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February 9, 2025 Writing Prompts for the Week

February 9, 2025 Writing Prompts for the Week

Nicki Krawczyk
February 09, 2025

Happy Sunday! Just think: Another glorious free day ahead of you. Which makes me wonder: Are you a “resting Sunday,” “active Sunday,” or “errands Sunday” kind of person. And how does that set you up for the week.

Maybe something to think on. In the meantime, how about some prompts??

This Week’s Prompts*

Today, tomorrow, yesterday—did it really matter? The days were all the same.
"Dream bigger," she said, looking back over her shoulder, right before she jumped in.
The coffee was so hot that when she jerked the cup back from her lips, the scalding liquid landed right in the middle of the cashmere sweater she'd saved three paychecks to purchase.
It was 9:03. It was time.
Write the dialogue between a divorced couple—who haven't seen each other for 5 years—bumping into each other as they drop off their respective children for the first day of kindergarten.
If he was being honest with himself, the whole thing made him feel cheap; cheap and oddly buoyant.
The business card read "J. Harold Briggs, Capers Are My Game."

*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

Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius, Translated by Gregory Hays
One of the most famous texts of the Stoicism philosophy, this book wasn’t ever intended to be ready by anyone but the author. It’s fascinating to see what a major wold leader struggled with in his day-to-day life. Don’t be put off by the extremely long preface; it’s (mostly) helpful for context.

_{Grab it on Bookshop.org}_{(and support local bookstores!) *Note, this particular translation does not seem to be available on Bookshop.org.}
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No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

Robert Frost

Links We Like (And Think You Will, Too)

💡 Not every day is going to be a good one. But how can we get our creativity revved up even on our off days? This blog post explores a few ideas. (Just a heads up that this post is on a website geared toward survivors of sexual harm. It’s not mentioned in the post, but I thought you should know just in case.

👩‍💻 Good news! People are still reading blog posts. This article talks about the stats behind blog readership and, if you’ve got one, how to get your blog found by the right readers.

💪 What does it really take to get past our own resistance and complete a meaningful project? This writer has a few (very good) ideas.

Top (Published) First Line of the Week

She had started looking in winter, browsing rental sites recommended by friends who went away for long periods and knew about this stuff.

From Rental House by Weike Wang

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Who reads your writing while you're working on it?

P.S.

I was recently interviewed for the Making Sense of Cents blog about my day job and thought I’d share in case it inspires you. And yes, she went with a BIG title for the article (“How to Become a Copywriter and Earn Over $100,000 Per Year”), but she’s also not inaccurate. Check out the article here.

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