March 20 Writing Prompt: Male and Female Roles

What roles and responsibilities have you taken on because you are either male or female? What would happen if you no longer accepted this role?  Write a scene about how different life would be if you no longer performed these tasks.

March 19 Writing Prompt: Life is Not Fair

Life is not fair. Or is it? Imagine a scene where someone is falsely accused of a crime and injustice is served. Write about the circumstances. What is the outcome?

March 18 Writing Prompt: Good and Bad

First, write about something good that is going on in your life or in your community, then write about something bad that is going on in your life or community and what you can do about it. Perhaps you just need to adjust your thinking. Maybe you need to get involved.

March 17 Writing Prompt: Identity crisis

Imagine that you are not who you think you are, that everything you have been told about your identity is a lie, and that instead of being human, you are part of an alien species that has landed on earth. Your mission is to “wake up” humanity. Write a scene where you discover your true destiny.

March 16 Writing Prompt: Wealth

Wealth is power. It can also be a destructive force or used for good. Write about someone who wins the lottery and wants to use the money to harm an adversary. Include in the story someone who tries to change his or her mind.

March 15 Writing Prompt: Injustice

There is so much injustice in the world that it’s difficult to focus on one cause. Write a Letter to the Editor about an injustice that is occurring in your community. Be sure to include a solution to the problem. Send the letter and see what happens.

March 14 Writing Prompt: Aging, Fading Beauty

For women in particular, the loss of their looks can be devastating. Imagine what it would be like to be a “beauty queen” who is stuck in the past or an action figure who loses his or her super powers. Write dialogue about what they say after being rejected for a part in a movie.

March 13 Writing Prompt: Luck

Some people think the number 13 is unlucky. Has this number played a role in your life? Was it lucky or unlucky? Is superstition a character flaw or a useful attribute? Write a scene where Lady Luck either appears to save the day or disappears.

March 12: Writing Prompt–Man or Woman vs Nature

Imagine you are lost in the wilderness and your cell phone is dead. A winter storm is coming in and it’s freezing cold or your plane crashed and you are in the middle of the desert without water. You desperately want to live, but are afraid help won’t come in time. Write at least 1200 words about this situation. What attributes do you need to survive this ordeal, assuming you survive?

March 11 Writing Prompt: Death

We’re all going to die, but many people don’t like to talk or think about it. Imagine an ideal death, then write a scene where the ideal death happens to one of your characters. You define ideal.