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Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “What is actually happening?”
2. Plot Point - Blow something up.
3. “Look to the west.”
4. Write a scene with the theme of cold.
5. When have you felt truly out of control?
6. “What do you mean I can’t?”
7. Plot Point - Give your main character a blast from the past.
8. Explain love to a robot or alien.
9. “The last person who said that to me ended up dead.”
10. Write about a time in your life when you’ve felt regret.
11. Write a scene with the theme of journey.
12. “You’d do well to shut your mouth and shut it now.”
13. Plot Point - Make things more difficult for your main character by bringing in an old love interest.

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “That just screams redo.”
2. Write a scene with the theme of pressure.
3. Write about a time in your life when you had to do something you didn’t want to do for ‘the greater good’.
4. “What makes you think that?”
5.Write a scene with the theme of want.
6. Have you ever been two-faced?
7. “I told you once. I’m not telling you again.”
8. Write a scene with the them of lust.
9. “For the first time in one hundred years…”
10. Have you ever gotten something you wanted and realized it wasn’t as great as you thought?
11. Write a scene with the theme of wanderlust.
12. “Do you ever look at the stars and know, just know in your gut, that you’re meant to be somewhere else?”
13. Write about a time in your life when you had to fight for something.

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I told you so.”
2. Write a scene with the theme of sin.
3. You’ve been give the chance to save a life…
4. “Stick that in your juice box and suck it.”
5. Write a scene with the theme of color.
6. You’ve been given a bouquet of flowers…
7. Write a scene with the theme of masks.
8. Have you ever felt rage?
9. “Looks like weather is comin’…”
10. Have you ever been through a natural disaster?
11. You’ve been given the trust of someone unusual…
12. “Will you just get over it already?”
13. Write a scene about swapping…

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. Imagine you now, you from five years ago, and you from ten years ago sitting together in a room…
2. “You confuse me. That’s all.”
3. Write a scene with the theme of desolation.
4. Imagine what life would be like if people didn’t have pets…
5. “Why don’t you try living instead of just existing for once?”
6. Have you ever had to solve a mystery?
7. Write a scene with the theme of quiet.
8. “What’s wrong with a few margaritas between friends?”
9. Imagine a storm you think is never going to end…
10. If you could have one ‘do over’…
11. “Shut up and eat your beans.”
12. Write a scene with the theme of courage.
13. Imagine where you are financially now being as rich as you want to be…

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “Tell her I’m on my way.”
2. Write a scene with the theme of unrequited.
3. You’ve been promoted!
4. “Get over it in a hurry because we have work to do.”
5. Write about a time in your life when you have felt true rage.
6. Write a scene with the theme of secrets.
7. “There are only three things you need to find in life: love, truth and meaning.”
8. You’ve been given three minutes to grab everything that is important to you…
9. Write instructions on something.
10. “Well I’ll be spittin’ starshine.”
11. Write a scene with the theme of rivalry.
12. To save someone’s life, you have to risk your own…
13. “Dance.”

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “Keep on dancing.”
2. Write a scene with the theme of spying.
3. You have been granted the position of leader of your country…
4. “You didn’t tell me you were still seeing him!”
5. Write a scene and then convert it to a poem.
6. “You have five minutes.”
7. “Some people are idiots. Some people are daydreamers. I haven’t decided what you are yet.”
8. Go to your local cafe and write character sketches about the people you see.
9. Write a scene with the theme of loss.
10. “You either join me or you get out of my way. Either way, it’s not going to be pretty.”
11. Meditate for five minutes and then free write for five minutes.
12. Write a scene with the theme of paradise.
13. “Could you be any more inept?”

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, June 18th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I tried to keep it from you.”
2. What if you could tell the future?
3. Write a scene with the theme of secrets.
4. “When the rain falls…”
5. What if rain fell from the ground up into the sky?
6. Write a scene with the theme of lies.
7. “Just another day in this place.”
8. Write a scene describing you, where you are and what you are doing right now.
9. You’ve been give your orders…
10. “Get out. And take your talking cat with you.”
11. Write a scene with the theme of hunger.
12. What if you were told you would never have to work another day in your life?
13. “What was that?”

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I want to get what’s mine.”
2. If you could go anywhere to write, uninterrupted, for a week, where would you go?
3. If you had a choice between one bestseller and five decent sellers, which would you pick?
4. “Some people grow up with that silver spoon in their mouths. Other people have to fight, cry, steal and sacrifice all just to get a look at it.”
5. Where would you rather be right now?
6. If you could live without sleep, what would you do? Would you want to live without sleep?
7. “You’re all the right kinds of crazy.”
8. What relationship in your life has changed you the most?
9. List five words that define you as a person.
10. “Second chances only happen in the movies.”
11. What is your family like?
12. What things/people/activities bring you true joy?
13. “Get out of my house and out of my life.”

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I have to admit - this isn’t working out like I thought it would.”
2. You have three hours to plan a trip somewhere with a budget of $500.
3. Write a scene or poem with the theme of dreaming.
4. “Do you sit and think about the things you say before they come out of your mouth or are you that dumb naturally?”
5. What if the sky was a different colour? Would it really make a difference?
6. Write a scene or poem with the theme of money.
7. How would you explain to a child what death is?
8. What if you woke up one day only able to speak in limericks?
9. “Why is it always about money?”
10. Write a scene or poem with the theme of cold.
11. Are you the reality or is this the dream?
12. What would be the hardest thing for you to give up permanently?
13. “Maybe it sounds silly, but sometimes I do just want to pack up and disappear.”

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I can’t do this again. I just can’t.”
2. Write about a time when you had to let go of something or someone you didn’t want to let go of.
3. What would your life be like if you were mute?
4. Write a letter to someone who had a positive influence in your life.
5. Write a scene with the theme of ’shattered’.
6. “Did you really expect anything different?”
7. What game did you play the most when you were a child?
8. Have you ever experienced discrimination?
9. “Codswallop.”
10. What is your ‘defining moment’?
11. Write a scene with the theme of ‘unforgettable’.
12. “Once a liar, always a liar.”
13. Have some fun and start creating your own language.

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, May 21st, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “Second chances never live up to what they are supposed to be.”
2. Have you ever given up on your dreams?
3. You find yourself thrust into a fantasy novel…
4. “I can already tell this is definitely not going to be an ordinary day.”
5. If you could be remembered forever for one thing, what would that one thing be?
6. What is your philosophy?
7. You’ve just found out that someone you thought died long ago is actually alive…
8. What is your most embarrassing moment so far?
9. “Men are made of headaches, flannel and a love of sports.”
10. Write a scene with the theme of resentment.
11. What is the last completely new thing you tried?
12. “Sometimes I just want the lies.”
13. Where do you see yourself in ten years?

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “Love like you mean it.”
2. Write a scene about irrational jealousy.
3. Have you ever been in an argument with someone and thought of an excellent insult five minutes too late?
4. “Put the chopsticks away.”
5. How much money would someone have to give you for you to be willing to be painted green for an entire week?
6. Have you ever struggled with an addiction?
7. Your ideal weekend…
8. “Blow it out your rear end…”
9. Write an episode of your favourite television show. (Yep, get into some fanfiction.”
10. Sometimes it’s just better to keep your mouth shut…
11. If you could talk to anyone ‘one last time’…
12. Would you ever consider writing your life story?
13. “Run!”

The purpose of the Thursday Thirteen Writing prompts is to give you an assortment of short, to the point writing prompts for you to pick and choose from to best provide for your inspirational need.

If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in the comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to visit everyone who plays so we can get a great circle of critique going for our creative writing skills. Have a great weekend!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, May 7th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “All I want is…”
2. What would you say the most significant moment of your life so far is?
3. If your life was a romance novel, what role would you play?
4. There are a lot of horror sub-genres out there. What do you find scary?
5. You’ve been granted one wish, but you can’t use it on yourself…
6. “If I do this for you, if I take the chance, are you going to hurt me?”
7. There is somewhere you must go, even though you know that you might not come back…
8. You find a treasure map tucked in with some dusty books in the attic…
9. “There is nothing quite like it?”
10. In a fairy tale world, you would be…
11. What is the hardest lesson you have ever learned?
12. “Sometimes you piss me off.”
13. What genre does your life fit into?

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “What have I just seen?
2. Humanity is going in all the wrong directions and you’ve been asked to help right things…
3. “You make me sick.”
4. “Sometimes I feel a little bit insane. But only a little bit.”
5. If money is the root of all evil, what do we do to stop it?
6. “If you want it, come and get it.”
7. Some days you just need chocolate…
8. “It has always been, it will always be…”
9. Sometimes you can’t help but wonder…
10. “You see, it’s really much more simple than that.”
11. “I learned the hard way.”
12. Have you ever experience something that really did take your breath away?
13. “I love you despite all the awful things you do.”

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

Thursday Thirteen Writing Prompts

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
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Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen, all. As per usual, I will be giving you a list of thirteen prompts in all shapes and sizes. They could be a first line of dialogue, a plot idea, or something else. I hope you enjoy and pick and choose as you please.

If there are any other types of prompts that you would find useful, let me know anytime.

Have a great day.

Thirteen Writing Prompts

1. “I’m not going to beg you to stay.”
2. Today is the day you just can’t take it anymore…
3. You bump into ‘the ex’ at the grocery store…
4. “You think you know me? You don’t know shit.”
5. Some people just don’t know how to take no for an answer…
6. You have been granted the ability to take away people’s ability to speak. Have fun!
7. “Say hello to my goodbye.”
8. “My heart is beating so fast…”
9. Happy birthday! You’ve made it to the ripe old age of 132…
10. “Promise you’ll leave the light on?”
11. The day is sunny, warm and beautiful! What are you doing inside?
12. “Yeah, that’ll happen when I sing ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ and then actually fly there.”
13. What is the ultimate act of compassion?

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!

The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

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