- A husband and wife are meeting in a restaurant to finalize the terms of their impending divorce. Write the scene from the point of view of a busboy snorting cocaine in the restroom.
- Write a scene showing a man and a woman arguing over the man's friendship with a former girlfriend. Do not mention the girlfriend, the man, the woman, or the argument.
- Choose your favorite historical figure and imagine if he/she had been led to greatness by the promptings of an invisible imp living behind his or her right ear. Write a story from the point of view of this creature. Where did it come from? What are its goals? Use research to make your story as accurate as possible.
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Write Around Portland has a good list of writing prompts. One they don’t list, but I know they use is “People like us” which is such a great prompt when you think of the work they do with people living on the margins.
Here are some of their other prompts:
Imagery
The night smelled like...
The old blue shirt...
In my dreams...
The thing on the beach...
The dirt road ...
Reflected in the window...
As I entered the room...
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Do you have a writing prompt you like?
