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Journal Prompts

Journal Prompts: Observe and Describe

27 April 2009

Today’s journal writing idea is probably one that you’ve heard before. I know I have, and plenty of times. Hence I don’t even know who to attribute it to, but suffice it to say that Oscar Wilde and F. Scott Fitzgerald were already doing. And it involves getting out of the house, which is also [...]

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Journal Prompts: Describe, Describe, Describe Those Feelings

16 April 2009

This journal prompt involves describing an event that has evoked some sort of an emotion in you.  All writing, especially writing done by beginner writers, should be as emotionally engaging as possible.  It should make the readers shiver, or evoke some similarly strong response, since you are new, and not yet established and you need [...]

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Journal Prompts: Write in the Morning

29 March 2009

Keep a notebook and a pen by your bed and each morning start writing as soon as you wake up. Write about anything you want, it doesn’t have to be fiction, it can just be what happened to you yesterday or what you are most worried about at the moment. Just write. Write 3 pages [...]

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