What is your favorite April Fool’s hoax? Could you have been convinced that spaghetti grows on trees?
Animals, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
April 2026 Writing Prompts
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Animals, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
February 2026 Writing Prompts
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I’m snowed in (and cut off from civilization) while writing this. Thank you. Winter Storm Fern. What a name for a storm in the winter. Anyway, while I was outside in this snowy weather feeding my outdoor cat, I saw something that amazed me. I’m walking back and forth on my front porch, making sure to avoid a huge strip of ice on the edge, when I saw something moving through my yard out of the corner of my eye. What would be out and up here in this kind of weather?
Fiction Writing, Holidays, Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
January 2026 Writing Prompts
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What New Year’s resolutions have you made? Do you have any New Year’s traditions? What would you do if your baby was born pregnant? Is such a thing even possible? Would you bundle your baby up and leave them out in the cold to take a nap?
Fiction Writing, Holidays, Writing Prompts and Exercises
November 2025 Writing Prompts
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What would happen if your xenophobic character ended up stuck in a crowded elevator? Another character ends up with a severe case of poison ivy. Thanksgiving week, you get to write about a mother (or father) reuniting with their children.
Fiction Writing, Holidays, Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
September 2025 Writing Prompts
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How do you feel about the unusual holidays that are celebrated? Do you feel they should be special to everyone? How would you like to create your own? Have you ever investigated your ancestry? Would you like to meet any or all of your long-gone relatives? The leaves on the trees are starting to change color. Have you ever wondered what they are thinking about at this time of year?
Emotions, Fiction Writing, Life's Adventures, Writing Prompts and Exercises
My Frustrations with UPS
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Let’s say you own a business and are looking to hire customer service people. You would want to hire people who could understand the customer’s wants and aggravations. You would want to hire those who could really help your customers out. UPS has not done so. They used to but not anymore.
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
August 2025 Writing Prompts
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How do you spend your time when you’re sick on your birthday? What should you have done? Have you ever heard of Maggie Dickson, the woman who survived hanging? Would you like to meet a Burmese python in the Florida Everglades? And what would you do if you woke up and found your town covered in a snowfall of cocoa powder?
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
June 2025 Writing Prompts
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Truth can be so much stranger than fiction.
Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
May 2025 Writing Prompts
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Have you ever had a monster under your bed? What are you going to do for your mother on Mother’s Day? Do you like to take selfies? Does it surprise you to learn that the first post office was in a tavern? Would you ever ask to take a selfie with a hijacker?
Fiction Writing, Holidays, Writing Prompts and Exercises
No Housework Day & Other Bizarre Holidays
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The month of April is full of crazy and unique holidays. Here are some that take place on April 7 for you to consider including in your writing. Will you find a family of beavers to observe on International Beaver Day? How many newspapers will you read on International Snailpapers Day? Will you take a…
