Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Pray Rain Journal by Rochelle Melander
Early in August, Martha Beck wrote a column about getting rid of stuff. Since I’d been madly tearing through my house, dumping books and old... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Write in the Middle
Maybe it’s the heat (multiple days of 90+ temperatures), maybe it’s the nasty cold I caught last week—but I woke up thinking about driving in... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Fun with Words
Last week, I saw this sign when I dropped my daughter off at school: “What do you think it means?” I asked my ten year... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: What’s in a Name?
I have spent a lot of time paging through various baby name books, looking for the perfect name for … the fictional characters I create.... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Boredom as Inspiration
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Boredom as Inspiration by Heather E. Schwartz I feel like I shouldn’t say this. But I’m going to anyway. I find myself... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Revising Judgment
See those spent dandelions? That’s my front yard. Every day I return home from the gym and wonder when someone will mow down those darn... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Guardian Angels, Princesses, and Ladies
Last Saturday, I was out for a walk when I saw a man struggling with an empty poop bag. Somehow, the bag had ripped, and... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Practicing Point of View and Voice
In honor of National Picture Book Writing Week, today’s prompt uses a favorite picture book of mine: Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Several... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: The expletive poem
At 3, my son would shout Cinnamon Toast! whenever something went wrong. Cinnamon Toast was the perfect expletive—lots of syllables plus a hard consonant in... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: Label Poems
Yesterday, while sitting in the chair at the hairdressers, I had plenty of time to contemplate the warning labels on her hair dryer and curling... Read More