writing prompts

Five Minute Mysteries

August 6, 2010

Writing a mystery is at least as complicated as solving a mystery. I’ve found a few links to 5 Minute Mysteries online. Try a few, then try to write of your own. 5 Minute Mystery – Must join the site to do more than just read the mystery, but it is free. Mystery.net: Solve It [...]

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Are Our Standards Slipping?

August 5, 2010

We were out for dinner the other night. It was just ok. I thought of how many times we have eaten out and it has been just ok. Yet we still eat out and still don’t find it anything special. I love a club sandwich, but I could make it at home myself. (Even though [...]

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Welcome Town Signs

August 3, 2010

Noticed any great road signs lately? Not just any road signs but those big billboard displays you often see to welcome you when you enter a town or city. I especially like the ones that have the “Thanks for visiting” on the reverse side for people to see as they leave town, that’s a nice [...]

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Write a Witchy Spell

August 1, 2010

First of all, this is a writing exercise, something to try in order to start your flow of words. Although you can write a Witch spell, you should not believe writing and then saying the words will make things happen as you want them to. Real magic comes from inside of yourself. I think using [...]

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Tips for Giving Criticism

July 31, 2010

From All WomensTalk: 8 Tips for Giving and Receiving Criticism: 3. Don’t Say Always Always is an incredibly long time! Don’t use always or never in your criticism. “You never…” is going to make the person feel under attack, and immediately go defensive. If you need to use times, use frequently, or sometimes. This is [...]

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Interview Warm Up Questions

July 28, 2010

Interview questions can seem pretty simple and straight forward but to pull out real information, real passion and have something beyond the standard interview you need to plan out your questions. Brainstorm for questions you want to ask, let one idea lead to another and then another. When you are satisfied that you can’t think [...]

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Dare to Rhyme

July 27, 2010

Rhymes have become something for children. We, as adults, are too sophisticated for the tall wall with the bouncy ball. Why? Once you get into it, going down a few lines at a time you find it gets harder and harder. Rhyming can be a real challenge. See if you can start with five lines, [...]

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Try a Cinquain

July 26, 2010

A cinquain poem is 5 lines long. It has a one word title. Two describing words. Three action words. Four feeling words. Then one synonym for the title (on the fifth line). Try one! Mine is below. Smile Open, mysterious. Twisted, curving lips. Curious, shy, never expected. Facetious. If you want to know more about [...]

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Serendipity

July 23, 2010

From Wikipedia: Serendipity is a propensity for making fortuitous discoveries while looking for something unrelated. Now and then you find a really good word for something you never thought had a good word for it. I like the way this word sounds, like the slippery curved back of a sea serpent snaking up and down [...]

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Clever Lines

July 22, 2010

As quoted from Lincoln McCardle on Facebook: “Your days are numbered!” said the inventor of the calendar, joyously announcing his accomplishment. At least the way I imagine it … I love clever humour. Can you come up with at least one clever line? Work with something simple like the calendar and numbered days but find [...]

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Plain as Day Directions?

July 20, 2010

Think of a place you have been to today, maybe out for coffee, out to work, as long as you had to get out of your homespace. Think about the route you took to get there. Things you needed along the way, like a bus pass, your purse. Anything you stopped for such as coffee [...]

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How to Enjoy your Manic Monday

July 19, 2010

Ben Barden: How to Enjoy Mondays. Read Ben’s list. My favourite of his tips was to have a decent breakfast. I love having breakfast out somewhere, especially if I can get going very early in the morning, when it still feels like the world is quietly dreaming. Mondays don’t bother me really. It was halfway [...]

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One Word, Endless Possibilities

July 17, 2010

Take an issue, something complicated which has real personal meaning to you. Something you have a strong opinion about. It could be anything as long as it isn’t too simple or dull. Now, condense everything you have to say about this topic down to just one word. Yes, that’s what I wrote, one word and one [...]

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This is the Story of How I Died

July 15, 2010

“This is the story of how I died.” Can you come up with a more dramatic line to start a story with than that? Really. Can you? I’m watching an older episode of Doctor Who where Rose says just that in the introduction to the episode. I know Rose goes on from the storyline and [...]

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Can’t Sleep?

July 13, 2010

My nephew, Zack, is having trouble getting to sleep. I think part of the problem is himself. Before he even gets into bed he has already told himself he will not be able to get to sleep. With all the power our brains have over our body it makes sense to me that if the [...]

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