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June 15, 2025 Writing Prompts for the Week
Happy Sunday! I have a challenge for you this week:
Try to notice something new each day that you’ve normally driven or walked right past.
It’s a great exercise for shaking ourselves out of our ruts and can add a bit of whimsy to our normal routines. (“Hey! That house has a statue of a lion in the yard. How did I never see that before?”)
Once you start making it a habit, it’ll get pretty fun. Speaking of enjoyable habits, how about a few prompts?
This Week’s Prompts*
"Five, four, three, two, one," she held her nose, readjusted the seat of her swimsuit, and jumped.
The main lodge was small and dark; the mountains were out there, but they were hidden behind expanses of pine planks.
Describe what happens when a town wakes up to a sickly green-colored sky.
The dentist inserted a second tube into the other side of her mouth and she groaned.
"Yup, that one's leaky too," he said, as if the stream of water down my wall didn't make that obvious.
Clemson was famous for his theories about subtle social signaling, but the man was oblivious to an outright snub.
Behind her back—but with full knowledge of their boss—her coworkers called her, "Snip."
*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!
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Book(s) We’re Reading This Week
The Names by Florence Knapp
I’m a sucker for alternate timelines a la Sliding Doors or Back to the Future, so this one was bound to intrigue me. On a day in 1987 a woman wrestles with what to name her son and, with three different names, three different futures for the whole family unfold…
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Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Links We Like (And Think You Will, Too)
📊 I’m a girl who loves a chart—and loves an industry recap. If you do, too, here’s a mid-year survey of how independent authors are faring, multiple charts and all.
🌊 Getting into a flow state while working (or writing) is kind of the holy grail: You’re working, but barely even conscious of it. Here’s an article all about how to enter that elusive state.
🤐 Okay, it’s a book club, except you bring your own book and just reeeeead. Sounds kind of nice, don’t you think? Here’s a write up Rolling Stone did about them last year and here’s how to find a chapter (ha! love a pun) that’s close to you.
Top (Published) First Line of the Week
It was damp down under the blackberry bush, but Margaret liked it there; she was cozy, like a rabbit.
From Sleep by Honor Jones
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