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 11
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: 8/26/16: Ekphrastic Exercise: Up on Melancholy Hill (Published on Notebooking Daily on, well, 8/26/2016, this ekphrastic prompt is a little different, it is to use a music video to draw inspiration from. Whether it's something about the music, the lyrics, a tiny scene or image from the video, a memory that the song sparks, they're all valid and all awesome opportunities to express yourself in a way you hadn't expected).
Something New: Six Word Shootout (include these words in a piece): Mud, Huddled, Frosty, Costly, Worthless, Nest.
Something Borrowed: Furious Fiction August 2020 Challenge (Requirements: Include some sort of comedy/humor, a sandwich, and the following five words: DIZZY, EXOTIC, LUMPY, TINY, TWISTED). While this was originally a fiction prompt, as you can see it works very well for poetry as well!
Reminder, this piece can be sent to Sparked Lit Mag! It doesn't have to have been written when the issue was currently reading. Something Blue: Write a piece in which a blue luxury car (include its brand name) hits a pedestrian and their dog, and speeds off. Your narrator witnesses the incident but when they relay the license plate to the 'boys in blue', they get the impression that nothing will be done, and takes it upon themselves to learn more. Does it get to vigilante justice? That's up to you! Maybe it's not as clear as it seems initially. Maybe you have an unreliable narrator or there is a long backstory between the driver and person struck. Explore!
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If you'd like some background music to write to, try this "Waterfall Dreams" Lofi mix.
