Five Writing Prompts for April 29

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1. “Just send me the names and I’ll take it from there.”

2. “Uh, forgiveness is a two-way street.”

3. “What do you mean, what I did?”

4. “We’re not out of the woods yet.”
“That’s what I was afraid of.”

5. “Okay, here’s the deal. When you say the words, ‘banana split’, I’ll know you’re in trouble.”
“Food? Does it really have to do with food?”


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Five Writing Prompts for April 27

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1. “I found out who your father is…”

2. Dirty looks was her specialty…

3. “Just make up with your mother and all will be fine.”

4. There is no earthly way she should have known that…

5. “How’s he doing?”     
“How do you think after what you said to him?”


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Four Writing Prompts for April 15

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  1. It was time to put up or shut up. I was leaning toward ‘shut up’.

  2. Performing in front of no one…my life’s dream.

  3. Even on a good day, I didn’t want him within six feet of me…

  4. The editor, slack-jawed, gazed out the window. “You’re telling me your tweets are your chapters?”


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Ten Writing Prompts for Feb. 17

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  1. “Ready? Now close your eyes and count back from twenty…”

  2. They had everything and we had nothing…

  3. We never expected our innocent little lemonade stand to…

  4. It was pure joy/boredom/hate/love at first sight…

  5. Title: Night of the Zombies


  6. Title: Donald Trump Meets Forrest Gump

  7. My cruel words hung in the air…


  8. He had bit the hand that fed him…


  9. Luckily, Superman does exist…

  10. “Okay, soldiers/kids/Mr. President, pat your head and rub your stomach…”


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Writing Warmups for January 4

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If you need a little warmup today, toy with a few of these ideas.

  1. “You look like your unders are creeping up on you.”
    “Naaah, he always looks like that when he’s outnumbered by dorks.”

  2. “Harvey! Here’s a show for you!–How Doers Get More Done.”
    “Funny, Margo. Very funny.”

  3. “I made over $10,000 and now I can buy my own car!”

  4. I was now officially out of the loop.

  5. “Get free delivery on your hardware equipment!” the TV blared at us.
    “Oh, great, and once it arrives, we’ll need help simply opening the boxes.”

  6. Just when we thought the world was safe from…

  7. “Even I know that!” I said and strolled away, hoping against hope that I could find out what I was supposed to know…

  8. There was very little reason to enter that room. But against my better judgement…

  9. “Yes, I guess you could say I am your latest ‘convert’.”

  10. I was afraid to close my eyes. We all were, actually.

 

Writing prompt: “it was…weird.”

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When he walked into the room, his shirt was pure black. When he walked out 30 seconds later…

Write 100 words [or more] on what you the observer viewed as the person exited the building and any hints as to what went on inside the mysterious room.

Have fun with it.

  • Did it happen in the White House? A doctor’s office? A room at the IRS?

  • Who are ‘you’? Who is the ‘he’?