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Fun for Friday: Autumn Writing Prompts

| 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!

Fun for Friday: November 2022 Writing Prompts

| October 28, 2022

October is nearly over, so here comes November! This month, Word 1 prompts come from the Kick in the Creatives Art Challenge, with slight modification to make them all one word prompts. Word 2 prompts come from Miska’s Maps Mapvember. And Word 3 prompts are randomly generated words. So there’s not much of a theme […]

Fun for Friday: Horror Writing Prompts

| October 21, 2022

All of my Fun for Fridays are themed toward this being October and the prime spooky season! Today, I’ve got a list of horror writing prompts! There are a variety of different types of seeds here, so you may need to poke through a few before you find one that will resonate with you, but […]

Fun for Friday: Random Horror Mash-Up Prompts!

| October 7, 2022

It’s the spooky season, so this week’s Fun for Friday prompts are from the horror genre! The graphic in this post shows a breakdown of many horror genres and subgenres, along with the films that fall into those subgenres. (If the graphic is blurry, you can click on it to enlarge, or go here to […]

Fun for Friday: October 2022 Writing Prompts!

| September 30, 2022

Alright, everyone. It’s spooky season, and we’re getting EXTRA weird for this month’s writing prompts! As I often do for October, I’m pulling the first column of prompts from Mab’s Drawlloween Club. This year, Mab has opted to write prompts that will inspire lighter and sillier drawings (or stories). But for my second column, I’ve […]

Fun for Friday: All Kinds of Writing Prompts

| September 16, 2022

If you’re looking for a variety of writing prompts, check out this list of 105 writing prompts! They come in a variety of categories, so you may find that certain portions of the list work better for your style than others, but even the ones that might not work the best for you could inspire […]

Fun for Friday: September 2022 Writing Prompts!

| August 26, 2022

Here we are, almost to September. Where has the year gone? This month, I’ve borrowed the words from several art challenges. One of them is one for 2022, but the other two are older ones, as I couldn’t find current versions of their lists. The first column is from the 2022 Kick in the Creatives […]

Fun for Friday: A List of Writing Prompt Sites

| August 19, 2022

If you’re looking to fill a blank page, check out this list of writing prompt sites from Story A Day! Some of these are sites I may have linked to previously, but there are also some neat ideas of other places to look for prompts! Some are geared toward younger writers, and some are geared […]

Fun for Friday: August 2022 Writing Prompts

| July 29, 2022

It’s nearly August, so it’s time for the monthly writing prompt post! This month, column 1 is random words, while column 2 comes from the Doodlewash August 2021 list, and column 3 comes from Redfox the Kitsune’s Smaugust 2022 list. Both Doodlewash and Smaugust are typically art challenges, but much like I do with MerMay […]

Fun for Friday: Poetry Writing Prompts!

| July 15, 2022

Even if you don’t consider yourself a poet, poetry can be a fun way to get your creative brain working when you don’t have ideas for stories. With these fun exercises, you might get an unusual poem, or you might get an idea out of the poetry you’re playing with that could turn into a […]