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    3/15/24 Writing prompt, travel, and more

      • Writing Prompt

    100 words or less. Genre of your choice.

    Please use the following three words in your response.

    Travel, event, and enthusiastic.

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    3.1 Writing prompt – three words

      • Writing Prompt

    100 words or less. Genre of your choice.

    Please use the following three words in your response.

    Green, magic, rainbow.

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    2/2/24 Writing prompt, a cookie!

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    100 words or less. Genre of your choice.

    Persuade us what is the best way to eat a black and white cookie?

    The black-and-white cookie is about 4 inches in diameter usually and has a line down the middle. The frosting on one side is chocolate and frosting on the other side is vanilla.

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    1/19/24 Writing prompt

      • Writing Prompt

    Use the following words in your response

    animal of your choice

    perpetuate

    astronomical

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    1/5/24 Writing prompt two options!

     

      • Writing Prompt

    Use the following words in your response

    Holidays

    Snow

    Coal

    Or and whichever or maybe two

    Setting goals that are manageable and sustainable

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    12/1/23 writing prompt = three words

     

      • Writing Prompt

    Use the following three words in your response: ship, black and light

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    11/17/23 writing prompt, walking through the leaves

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    As they walked through the leaves on the sidewalk, they keep them up and felt something ahead.   100 words or less.

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    11/3/23 writing prompt. Cold, windy, warm, cozy

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    Write a your response, using cold, windy, warm, cozy
    75 words or less.

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    October 20, 20 23–3 words

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    Write a your response, using ghost, horse, and curtain!
    75 words or less.

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    October six, 2023 coffee, tea, and….

      • Writing Prompt

    Write a your response, using coffee or tea and mystery!
    100  words or less.

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    September 29 – Sun and air.

      • Writing Prompt

    Write a free Form poem using the words: Sun and air.
    50 75 words or less.

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    Sept 15 . Three words.

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     100 words or less:

      9/15/23 writing prompt.

    Scally wag.
    Serendipity.
    Spirit.
    Squash

    Pick three or use all four 🙂

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    Aug 18. Unfamiliar.

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     100 words or less:

      8/18/23 writing prompt.

    I thought I heard a noise. Looking around, I realized I did not recognize my surroundings. I started to back away when…
    Finish the story using up to 100 additional words max.

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    August 4. Box!

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     100 words or less:

      8/4/23 writing prompt.

    100 words or less.
    Three choices.

    I am …

    I wish …

    An older woman went into her spare bedroom and looked under the bed and found a box.
    She pulled it out, and.

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    July 21, 2023 what happens next?

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    July 21, 2023   writing prompt

    100 words or less.

    It’s a beautiful sunny day. Suddenly the wind picks up. You no longer see or feel the sun. Then you hear the loud cracks of thunder. What happens next?

     

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    July 14, 2023, memoir follow up

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    150 words or less:

     

    July 14, 2023   writing prompt

    During our last zoom writing workshop, we explored memoir writing. Pick a scene  or special event  from your family history. Use this as the basis for developing your writing entry. Because it’s memoir, be certain to include emotions. You might consider adding dialogue in your response.

     

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    6/16/2023 prompt – summer vacation

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    100 words or less:

     

    June 16 writing prompt

    You are on the sitting on the bus next to your best friend. It is the last day of school and you have two months of summer ahead.

    Write a conversation between the friends.

    100 words or less.

     

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    6/2 3 words

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    Week of  6/2/23

    how about for the prompt?
    Rain
    Wind
    Send

     

     

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    May 19 science fiction, prompt

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    100 words or less:

     

    Week of  5/19/23

     

    In the middle of the night, a bright light and screeching sound filled my room.

    As my eyes focused, I saw two large humanoid figures standing at the foot of my bed…   what happen next? 

     


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    May 5–2 words

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    75 words or less:

     

    Week of  5/5/23

     

    Yellow, Yikkety  yak 


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    April 21 – 3 words

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    75 words or less:

     

    Week of 4/21/23

     

    MacGyver

    Jerry-rigged.

    Sparrow.

     


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    April 14 – Magical

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    100 words or less using the words

    leprechaun, magical, castle


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    March 17 – Contretemps

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    60 words or less using the word
    Contretemps
    Pronounced Contra`Don

    Means: An Unforseen Event that Disrupts the normal course of things.

    • An Argument or Dispute
    • A Hitch in things.


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    March 3 -3words

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    100  words or less

    Use the Words,

    Hypocrisy, hilarity, Himalayas

    100 words or less


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    Feb 17, 2023. Writing prompt -You wake up ..

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    100  words

    You wake up in the body of a historical figure you have been reading about, hjow does it feel? How does your day go?

    100 words or less


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    Feb 3 writing prompt – three words

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    100  words

    Weeks of 1/20/23 to  2/3/23

    Use the Words Misanthrope, Tenacious, Fun (100 words)

    misanthrope 

    noun | MISS-un-throhp

    A misanthrope is someone who hates people in general.

    Example of the word being used in a sentence:

    “I finally relented on going to the mall, which is always crowded, after my friend gently poked my arm and told me to stop being such a misanthrope


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    Jan 20, 2023 -Writing Prompt Nonsense

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    50 words

    50 words using the word Nonsense


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    Jan 13 2023 – Writing Prompts Encouragement!

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    75 words

    Shannon set a goal, but felt defeated after the first week, Her friend gave her suggestions that lifted her spirits.

    Write a 75 note of inspiration to Shannon


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    Dec. 23 – Jan 6 2023 – Writing Prompts Bonanza!

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    Several pro pts from out  December 9 round robin. Answer all or any of them.

    Prompt # 1

    75- words, genre of your choice, using the following 3 words in your response:

    Snow, winter, shovel.


    Prompt #2

    Begin a story poem etc.  of  40 words or less with these words

    The dog was walking across the thin ice


    Prompt  #3 

    75- words, genre of your choice, using the following word in your response: snickerdoodle



    Prompt #4

    75-words or less, genre of your choice, use the following words in your response:

    Widershins & Whippersnapper

     



    Prompt #5

    75- words or less, genre of your choice, use the following word in your response: Captain

     

    Bonus feature

    Check out episode 93 of Writing Works Wonders to hear how our participants handled these very same prompts in and on the spot, improvisational context. They were tremendous!

     

     

     

     

     


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    Dec. 16 – Writing Prompt – Collywobbles and more!

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    60 words using the following 3 words

    Collywobbles – means  stomach ache

    holidays and cookies


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