Journal Prompt: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and what would you do there? Describe a day in this life.
Story Starter: Write a story set in the picture.
Writing
32 Day Writing Challenge – Day 6
Journal Prompt: Has social media improved or worsened the way people communicate? Why do you think so?
Story Starter: Write a story in which the only way people communicate is through social media.
32 Day Writing Challenge – Day 5
Journal Prompt: What’s your astrological sign? Do you believe your sign has molded the kind of person you are and the way that you react or is that hog wash? Give details!
Story Starter:
Write a story in which a main character, who uses the local paper’s daily horoscope to guide his/her daily decisions, finds out that their neighbor, who doesn’t believe in the zodiac at all, has been writing the horoscope for the paper’s for the last ten years.
32 Day Writing Challenge – Day 4
Journal Prompt: Write a journal entry about someone you loved that “got away.” What happened? What did you learn from it? If you could do it all again, what would you do differently?
Story Starter: You met one day on the beach. It was magical and special, and you knew you had met your future spouse. You exchanged numbers and promised to call the next day. But on the way home… Write the story.
32 Day Writing Challenge – Day 3
Journal Prompt: Have you ever had an experience with the supernatural? What happened?
Story Starter: You have just purchased a new house. On your first night there, however, this is what you see when the lights go out. Write the story.
32 Day Writing Challenge – Day 1
Remember – you’re writing for 30 minutes a day for 32 days! When you’re done with your thirty minutes today, feel free to drop me a line. How did it go? What were your obstacles?
Journal Prompt: Describe the last vivid dream you had. (Tip: Writing about your dreams works best in the morning, as soon as you wake up. I’ve been able to turn several of my dreams into short stories — with time and effort, these are the starts of something bigger.)
Story Starter: Write a story that ends with the line “That’s when I knew I had messed up in a major way.”
Story Starters
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What I do for my students is provide them with a story starter. There’s generally a picture and a prompt based on the picture. Once a week, they use these prompt to generate writing their writing. And while I’d love to pretend that I come up with every single picture and prompt myself, the reality is that I don’t really have that kind of time. Fortunately for me, these great people do. Here are some of my favorites to get you started.
Inspiration, Prompts, and Stories
Writing Prompts – I mostly use these with my students.
Day 1 of the 32 Day Writing Challenge starts tomorrow!
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