Writing Prompts

May 15 Writing Prompt:

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
~Jim Morrison

Write about that friend. If you don’t have anyone like that in your life, then create a character who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

May 14 Writing Prompt:

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
~Maya Angelou

 

There’s no time like the present to begin writing that untold story. Set aside thirty minutes and start the story you’ve been putting off.

May 13 Writing Prompt:

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
~George Bernard Shaw

Write about the skeleton in your family closet. What would happen if everyone knew about it?

May 12 Writing Prompt:

May The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
~Charles Kuralt

Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What is the most important thing in your life?

May 11 Writing Prompt:

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
~Isaac Asimov

What would you do if you had only six minutes to live? Write about your final thoughts.

May 10 Writing Prompt

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water.
~Ray Charles

What in your life is a necessity? What would you do if you lost that one important thing?

May 9 Writing Prompt:

 

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
~Confucius

 

How is your life more complicated than it needs to be? Who would you (or your character) be without the drama?

May 8 Writing Prompt:

 

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
~Mother Teresa

 

What or who have you loved until it hurts? Do you agree or disagree with Mother Teresa?

 

May 7 Writing Prompt:

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
~Robert Collier

Does your attitude help or hinder your progress? Write about a situation where an attitude adjustment could be helpful.

May 6 Writing Prompt:

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
~Thomas Jefferson

What actions have you taken that define you from others in the crowd? If you haven’t taken action, write about what is stopping you.