What Should I Read Next?

I've heard that the best way to keep your writing muscles fit is to use them every day. However, every writer knows that grinding out a decent paragraph every day is unrealistic. Instead of trying to write every day, write when you can. If that's every day, great! If not, you can still flex those writing muscles and get better every time, whenever you can. Here are a few prompts I've gathered, to help with your writing endeavors.  

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01

Re-imagine one of Shakespeare's characters as a student in a public speaking class

 

02

Retell a tragic ending as a hopeful one, or a hopeful ending as a tragic one

 

03

Write a story about a character who finds out they are dying and has been knocking things off their bucket list and they've finally reached the last item

(From WritersDigest.com)

 

04

List everything that can go wrong at an event, and then make it so

(From Professor Gavin's Writing for Children and Teens class)

 

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A twinkling eye can mean many things; write a story about a twinkle in someone’s eye

(From writingforward.com)

 

06

Write about finally giving in

(From Monica Wood's The Pocket Muse)

 

07

The event seemed small, at first, but it defined the rest of history

(From the WordPrompts Reddit thread)

 

08

Start with the day that was different

(From Monica Wood's Pocket Muse)

 

09

Why are they dancing?

(From thinkwritten.com)

 

10

Write a story or a character study in the form of a list