The 2021 Writing Series is a series of daily writing exercises for both prose writers and poets to keep their creative mind stretched and ready to go—fresh for your other writing endeavors. The writing prompts take the impetus—that initial crystal of creation—out of your hands (for the most part) and changes your writing creation into creative problem solving. Instead of being preoccupied with the question "What do I write" you are instead pondering "How do I make this work?" And in the process you are producing new writing.
This is not a standard writing session. This is pure production—to keep your brain thinking about using language to solve simple or complex problems. The worst thing you can do is sit there inactive. It's like taking a 5 minute breather in the middle of a spin class—the point is to push, to produce something, however imperfect. If you don't overthink it, you will be able to complete all of the exercises in under 30 minutes.
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'Wedding' Multi-Prompt 7
For today's writing exercise you actually have 4 choices! In the spirit of a wedding needing "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue." The first offered prompt is one from Notebooking Daily's past, the second is a brand new prompt for the day of one prompt theme or another, the third prompt is a 'borrowed' prompt from one of Sparked's 'Prompting Partners', and the fourth prompt is a wildcard riffing on the idea of 'Something Blue'. Take a look and dive in! First thought, best thought for these prompts.
Something Old: Complete a Piece Saturday: Rhymebank exercise (Published on Notebooking Daily on 4/23/16 this prompt is a 7-step adventure that begins with brainstorming words that rhyme with tear—eer or air, and ends with you writing a full piece that expands upon multiple significant chunks it guides you through.)
Something New: Three things (include these things in a piece): Honduras, A Jeep, and Salt Water Taffy.
Something Blue: Write a piece in which someone is hit (or nearly hit) by a Pepsi truck. Include the word "Royal" in the first paragraph.
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If you'd like some background music to write to, try this "Calm before the storm" Lofi mix again from our lofi buddy Dreamy.
