In July 2017 my blog was in a need of a revival, so I found writing prompts to get me back in a groove. I forgot how helpful they can be! As I did back then, my goal is to write a minimum of three times a week. Here are the prompts for January, they look pretty interesting! To my blogging friends, feel free to join me.
January 1 - Stroke of Midnight
Where were you last night when 2013 turned into 2014? Is that where you’d wanted to be?
January 2 - Resolved
Have you ever made a New Year’s Resolution that you kept?
January 3 - Kick it
What’s the 11th item on your bucket list?
January 4 - Quote me
Do you have a favorite quote that you return to again and again? What is it, and why does it move you?
January 5 - Call Me Ishmael
Take the first sentence from your favorite book and make it the first sentence of your post.
January 6 - My favorite
What’s the most time you’ve ever spent apart from your favorite person? Tell us about it.
January 7 - Helpless
Helplessness: that dull, sick feeling of not being the one at the reins. When did you last feel like that–-and what did you do about it?
January 8 - Teacher’s pet
Tell us about a teacher who had a real impact on your life, either for the better or the worse. How is your life different today because of him or her?
January 9 - 1984
You’re locked in a room with your greatest fear. Describe what’s in the room.
January 10 - 32 flavors
Vanilla, chocolate, or something else entirely?
January 11 - This is your life
If you could read a book containing all that has happened and will ever happen in your life, would you? If you choose to read it, you must read it cover to cover.
January 12 - Take two
Run outside. Take a picture of the first thing you see. Run inside. Take a picture of the second thing you see. Write about the connection between these two random objects, people, or scenes.
January 13 - Clean slate
Explore the room you’re in as if you’re seeing it for the first time. Pretend you know nothing. What do you see? Who is the person who lives there?
January 14 - Ripped from the headlines
Head to your favorite online news source. Pick an article with a headline that grabs you. Now, write a short story based on the article.
January 15 - Polite company
“It’s never a good idea to discuss religion or politics with people you don’t really know.” Agree or disagree?
January 16 - Toot your horn
Most of us are excellent at being self-deprecating, and are not so good at the opposite. Tell us your favorite thing about yourself.
January 17 - In a crisis
Honestly evaluate the way you respond to crisis situations. Are you happy with the way you react?
January 18 - Free association
Write down the first words that comes to mind when we say...home...soil...rain. Use those words in the title of your post.
January 19 - Apply yourself
Describe your last attempt to learn something that did not come easily to you.
January 20 - Breaking the law
Think about the last time you broke a rule (a big one, not just ripping the tags off your pillows). Were you burned, or did things turn out for the best?
January 21 - Sweet sixteen
When you were 16, what did you think your life would look like? Does it look like that? Is that a good thing?
January 22 - I got skills
If you could choose to be a master (or mistress) of any skill in the world, which skill would you pick?
January 23 - Shipwrecked
Read the story of Richard Parker and Tom Dudley. Is what Dudley did defensible? What would you have done?
January 24 - Ready, set, go
Set a timer for ten minutes. Open a new post. Start the timer, and start writing. When the timer goes off, publish.
January 25 - Dearly departed
Write your own eulogy.
January 26 - Musical
What role does music play in your life?
January 27 - Sliced bread
Most of us have heard the saying,“That’s the best thing since sliced bread!” What do you think is actually the best thing since sliced bread?
January 28 - Ode to a playground
A place from your past or childhood, one that you’re fond of, is destroyed. Write it a memorial.
January 29 - Through the window
Go to the nearest window. Look out for a full minute.Write about what you saw.
January 30 - Burning down the house
Your home is on fire. Grab five items (assume all people and animals are safe). What did you grab?
January 31 - Burnt
Remember yesterday, when your home was on fire and you got to save five items? That means you left a lot of stuff behind. What are the things you wish you could have taken,but had to leave behind?
