This Week’s Prompts*

1. Two p.m. was witching hour at Sunny Acres.

2. One missing person, two detectives, and three reasons I'll never be found.

3. Describe the loudest sound you can think of and how it's generated.

4. Green represented success, but red represented glory.

5. "They were calling my Sticky!" he wailed, face wracked with torment and snot spilling from his nose.

6. Autumn came in early, sneaking in overnight like a thief and robbing of us of summer’s final few golden weeks.

7. All I really remember from that afternoon is the overwhelming smell of turpentine.

*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

All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert
Gilbert (of “Eat, Pray, Love” fame) is back with another memoir, though one that’s a pretty far departure from her previous non-fiction books. In this one, she takes a steady-eyed and painfully honest look at death and addiction and still, somehow, ends up finding and sharing hope.

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Top (Published) First Line of the Week

Once upon a time I disappeared.

From She’s Under Here: a Memoir by Karen Palmer

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