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Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: “I’m taking phone calls from ten until noon. After that I’ll be gone until 3.” “Where will you be?” asked my assistant Maggie. “Out.” “But where shall I tell people you are…” “Tell them I [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: When you go into survival mode your brain does not necessarily do logical things. For example, the first time the power went out in my new house I filled up all the sinks and tub [...]
One Word Thursdays Writing Prompt
Testimony
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: The pink bubble burst and splatted back onto her cheeks and hair. She quickly fingered it together before it could stick, balled it up and popped it back into her mouth. Amanda Parson has been [...]
Dirty Dozen Fridays Writing Prompt
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. And don’t use all the words in the first paragraph. raindrop unlocked pinch owner spoke [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompts
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: I was waiting for my sister Annie to come back to the car with news of the job. It was raining so heavy it was hard to see ten feet away but I kept my [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: “Take your life back!” she screamed from window vent adjacent to her seat on the bus. I put my hand up to wave her off but she had already gone back to her seat. I [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: Traces of blood were found on the rocky ledge above the beach where Tracy Morgan was found. Any evidence on her body was cleaned away by the waves. Everyone was shocked that her body never [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: Her straw hat blew off with a gentle gust from a passing bus. A man in a disheveled suit tripped over his feet trying not to step on it. They both stooped to pick it [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: I was fourteen years old when my father died. The last words I spoke to him were, “I’d rather die than have you as a father.” I stormed out and went to a party. When [...]
Continue On Saturdays Writing Prompt
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: You would not expect a stay-at-home mom who makes an extra income making jewelry in her spare time someone who would be targeted for murder; especially at Christmas. But that is what happened to the [...]
