This Week’s Prompts*

1. With two minutes left in the game, Greg "Cappy" Chapman strode out to the 50 yard line and laid right down across it.

2. I've killed every plant I've ever owned—every one, that is, until this one.

3. "If ginger is good for your constitution, gingerbread must be even better," she reasoned.

4. Frieda was five foot one, 82 years old, a healthy size 10, and juggling four different boyfriends throughout the week.

5. Write a scene from a classic fairy tale in which the villain becomes the hero.

6. In spite of what I'd told them, I didn't know a thing about birds: "That one is...a knobby-kneed wallbanger."

7. Mr. H's accent was legitimate but the pipe was purely an affectation.

*How to Use These Prompts: The italicized prompts let you create your writing entirely from scratch; the non-italicized prompts are intended as your first line and jumping off point. But, at the same time, there are no rules. Write on!

Book(s) We’re Reading This Week

Let’s Make Things Better by Gideon Lev
It seemed like an especially good time of year to dip into this book by Holocaust survivor, Gideon Lev. In it, he tells stories from his life and shares the perspective that all of his experiences have given him.

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Top (Published) First Line of the Week

And then it was over, the final visit to Claire’s oncologist.

From Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer

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