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Idea Prompts Words/Phrases Include These 3 Words... Group Prompts Visual Inspiration Monthly Challenges Articles & Resources Other Lists/Journals
What is This?
Some literature awesomeness in a journal? Yes, yes it is. But allow me to elaborate a bit more on that.
If you read BeccaJS My Prompt Journal (Lit Community Experiment) you can get all the details.
Quick summary; prompts are awesome. They get you writing and give you new ideas to try or when you're running without muse. Here is where you can collect prompts for the days you're not inspired or you don't know what to write. So leave your prompts here, link me to your journal so I can drop off some prompts to you. Call your friend Ted and get him to make a prompt journal so we can both unload some prompts there... you see my point? I see my point.
About Prompts
What are prompts? A writing prompt is a word, phrase, idea or image to help inspire creativity and give you a topic/idea to write about. You don't necessarily have to write about the topic, but write about what is inspired by it [unless the prompt directs otherwise].
Where do these prompts come from? All prompts in this journal come from various places from my mind, other deviants, around the internet, etc.
Can I use these prompts? Absolutely! That's why they're here. You do not have to tell me, but if you would like to [I'd love to read what you come up with] that'd be fantastic. Either link it here, note me or just mention me in your artists comments so it shows up in my messages!
Can I contribute to this list? Of course! In fact I'd love for you to! Just leave your prompt[s] in a comment below and I will add them as I can!
Basic Prompts
Write a 100-word flash fiction that takes place at a circus.
[dreamsinstatic]
Write about a photographer, but from someone else's perspective
[disrhythmic]
Use "I wanted to hold the thunder in glass jars and write long letters on faded parchment; instead I applied to retail stores to fuel my obsessions for the easily consumed and quickly forgotten" [SilverInkblot]
10 days of honesty: [1] 10 things you want to say [2] 9 things about yourself [3] 8 ways to win your heart [4] 7 things that cross your mind [5] 6 things you wish you'd never d one [6] 5 people who mean a lot [7] 4 turn offs [8] 3 turn ons [9] 2 events/actions that describe your life right now [10] 1 confession [KtheCard][dreamsinstatic]
Write about a photographer, but from someone else's perspective
[disrhythmic]
Use "I wanted to hold the thunder in glass jars and write long letters on faded parchment; instead I applied to retail stores to fuel my obsessions for the easily consumed and quickly forgotten" [SilverInkblot]
Portray a metamorphosis where the transformation is either revealed in the first or last sentence. [Nichrysalis]
50 Reasons Why You Love Yourself [Poets-and-Warriors]
I found an imaginary world inside a turnip [silver-ships-fly]
Write a poem using only the titles of other deviations to form the words [TheTitlePage]
Use the line "they want to make buttons out of my bones" in a story or a poem. [betwixtthepages]
S/he was drinking coffee while it was raining stars [WorldWar-Tori]
Write a short story of no more than 2,000 words focusing on photography from the perspective of a person who is incapable of seeing colour. In keeping with this, you may not use any colours to describe any section of your piece. You may, however, use the shades: black, white and grey. [Lacewinged-Beauty]
I wanted to hold the thunder in glass jars and write long letters on faded parchment; instead I applied to retail stores to fuel my obsessions for the easily consumed and quickly forgotten. [SilverInkblot]
Write a short piece where for some reason the characters cannot/must not speak. [Rovanna]
the stars were out on midsummer's day [SpiderwebWisher]
Somebody develops a conscience at the worst possible time. [Rovanna]
Dancing beneath the stars, I fell through the clouds [WorldWar-Tori]
Card games and mind games are more alike than you'll care to admit. [toxic--sunrise]
In 24 hours, I have done more than I have done in 24 years. [RowantheFierce]
Group Prompts
SixWordStories current & previous prompts
Flash-Fic-Month prompt banks for 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013
ProjectDFC 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013
RawEm0tion Castle Tower Quests
ScreamPrompts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43
theWrittenRevolution list of past prompts
PoetryPlease challenge archive [one] & [two]
ThemesofHorror prompt list [1-25]
Groups w/ Lots of Prompts
Monthly Writing Challenges
NaHaiWriMo : National Haiku Writing Month - February [Multhaiku]
LetterMo : Letter Writing Month - February
NaPoWriMo : National Poetry Writing Month - April
SAD : Story A Day - May
FFM : Flash Fiction Month - July [Flash-Fic-Month]
OctPoWriMo : October Poery Writing Month
NaNoWriMo : National Novel Writing Month - November
DFC : December Form Challenge - December [ProjectDFC]
Helpful Articles & Resources for Writing
PE: 50 ways to get inspired from iingo
Literature & Writing Resources
Collection of Prompt List/Journals from devLIT
Word/Short Phrase Prompts
Include These 3 Word Prompts
These do not have to be used in order, but you must include all 3 words in your poem/story.
theWrittenRevolution list of past prompts
PoetryPlease challenge archive [one] & [two]
ThemesofHorror prompt list [1-25]
Groups w/ Lots of Prompts
Monthly Writing Challenges
NaHaiWriMo : National Haiku Writing Month - February [Multhaiku]
LetterMo : Letter Writing Month - February
NaPoWriMo : National Poetry Writing Month - April
SAD : Story A Day - May
FFM : Flash Fiction Month - July [Flash-Fic-Month]
OctPoWriMo : October Poery Writing Month
NaNoWriMo : National Novel Writing Month - November
DFC : December Form Challenge - December [ProjectDFC]
Helpful Articles & Resources for Writing
PE: 50 ways to get inspired from iingo
Literature & Writing Resources
Collection of Prompt List/Journals from devLIT
Word/Short Phrase Prompts
- I am a poet
- I own my flesh
- The silver lining
- Tell a lie
- Love through letters
- A thousand kisses deep
- Monochromatic fears
- Glow in the dark stars
- Misplaced bones
- Write as if you were a body part
- Dopamine toxicity/overdose
- I never think about _______ anymore
- 3 am coffee
- 7 deadly sins
- Tangled in heartstrings
- Converse with monsters
- A forbidden desire
- Are my words enough for you?
- Kiss the stars on her arm
- Dig deep into your chest
- Save your flowers
- Moment of weakness
- Natural disaster(s)
- With powers combined
- The imbecile in my head
- The Great Perhaps
- Monster(s)
- Galaxy skin
- Dance in the rain
- A catch-22
- While the music was playing
- All that glitters...
- It's always been this way
- Snow globes
- The man in the mirror doesn't remember me
- This torn photograph
- Equilibrium
- The golden hour
- Breaking the rules
- Ignoring gravity
- Gypsies on a beach
- The unheard anthem
- Letters to...
- Mythology
- The grass is always greener on the other side
- Rings on her fingers
- Resonating dreams
- Into the unknown
- Best/worst intentions
- Dangerous Games
- Inside a heart
- The labyrinth of a mind
- Metaphors
- I don't care for fairytales
- What happens after midnight
- No strings attached
- With the odds against me
- An old relationship
- Neon colored daisies
- Awkward moments
- Dreams from last night
- Bruising, bubbles & other purple things
- You're so beautiful
- Silent screams
- God called in sick today
- A spoonful of sugar makes the lies go down
- Writing on the walls
- Stockholm Syndrome
- I lost my shadow
- Found me in a bookstore
- Reality leaves a horrible taste
- Because I wanted you to be
- Skeletons in the closet
- Made of stardust
- Gallery of faces
- I still can't play guitar
- The longest hour(s)
- Watercolored
- You kept your promise
- Six strings
- Neon lights and too much lip stick
- Hymn for the shameless
- Fairy tales gone wrong
- Changing of the seasons
- Hourglass
- Synchronized heartbeats
- Salt
- What the ocean feels like
- A horror poem that sounds like a lullaby
- Paper cutouts
- Save your flowers
- Superstitions
- Letters to hold, letters to send, letters to burn
- The crow & the butterfly
- Dystopian society
- The 5 senses
- Stages of grief
- Wanderlust
- Memories lost between sofa cushions
- Vindicated
- A different era
- Let's run away & pretend we're not in love
- Kings, queens & jokers
- Zombies
- We'll cross that bridge, someday
- Dormant, for now
- Black madonna
- It happens at this time, every night
- On paper
- Tulips in the snow
- Birds & butterflies
- Reverberating footsteps
- Heartstrings
- Three wishes
- Two was two too many
- Constellations
- I forgot about you
- All's ugly in love & war
- God is not one of us
Include These 3 Word Prompts
These do not have to be used in order, but you must include all 3 words in your poem/story.
- Dictionary, Train, Green Apple
- Scientist, Autumn, Wreckage
- Wedding, Parallel, Forgotten
- Passion, Island, History
- Analyze, Instigate, Sling-shot
- Past tense, Conjure, Secrets
- Hour-glass, Manicure, Voices
- Vilify, Suburbia, Daisies
- Mythological, Cunnilingus, Ammonia
- Checkmate, Bourbon, Dreams
- Letters, Stars, Indecision
- Biochemistry, Inbreeding, Spanish
- Origami, Cosmos, Damaged
- Snow, Polaroid, Rebellion
- Barber, Force, Slide
- Narcosis, Capsize, Transpire
- Impure, Virgin, Promises
- Constellations, Revolver, Fetish
- Polaroid, Champagne, Snowflakes
- Elope, Haunted, Hairdye
- Zombies, Conductor, Purple
- Fight, Forgive, Forget
Visual Prompts
I will update these every so often; but all currently and previously featured artworks can be found in my Visual Inspiration folder.
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Other Awesome Prompt Journals/Lists
A whole list of writing prompts from NinjaPixels
100 [awesome] writing prompts from tehuti
Song Prompt Challenge by inknalcohol
Fantasy Writing Prompts by VixenReborn
435 Writing Prompts by birdsongs
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