Your Writing Starts Here: December Prompts
Defend yourself against the distractions of the season
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It’s prompt time!
I started sending these out monthly in August, and I hope you find this regular series helpful. There’s a prompt for every day in December listed here and paid subscribers, you get a PDF you can download, print and keep in your journal. Or by your computer if that’s how you roll.
In my August prompt post, I did a whole thing on how to use them, best practices, yadda, yadda, yadda. To save me from writing it all out again, you can read that as a reminder here. (It’s also in the PDF for paid subscribers.) Two basic things to remember: prompts are a suggestion, not a directive. Let your pen go where it will and don’t worry about sticking with the subject. And, when a prompts says “you” that can mean writing directly from your life, or writing as your character.
Feel free to drop some of your results into the comments or just let me know how they worked for you.
The Prompts
1.
The candle flame sputtered and went out.
2.
She dipped a toe in the water and a claw grabbed her.
3.
Live Christmas tree or fake?
4.
Blue is the best color
5.
Things were on the upswing.
6.
Mountains or ocean?
7.
The one who got away.
8.
A beautiful ruin in your life. (With a nod to the wonderful Jess Walter novel, Beautiful Ruins.)
9.
This is dedicated to the one I love.
10.
Ghosts—yes or no?
11.
The waves roiled and crashed.
12.
Life’s a bitch and then you die.
13.
Water, please, I need water.
14.
That time you felt shamed.
15.
His knee was bent at an awkward angle.
16.
The one you can’t forget.
17.
It happened again.
18.
The day from the last year you’d like to relive.
19.
Life’s a witch and then you fly.
20.
Seeking the light.
21.
She laughed so hard she fell off the chair.
22.
When you learned Santa wasn’t real.
23.
Pray for whirled peas.
24.
If only he knew…
25.
Different strokes.
26.
Paper or plastic?
27.
He really didn’t like chocolate.
28.
Sun streamed through the window, illuminating the dirt on the panes.
29.
There’s not enough.
30.
What’s the big deal?
31.
The thing I want most in the new year is….
Wishing you a wonderful December!
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