I love writing from a prompt. I call the work push-ups for the brain. Writers often use lists of one-sentence prompts to craft stories, whether to create ideas or as writing exercises. They may use one line as part of the beginning, ending, or somewhere in between, or as the theme. In our Airdrie Writers’ Group, we have one session a month where someone chooses a prompt, and we each spend ten to fifteen minutes individually penning a story. Here’s the prompt from our last meeting where the result for me garnered this young adult short story:
Relax—Mom will never find out.
Relax—Mom will never find out.
Relax—Mom will never find out.
I love writing from a prompt. I call the work push-ups for the brain. Writers often use lists of one-sentence prompts to craft stories, whether to create ideas or as writing exercises. They may use one line as part of the beginning, ending, or somewhere in between, or as the theme. In our Airdrie Writers’ Group, we have one session a month where someone chooses a prompt, and we each spend ten to fifteen minutes individually penning a story. Here’s the prompt from our last meeting where the result for me garnered this young adult short story: