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Hi! My name is Toni and this is my blog on writing prompts. Sometimes inspiration strikes me anywhere, sometimes I badly need a jumpstart. This blog helps with those jumpstarts, when you need a little push. Hopefully the writing prompts open your mind further to new ideas and help encourage you into writing more. A little writing help never hurt!

Vintage Ads-Inspired Writing Prompts

January 20th 2010 07:43
Write anything inspired by these vintage ads.


Write about the grossest thing you've ever eaten. Write about how you can't do without Spam. Write about the weirdest food you've tried and ended up loving. Write about the foods you were forced to eat when you were young. Write about food you would love to try but have no guts to do so.


Write about how creepy this kid looks. Write about your first Krispy Kreme experience and if it was everything everyone was building it up to be.


Write about beer. Write about how beer has changed YOUR world. Write about why it hasn't changed yours. Write about how it has changed another's world. Write about the first time you tried beer.


Write about marriage. Write about finding the right mate. Write about what you find weird about this ad. Write about housework.


Write about DIY. Write about squirrels. Write about how they creep you out. Write about why this ad creeps you out. Write about lamps.
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How do you like your coffee?

January 18th 2010 07:43
Black? Two creams and one sugar? Spiked?



Write about how you like your coffee. Write about why this is how you like your coffee.

Write about how you don't take your coffee a specific way. Anything goes, really, depending on what's offered. Write about why that is for you.

Write about the last time you were at a coffee place and spouted out a list of things you wanted your coffee to be. Tall. No foam. With whipped. Soy. Write your phone number while you're at it.

What's your coffee story?


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What city fascinates you?

January 16th 2010 07:13
It's all about New York for me. I like the city so much and I've never even gone there. I enjoy reading about its diversity. I enjoy reading about its many neighborhoods. I enjoy reading about the many food haunts. I enjoy reading about what makes it different from other cities.



New York City holds a certain mystique for me. I hope that I get to find out in this lifetime what the fuss about New York is all about.

What city fascinates you?

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Your Walking in the Rain Story

January 14th 2010 07:13
Is it really romantic to dance in the rain? Or do you end up tripping over your own feet, or sliding on puddles?



Do you feel a rush when you run from building to building, grabbing shelter from the sudden downpour? Do you giggle to yourself once you've reached a dry spot, or do you curse?

Write about your walking in the rain story, or your running in the rain story.

Write about the last time you held hands with someone while walking in the rain.

Write about a kiss you shared while walking in the rain.

Write about the jeans that stood the test of rain walks.

Write about the shoes that didn't.

What's your walking in the rain story?


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Your First Apartment Story

January 12th 2010 07:13
Write about your first apartment.



Write about how you came about renting it, how you came about buying it.

Write about how you knew it was to be called home for that part of your life.

Write about your neighbors. Write about knowing them. Write about not knowing them.

Write about the stage in your life when you first moved into that apartment. Write about who you were seeing then, write about who you wanted to see.

Write about the things that drove you crazy in that little apartment.

Write about why you left it. Write about why you choose to say.

What's your first apartment story?


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What's for breakfast?

January 10th 2010 07:05
Write about breakfast.



Write about your favorite breakfast.

Write about the breakfast you didn't finish.

Write about the breakfast that didn't make it to the plate.

Write about the most surprising breakfast you've ever had.

Write about what you always look forward to during breakfast.

Write about why you don't like breakfast.

Write about why you like eating breakfast meals for lunch and dinner.

Write about how you can do without breakfast to start the day.

Write about the breakfast your Mom always prepared for you.

Write about the breakfasts you wish your Mom had prepared for you.

Just write. Write about breakfast and what it means to you.


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Your 2009 Highlights

January 8th 2010 05:03

Write about the good things that happened to you in 2009. Write about the best things.

Write about the bad things. The things you wish didn't happen. The things that failed to happen.



Write about how 2009 was different from other years. What did it have that the previous years didn't? What didn't it have that the previous years did?

Write about the things in 2009 that you wish would be carried on to 2010.

Write about why you wish it were still 2009.

Write about why you're thankful it's no longer 2009.


Photo by: Sharon Pruitt
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Write about resolutions

January 6th 2010 05:07
Write about the resolutions last year that you weren't able to accomplish.

Write about the resolutions you better accomplish this year.

Write about the resolutions you know you will fail to accomplish.

Write about the resolutions you know you will easily accomplish.

Write about not wanting to make any resolutions and the reasons why.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Who are you welcoming for Christmas?

December 25th 2009 14:30


Are you welcoming anyone into your home this Christmas? Perhaps you are spending it with more than just your family. Or you may want to invite someone to spend Christmas Day with you if he is spending it alone.

Tell us how you're celebrating Christmas Day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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so you want to be a writer?
by Charles Bukowski


if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.


if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.

if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.

don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.

when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.

there is no other way.

and there never was.




Prompts: Write a reaction piece to the above poem. Do YOU want to be a writer? Do you have what it takes, according to what is shared in the poem?
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