Everyone loves a good conspiracy story. Often times they are based on real stories and some times real life stories spur on new ideas. Watch this three minute clip about death row inmate Marco Chapman, then spend some time writing a passage from a book by a death row inmate (either this one or one of your own making).

This blog is the extension of the Squidoo lens The Write Prompts.

Vibration

For the poetry writers. Your topic is: red boots.

Your form is: one stanza of four lines. The last word of each line should be repeated some where within the next line.

Study the image for a few minutes then write about it.

girl with red lipstick image copyright Kelsey Thigpen, flickr

The smell of vanilla makes me think of…

Here’s a weekend quote to journal about:

“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

~ Aristotle

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week:

Cane’s vehicle began to slip on the ramp. I could hear a mad screeching as he jammed his foot onto the break. When the spin started all I could think…

Set your timer and for the next fifteen minutes and write something using these twelve words. The order of the words can be switched around as necessary. The choice of whether you write fiction or non-fiction is up to you.

  • force
  • chest
  • haggle
  • meridian
  • riser
  • unwanted
  • songbirds
  • whispering
  • larder
  • jilted
  • candid
  • madhouse

Washcloth

For the poetry writers. Your topic is: swimming with dolphins.

Your form is: haiku.

Study the image for a few minutes then write about it.

red tomatoes image copyright Ewen Roberts, flickr

Journal about a remodeling experience from the choice to begin to the end.

Here’s a weekend quote to journal about:

“Few men during their lifetime come anywhere
near exhausting the resources dwelling within them.
There are deep wells of strength
that are never used.”

~ Richard E. Byrd