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June 8, 2025 Writing Prompts for the Week
Happy Sunday! Another week down and a new one on deck. Does that thought make you excited…or anxious?
And if it makes you anxious (or unhappy, frustrated, annoyed, etc.), what could you change about the upcoming week that would change how you feel about?
After all, most things only change when we change them. Just a little something to think on.
And now…how about some writing prompts?
This Week’s Prompts*
The weed had quadrupled in size overnight.
When there was only one left, it was Maura: And, oh, what a one to be left!
Write a scene in which someone's date brings them flowers they're dangerously allergic to.
I noted the time on the clock behind his head: Forty-seven minutes before my date even thought to ask me a question about myself.
She was late; he was late; they were all late, late, late.
The crowd cheered as his stomach knotted; he doubted this level of performance deserved a standing ovation.
My uncle would have said it "smelled like money," but to me it just smelled like manure.
*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
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
I just started this one early this morning, but I’m already impressed enough by the writing style to add McConaghy’s other books to my wish list. A woman washes up on the shore of a desolate island off the coast of Antarctica and the mysteries of why she’s there and what’s happened to the family on the island before she got there are beginning to unfold…
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Links We Like (And Think You Will, Too)
⚖️ Looking for practical tips about balancing your day job and your creative pursuits? This article is from way back in 2021, yes, but the ideas are still well-worth using.
💡 We don’t need (or want!) AI to be creative for us—BUT, it’s worth exploring how AI tools can help us enhance our creativity. Here’s how Stanford’s Jeremy Utley recommends we do it.
5️⃣ Looking to shake off the mental cobwebs? The New York Times put together a 5-day Creativity Challenge and, let me just say, it’s a whole lot of fun.
Top (Published) First Line of the Week
By the time they acquired a map, they were already seventeen states in.
From Fun for the Whole Family by Jennifer E. Smith
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