Your Writing Starts Here: May Prompts
31 days of writing await!
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I just got back from a lovely springtime walk with Chip the pug and I’m ready to settle in and do some more writing. But first, I’m posting your prompts for May because I have another post for you on Thursday .
A couple months ago, I reprinted the instructions for writing to prompts which really are just suggestions because I don’t believe in being dictatorial. You can find those here. And a reminder, paid subscribers get a PDF of the prompts, which is handy to print out and stash in your journal.
So, are you ready? Here we go!
The Prompts
1.
Grace and flow.
2.
Stress and unease.
3.
When in doubt…
4.
Once upon a time a bird called to me.
5.
That time I didn’t answer the phone, and I should have.
6
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely.
7.
Who’s your BFF? Why?
8.
Give it to me straight. I can take it.
9.
What can you not have and why?
10.
What is the color of betrayal?
11.
Make a wish. Now make two more.
12.
What can’t you talk about?
13.
Arrested for shoplifting.
14.
The worst human attribute.
15.
Wherever you go, there you are. (With a nod to Criss, for reminding me of this saying.)
16.
Where are you right now? Describe it in full detail. What’s happening there?
17.
Three words to describe your family.
18.
Closets
19.
This work never ends.
20.
I love it anyway.
21.
A strange sight greeted her in the kitchen.
22.
What hath goddess wrought?
23.
What’s in your purse/wallet/manbag. Describe in detail.
24.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
25.
Washing dishes.
26.
She dared him to. He did.
27.
The noise, the lights, the smells. It was all too much.
28.
Describe a typical day when you were in fourth grade.
29.
Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
30.
On such a lovely day in May…
31.
But then it all fell apart.
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