Your Writing Starts Here: February prompts

We made it through a month, guys. And it was a crazy one.

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Here we are, once again, at the end of the month. Can you believe how fast January went? Wowza.

According to the Substack overlords, these prompt posts are among the most popular and that makes me happy. I hope they are helping you produce tons of writing. And, fair, warning: to be fair to my paid subscribers, I’m considering moving the pay wall to after day ten. But not yet.

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 February 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 ceramic garden gnome winked at her.

2.

More, give me more.

3.

Write about a tree somewhere in your yard or your neighborhood.

4.

The best Valentine’s day you ever had.

5.

Cool beans.

6.

Our feet carry us everywhere and yet they are unsung. Write about them.

7.

Write about your happy place.

8.

The worst Valentine’s day you ever had.

9.

Brrr, it’s too cold.

10.

The Queen of Diamonds will beat you if she’s able.

11.

The thief of time.

12.

That cat is a bandit.

13.

Your favorite room in the favorite place you’ve lived.

14.

Love is in the air.

15.

A babbling brook.

16.

Let it go.

17.

What do you need to let go of?

18.

What do you need to keep?

19.

The Queen of Hearts is always your best bet.

20.

The best month of the year.

21.

Write about the sound of rain.

22.

Write about the feel of snow on your skin.

23.

Soft and tender.

24.

The jar of rubber bands looked like worms.

25.

I never believed it would happen.

26.

And a one, and a two, and a three.

27.

Stop! In the name of love.

28.

And suddenly, it was all over.

Write your hearts out this month! It’s the best way to rage against the machine. Paid subscribers, your PDF is beyond the paywall.