Writing Prompts for June 2015
I’m Canadian, so I’m going to start with the weather. Yesterday and today I woke to the sound of my furnace running. It’s June. Enough said.
On a cheerier note, I’ve been writing up a storm during the month of May and hope to finally be getting the fruits of my labours online soon. Here’s what I’ve been up to–
My first project has been a series of short business communication guides based on years of teaching business communications and also years of using these skills for employers and as a freelancer. I’m really excited about this series. Here’s a look at the titles and covers so far in my Better Business Communications series.
A fourth book is still in progress and it focuses on the grammar and writing skills that everyone needs to be a successful business communicator.
The books in the series are short and to the point with practical tips and how-tos.
The second project I’ve been working on is a sequel to 201 Writing Prompts called Writing Prompts and More–Ways to Spark Your Creativity & End Writer’s Block. It contains another 100 writing prompts and also chapters with lots of other tips on ways to find the story you want to write or to find your way out of a place where your story is stuck.
Here’s the Table of Contents:
Introduction
20 Writing Prompts to Get the Ball Rolling
Five Opening Sentences
Five Groups of Random Words
Five Titles
Five Dialogue Excerpts
Sleep is a Writer’s Best Friend
Sleep
Dreams
Inspiration in Post Cards
20 More Writing Prompts
Five Dialogue Excerpts
Five Titles
Write A Paragraph That Includes
Five Opening Sentences
A Little Self-Reflection
What are you already interested in?
What have you already done?
Where have you been?
What can you do?
What Don’t You Know?
The News
20 More Writing Prompts
Five Opening Sentences
Five Groups of Random Words
Five Questions for You and Your Characters
Write a Paragraph That Includes
Get out the Pencils, Crayons and Markers
Drawing and Coloring Pictures
Maps
Change Your Writing Tools
Get Moving
Walking and Mundane Activities
Go to the Library
Final 40 Prompts
Nine Opening Lines
Six Questions for You and Your Character
Five Titles
Write a Paragraph that Includes 53
Five Groups of Random Words
Dialogue Excerpts
Last Words
Any Time of the Year Resolutions
So that’s what I’ve been up to. If you want to know more about these titles and when they will be released, please sign up for my mailing list in the sidebar. I will be offering one or two of them for free at launch, so join the list and make sure you don’t miss a free book or two.
And now–finally–the writing prompts for June. Enjoy!
1. Use one, some or all of these words in a story or poem:
• Smile, block, brown, music, real
• Peel, wood, lace, light, blue
2. See if you can come up with a story using one of these opening sentences:
• “Have you seen this?”
• Rain turned the narrow path into a steam of mud and dead leaves.
• The man’s face glared down from the picture frame on the wall.
• We smelled the smoke before we saw the flames.
• Going on this vacation had been a mistake.
• I was sure that I someone move past the window.
3. What story can you imagine with one of these titles: Fiddlehead, The Secret Cave, Call Me Never, Life Changer, Witness, Death at Sharpe’s Cove, The Turn Around.
4. Write a piece that has
• A hope and a prayer
• A door and a scream
• A smile and a trap
• A hand and a glove
• A tree and a tear
5. In what point of view have you written your story? Take a couple of paragraphs and use a voice different to the one you originally chose. Was it easy or difficult to find the words for the rewrite? Did you learn something about the characters or events in the scene that you didn’t know before? Are you in the right POV for your story?
6. What kinds of souvenirs do you bring home from your vacations or trips away from home: Programs? Ticket stubs? Collectible spoons? Maps? Brochures? Books? Where do you keep your souvenirs? How often do you look at them after you return? Is it important to have these keepsakes from your trips? Answer these questions for your characters, too.
Hope your June gets off to a writerly start!
