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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #35

6 April 2011

Hope you had a wonderful week, full of writing successes big and small. To get you writing for another week I have another writing prompt for you today and it is the random words kind. You know, the one that lends itself very well to both poems as well as prose. Before I give you [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #29

30 March 2011

Another Wednesday, so time for another creative writing prompt. Today I have the fun, but also challenging, random phrases creative writing prompt. The main idea here is that I give you a set of randomly selected phrases and you must somehow weave these into your story, poem, or piece of flash fiction. But before I [...]

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Picture Writing Prompts: Cottage Kitchen

23 March 2011

Today I once again have a picture as a writing prompt for you. I know you’re probably eager to get started, so I won’t bore you too much with this intro. But I would like to ask you to take a moment and fill out my survey about a picture prompts book. Also, if you [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #34

16 March 2011

Seems like the site was offline for a bit during the last couple of days and I apologize for that. But today it is time to get back into the swing of things with another creative writing prompt in the form of a story starter sentence. Before I give you the sentence though, I would [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #34

9 March 2011

Another Wednesday, another writing prompt! Today we, once again, have the random words. These type of writing prompts are, I find, some of the best to get the creativeness flowing. And if you like them, might I suggest you sign up for my newsletter here, or through the link in the side bar. And now [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Phrases to a Story #28

2 March 2011

It’s Wednesday and therefore time for another creative writing prompt. Today I have some random phrases for you to work into a story, poem or even a novel. I am also busy putting together the first newsletter and if you would like to see what the finished product will look like why not subscribe now. [...]

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Picture Writing Prompts: In the Grass

23 February 2011

Today I am once again giving you the chance to hone your writing skill simply by looking at a picture. Well, no, it’s not quite so simple, you still have to do some writing. By the writing that you will do should be inspired by the image below. And if you enjoy these picture writing [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #33

16 February 2011

All right, so it is Wednesday and, as promised, here is fresh new creative writing prompt. Today we have a writing prompt in the form of a story starter sentence and the idea here is that I give you a random sentence and you use it to inspire you to write a compete story. This [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Random Words to a Story #33

9 February 2011

All right, so it is Wednesday and, as promised, here is fresh new creative writing prompt. Today it is in the form of random words. The way to approach this exercise is really very simple: I give you a set of 10 randomly chosen words and you somehow incorporate them into a story or poem. [...]

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Creative Writing Prompts: Story Starter Sentence #32

2 February 2011

Alright, time to get back into the swing of things here! Expect a creative writing prompt every Wednesday. No more excuses, just writing. I’m also launching a monthly newsletter that will deliver a, well, monthly dose of creative writing prompts right to your email inbox, along with some other practical creative writing advice. And you [...]

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