This year I have a personal goal to do more writing “play,” so I’m creating weekly prompts for myself and sharing online, in case you’d like to join me too. I hope you will! Teachers, you’re welcome to use these with your students. I’ll be posting these every Wednesday on my website, Instagram, Blue Sky, and Substack.
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This week’s prompt involves a field trip! Where you go on your field trip is up to you. I recommend a place new to you, but it doesn’t have to be. The idea is to experience a location with fresh eyes and write about it.… Read the rest
This year I have a personal goal to do more writing “play,” so I’m creating weekly prompts for myself and sharing online, in case you’d like to join me too. I hope you will! Teachers, you’re welcome to use these with your students. I’ll be posting these every Wednesday on my website, Instagram, Blue Sky, and Substack.
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Have you ever found an item left behind by a stranger that revealed something about the person? Maybe it was a receipt at a grocery store, and you can deduce from what they bought that they must be planning a birthday party.… Read the rest
This year I have a personal goal to do more writing “play”, and so I’m creating weekly prompts for myself which I’ll also share online, in case you’d like to join me. Teachers, you’re welcome to have your classes write with me too! I’m calling this practice Writing Prompt Wednesday and will post the prompts on my website, Instagram, Blue Sky, and Substack.
In my novel Sisterhood of Sleuths, Maizy’s mom manages a vintage store called Alter Ego. It’s filled with second-hand items, and I love wandering through shops like this. You never know what treasures you might find, both physical items or story starters.… Read the rest
This year I have a personal goal to do more writing “play”, and so I’m creating weekly prompts for myself which I’ll also share online, in case you’d like to join me. Teachers, you’re welcome to have your classes write with me too! I’m calling this practice Writing Prompt Wednesday and will post the prompts on my website, Instagram, Blue Sky, and Substack.
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This week’s prompt gives a line of dialogue to start a scene: “What’s the password?” My approach with a prompt like this is to first brainstorm ways a password could be used: to access a computer system or software program, to enter a secret club, a contestant on the game show Password .… Read the rest
This year I have a personal goal to do more writing “play”, and so I’m creating weekly prompts for myself which I’ll also share online, in case you’d like to join me. Teachers, you’re welcome to have your classes write with me too! I’m calling this practice Writing Prompt Wednesday and will post the prompts on my website, Instagram, Blue Sky, and Substack.
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This week’s writing prompt is about receiving a mystery letter. Is this a note from a secret admirer? An invitation to a party? A request from a neighbor? As I mull over what to write for this prompt, I’m thinking about scenarios where there would be conflict or tension between two characters and how that might be communicated via a letter.… Read the rest
