Can you believe we are in the final quarter of 2017? This is always the busiest time for most of us. Personally our calendar is filling up quickly but I still want to keep blogging. I may not need as many prompts since I prefer writing about what's happening, but for those quiet days here are the prompts for this month.
October 1 -
Fearful symmetry
Pick a letter, any letter. Now, write a story, poem, or post in which every line starts with that letter.
October 2 -
Reading material
How do you pick what blogs or books to read? What’s the one thing that will get you to pick up a book or click on a link every single time?
October 3 -
New internet order
All the world’s countries have decided that the Internet itself needs a government. Your country asks you to run for Prime Minister of the ‘Net — do you accept? If so, what will your platform be?
October 4 -
The clothes that (may) make the (wo)man
How important are clothes to you? Describe your style, if you have one, and tell us how appearance impacts how you feel about yourself.
October 5 -
Eye of the beholder
Describe what it feels like to hear a beautiful piece of music or see a stunning piece of art.
October 6 -
Mixtape masterpiece
You make a new friend. Make them a mix tape (or playlist, for the younger folks) that tells them who you are through song.
October 7 -
Exhale
Tell us about a time when everything seemed to be going wrong — and then, suddenly, you knew it would be alright.
October 8 -
Bloggers, unplugged
Sometimes, we all need a break from these little glowing boxes. How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen?
October 9 -
Can’t get enough
Have you ever been addicted to anything, or worried that you were? Have you ever spent too much time and effort on something that was a distraction from your real goals? Tell us about it.
October 10 -
Fright night
Do you like being scared by books, films, and surprises? Describe the sensation of being scared, and why you love it — or don’t.
October 11 -
Mid-season replacement
For many of us the seasons are changing, bouncing unpredictably between cold and warm. Are you glad to be moving into a new season, or wishing for one more week of the old?
October 12 -
Blogger in a strange land
What’s the strangest place from which you’ve posted to your blog? When was the last time you were out and about, and suddenly thought, “I need to write about this!”?
October 13 -
Michelangelo’s YOU
Your personal sculptor is carving a person, thing, or event from the last month of your life into the glistening marble of immortality. What’s the statue and what makes it so significant?
October 14 -
Imitation / flattery
Write a post in the style of (or simply inspired by) a favorite author.
October 15 -
Childlike
Explain your biggest regret — as though to a small child.
October 16 -
Honorific
October 16th is officially declared “Person X Day” — and you get to pick Person X. Tell us about someone who deserves to be commemorated.
October 17 -
Community service
Your entire community — however you define that; your hometown, your neighborhood, your family, your colleagues — is guaranteed to read your blog tomorrow. Write the post you’d like them all to see.
October 18 -
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
You get some incredibly, amazingly, wonderfully fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?
October 19 -
Home sweet home
When you’re away from home, what person, thing, or place do you miss the most?
October 20 -
Release me
Tell us about the blog post you were most nervous to publish — and what it was like to set it free.
October 21 -
Blank is the new blank
Click over to your favorite blog, and pick out the 4th and 14th words (that aren’t “the” or “an”). Drop them into this phrase: “_____ is the new _____.” There’s your post title. Now write!
October 22 -
Sad but true
Tell us about the harshest, most difficult to hear — but accurate — criticism you’ve ever gotten. Does it still apply?
October 23 -
As seen on T.V.
Write a script for a late-night infomercial — where the product is your blog. How do you market yourself? What qualities do you embody that other “products” don’t? What are the benefits of reading your blog?
October 24 -
Express yourself
Tell us about a time you couldn’t quite get your words or images to express what you wanted to express. What do you think the barrier was? For bonus points, try again.
October 25 -
Simply the best
NASA is building a new Voyager spacecraft that will carry the best of modern human culture. What belongs onboard?
October 26 -
Breakdown
Tell us about a habit you’d like to break. Is there any way it can play a positive role in your life?
October 27 -
The golden hour
6:00AM: the best hour of the day, or too close to your 3:00AM bedtime?
October 28 -
Seven wonders
Khalil Gibran once said that people will never understand one another unless language is reduced to seven words. What would your seven words be?
October 29 -
First
Tell us about your first day at something — your first day of school, first day of work, first day living on your own, first day blogging, first day as a parent, whatever.
October 30 -
Free to be me
What’s the character trait you admire the most about yourself?
October 31 -
Halloweeny!
If bloggers had their own Halloween and could go from blog to blog collecting “treats,” what would your blog hand out?
