Writing Prompts

Surely it is more generous to forgive and remember than to forgive and forget. —Maria Edgeworth...

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way. —Ray Bradbury Close your eyes and...

What would you write about if you didn’t care what people think?

Point of view requires a savvy author to become another person—and see the world through that...

I write myself out of nightmares. Shannon L. Adler Describe your latest nightmare. Now write...

What music reminds your character of childhood, or love, or loss?

Do you see the stories all around you? Thousands of them?

Don’t tell us what is happening. Do even more than show it. Make us feel it.

What might your character—perhaps a new bride—find in the laundry?