Have you been wanting to begin writing? Have you been wanting to continue writing? Either way, we’ve got a spot for you this March! Join local writers in Omaha for a write-in. With registration, writers receive a notebook, a drink, raffle prizes, and writing prompts. Come see what the fuss is all about.
Inspiration for good writing is all around us. When I think of how I write a scene or a memory, it mirrors the way a polaroid picture comes into focus. Very gradual, a little messy, but revealing nonetheless. Here is a writing prompt for those who are looking for a little inspiration. We used this to start our write-in, and the beauty that came from those passages was overwhelming. I think we could have written on this prompt all night.
What makes this one so special is that it allows the writer to really zero in on why he or she has always loved the picture. By taking time with these memories, other realizations occur as well. It always amazes me how the products from this prompt are never truly about the image but are oftentimes mostly about the time period of the picture or how far the writer has come since it was taken. This is a favorite writing prompt of mine, and I hope you like it, too.
It’s your turn. Try this one and let me know how it goes! Want more prompts? Check out my book 30 Days of Writing Prompts.
Hey, writers! At a recent family gathering, a beautifully creative relative and I were discussing writing projects we’d done in the past. She mentioned having written an entire screenplay from one sentence given to her by a colleague. I have also felt inspired to create work based on an idea or a word. And this got me thinking: Sometimes we feel so much pressure to create something amazing, that we clog our meaning with a whole bunch of extra. Writing should be crisp and clean, allowing for gorgeous ideas to explode through the page.
Writing exercises that help me the most are those that provide a word or a sentence to incorporate. I attach myself to a phrase I’ve read or heard, and I let the idea bloom into something original and new. My story, The Hunger, came from reading Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast and my flash fiction piece, Revolutions, came from a news headline I heard one summer.
Here are ten sentences. Choose one to incorporate at the beginning, middle, or end of your short story, flash fiction, poem, blog, screenplay, or memoir today.
If you use one, I’d love to read your finished piece. Send them to me at awriterinside16@gmail.com. Happy writing, friends.
