Family can be a tricky thing.  They're always there when you need them, and they're always making things interesting for you.  In today's prompt, you will write a description of each member in your family.

Writing Prompt Rules

• Write for 15 minutes
• Don't stop writing
• Don't erase anything
• Don't cross anything out

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You've heard of the phrase, "Slaying Dragons" before.  Lots of people use it to refer to those people who go out and achieve in a highly competitive way showing courage.  What "dragons" would you like to slay given the chance? 

Writing Prompt Rules

• Write for 15 minutes
• Don't pick up your pencil
• Don't stop
• Don't cross anything out

Happy Writing!

(Oh and feel free to post your results here or links to your results in the comments section!)

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It's summertime.  Remember when you were younger and you would daydream of that summer love?  Or maybe you have a summer love right now.  Whatever the case may be, like in the movie Grease, these affairs are meant to be just a fling, but sometimes the feelings run deeper and it continues.  Today's writing prompt will be about summer love - and "what if's."  Take fifteen minutes to write about what if that "Summer fling" turned out to be something more.

• Don't pick up your pen
• Don't cross anythin...

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Since July 4th in the USA is the day we celebrate the independence of our country from imperialist Britain, it seems appropriate to have today's writing prompt concern the concept of freedom.  What does it mean to be free?  This is the question I would like you to answer in today's prompt.

Writing Prompt Rules:

• Keep your hand moving
• Don't cross anything out
• Don't pick your pen up
• Write for 10-20 minutes on the topic.  If you run out of things to say, try starting over with the sentence "Freedom r...

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Writing prompts are a great way to unleash your creativity.  In order to create suspense from the beginning of a story, begin things in the middle. 

    The rules for this prompt are:

•         Time yourself for 10 minutes.
•         Keep your hand moving.
•         Keep your pen on the paper.
•         Do not cross anything out.

Start your writing prompt with "While she knew...  she didn't know that..." 

What did she know?  How can you contrast this with what she did not know? 

Happy Writing!
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Writing prompts are a great way to tap into your creativity.  Here are the writing prompt rules:
 
1. Time yourself for 5 minutes.
2. Do not pick your pen up off the paper.
3. Do not cross anything out.
4. Aim to keep your hand moving.

Since yesterday was Thanksgiving, I'm going to use a Thanksgiving theme. Think of a problem you have been having in your life and then think of the things you are thankful and grateful for.  Then, start your writing with the following line:

    Even though (insert you...
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