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Writing Prompt #832

 

The first line of  Saul Bellow's book, Herzog, is "If I am out of my mind, it's all right with me..."

Keep going with it as if it's your own.

Suggestions:

• Use it as a refrain you keep coming back to.
• End with it. 
• Write it and just keep going with it to see where it takes you.

Writing Prompt #832

 

The first line of  Saul Bellow's book, Herzog, is "If I am out of my mind, it's all right with me..."

Keep going with it as if it's your own.

Suggestions:

• Use it as a refrain you keep coming back to.
• End with it. 
• Write it and just keep going with it to see where it takes you.

Writing Prompt #831

Pick an animal, any animal or bird, and write from it's point of view.

Suggestions:

If you choose your pet, venture out and do a second wilder type of animal as well. Maybe have them talk to each other.

Vicariously live through an animal that you wouldn't mind being.

Consider how differently an animal might interpret things.

Make up a few words that are from the animal vocabulary.

Writing Prompt #830

Time for another randomly inspired writing.

Suggestion:

Go to Wikipedia

In the Left hand column: four heading UNDER the Main Page heading is Random article

Click on Random Article for random inspiration. Make it easy by keeping it short, a poem, an opinion, a letter.

Writing Prompt #829

 

Pretend like you are able to read the mind and/or the future of a character you have invented.

Suggestions:

Make-up a poem (it can be as short as three lines), telling us what your character is thinking or foretelling their future.

Or just write about what it's like to read your character's mind.

Writing Prompt #828

 

 What if you mirror started talking to you? What might the mirror say?

Suggestions:

• Brainstorm first.
• Or, just start writing and let your instincts take over.

Writing Prompt #827

 

Myriad is such a poetic word to me. What in your life could be illustrated by the word "myriad?" (a countless or extremely great number)

 

Suggestions:

• Straight up? List or mind map what comes to mind with you think of countless in your life.
• Exaggerate. What could you say is countless in your life that may be a slight exaggeration?
• The opposite. What in your life is there very little of?
• A new definition. Use myriad in a sentence but let it have a different meaning.

Writing Prompt #826

I once heard book review editor and journalist, Arthur Salm, talk about his children's book, Anyway.  He had no experience writing kids books except that he told his kids bedtime stories. He never knew what those stories would be ahead of time, as long as he started with "Did I ever tell you about the time....?" a story always came together.

You may have done this before, but it's one of those prompts you can repeat to find new stories. Play with finishing the sentence at least seven different ways, and then pick one or two of those sentences and keep going with it. Break some rules, get quirky if it feels right, or fictional, and consider venturing into poetry with it.

Did I ever tell you about the time I channeled the Vietnamese pedicurist?
Did I ever tell you about the time I was a TV repairman-beat poet?
Did I ever tell you about the time I fell into a giant banana cream pie? 
Did I ever tell you about the time where time stood still?

Writing Prompt #825

What color are you right now? Write about it from the first person point of view.

Suggestions:

• Give sensory details.
• What's this color up to?
• Write in poetry, prose, or one long endless sentence.

Writing Prompt #824

 

The great philosopher Anon said "The secret to having it all is believing you already do."  

Write a poem or prose piece as if you have it all.

Suggestions:

• Write three line poems.
• Write about what you love about all the things you have.
• Write about what it used to be like when you wanted things and what made the difference.