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Category: Writing Prompt Stories

Falling by Jamie DeBree & Rare Books by Carol R. Ward

June 10, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a poem about falling off a cliff. Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: Write about something that really happened to you in the style of a fiction novel. Give it a cliffhanger ending. Falling by Jamie DeBree It’s always a little bit scary at first. A glance, a look, a flush…
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“Pouty the Walrus” and “Table for Two” by Carol R. Ward

June 3, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a poem about a favorite childhood toy, and how you enjoyed playing with it. Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: Someone walks into a coffee shop/bar/tea shop/ice cream parlor and all the tables have at least one person sitting at them. Pick a person for your to sit and have…
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Ode to Books by Carol R. Ward

May 27, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write an ode to books. Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: A character stumbles upon an ancient civilization that has no written language. What would it be like? How would you describe their lives? How would they? Could they? Looks like none of us got moving on the prose prompt this…
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Call Me Edward by Jamie DeBree & Consequences by Carol R. Ward

May 20, 2017

Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: A man doesn’t feel like his name suits him, so he wants it changed. What does he change it to, and does it solve his problem? Poetry Prompt of the Week: Describe a person with one name, and then reveal at the end of the poem that their name is actually…
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Lady Tea & Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat by Carol R. Ward

May 13, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Compare someone (fictional or real) to a teapot (whatever kind of teapot you’d like). Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: Someone has invited your character for tea. Only when he/she gets there, something seems a bit “off”… Lady Tea by Carol R. Ward Not a fine English porcelain nor a modern stainless…
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Keepsake and Finders Keepers by Carol R. Ward

May 6, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a poem about keepsakes you (or someone) left behind, whether it was intentional or not. Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: A new homeowner discovers a keepsake box hidden in one of the air vents. What’s in the box? Does it matter? Keepsake by Carol R. Ward The box came…
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Eleven Things & Mugged by Jamie DeBree

April 29, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a “ten-things-I-hate-about” poem. Ten things you truly hate about someone, or something. Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: A man ordering coffee is jostled by someone as he’s speaking with the barista. Who jostled him, and what does he/she say when confronted? Eleven Things by Jamie DeBree I see you standing…
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Bookkeeping by Jamie DeBree & Psychic Spider Excerpt by Alex Westhaven

April 22, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: It’s tax time here in the US, and many of us are parting with money, rearranging money, finagling budgets and generally annoyed with the fact that everything costs money. Write a poem about money. Love it, hate it, balance the two (and the budget while you’re at it?)…whatever comes to mind…
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Spring Fever by Jamie DeBree & Grave Concerns by Carol R. Ward

April 15, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a poem about a puppy (or puppies) playing in a field of tulips…without mentioning either puppies or tulips specifically. Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: There’s a grave in the local cemetery so old that the headstone is tilting to one side. Permanently affixed to the top of the headstone is…
Read More: Spring Fever by Jamie DeBree & Grave Concerns by Carol R. Ward
Ode to Bindweed and A Night With Poe by Jamie DeBree

April 8, 2017

Poetry Prompt of the Week: Do you love yardwork? Spring-clean up? Not so much? Wax poetic about an afternoon of outdoor spring cleaning… Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: It’s a “dark & stormy” night, and there’s a sound at the door. When the door opens, there’s a large cat on the stoop, soaked to the…
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