompts, I’ve collected a few different challenges […]
dawn.vogel | November 18, 2022
November may be halfway over, but I recently found this list of November writing prompts and really liked what they included! You could get started on them now, save them for another month with 30 days, or just randomly choose a prompt to use (through a random number generator or just picking a favorite number) […]
dawn.vogel | November 4, 2022
As the weather turns chilly, it’s nice to have some autumn themed ideas for writing. Here’s a great list of 50 autumn writing prompts that might inspire you to write a story or add a scene to your NaNoWriMo novel!
