Spark Word: Laconic

laconic - brief; using few words

Use the spark word as a springboard for writing. Add a character to your work in progress who is laconic.

Picture Prompt #5

Write for Wednesday #5

Write a letter from an alien explorer trapped on earth to his/her mother after the explorer realizes he/she cannot return home.

Non-Traditional Tuesday Writing Prompt #6

Make a list of everything a zombie did between sunrise and sunset.

Spark Word: Askew

askew- to one side; crooked; awry; a sidelong look of contempt

Use the spark word as a springboard for writing.

Picture Prompt #4

Write for Wednesday #4

Time machine: read and rewrite a news story but change the time period by at least 200 years.

Non-Traditional Tuesday Writing Prompt #5

Describe the taste of something you would never normally taste but will not harm you.

Spark Word: Milieu

milieu: environment or surroundings

Use the spark word as a springboard for writing. Set a story in a milieu that is alien or foreign to you.

Just Write #5

Write the final sermon for an Evangelical preacher who has decided to leave the church after admitting a secret--one which does not follow the precepts of the church (e.g., the preacher has embezzled money from the church coffers to pay for his/her gambling habit).

Picture Prompt #3

Write for Wednesday #3

From the news: read a news story and rewrite it as a fictional account. Change key details (i.e., more than the names of the involved parties).

Non-Traditional Tuesday Writing Prompt #4

List twenty items you might find in a vampire's crypt.

Spark Word: Evade

evade - to elude or avoid by cunning; to flee from a pursuer

Use the spark word as a springboard for writing. Why does one character need to evade another?

Just Write #4

You've moved into a new house and just found a letter behind the refrigerator. The postmark is from twenty years ago. There is no return address, and the letter is still sealed. You decide to open it.

Write the letter.

Non-Traditional Tuesday Writing Prompt #3

Write a collage of all the items/people you see within twenty feet of your current location.