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2003-01-17T11:53:00.000-05:00

Comprehensive list of journaling resources:

Start the year off right...
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Writer's Digest 365 days of writing prompts
An excellent resource for daily practice and craft

Diarist.net Prompt-o-rama
The motherlode of prompts, questions, lists, ideas

Journal/Poetry
The National Association for Poetry Therapy
An eclectic worldwide gathering place for those who work with, or simply love, the interface between writing and healing. Kathleen Adams is NAPT President 2001-2003.

LifeJournal
Computer journalkeeping will never be the same with this powerful, user-friendly software modeled after Journal to the Self. Read Kathleen Adams' Top 10 Reasons Why LifeJournal Software is Close to Perfect. Enter Associate Code KA512 when you order your copy of LifeJournal from Chronicle Software.

Cyber Writer
pdf printable files designed for high schoo, students but applicable to all.

Journal for You
A site that instructs, encourages, and inspire young and old to keep journals, with intent to build supportive community to share ideas and tools. Hosted by Certified Instructor Deborah Bouziden.

Journal Magic
This site by Journal Coach and Certified Instructor Sue Meyn offers many interesting and innovative ways to approach your journal.

The Center for Autobiographical Studies with Tristine Rainer
The Center for Autobiographic Studies, directed by The New Diary and Your Life as Story author Tristine Rainer, is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge, appreciation, creation and preservation of contemporary autobiographic works.

The Journal Site at About.com with Catherine deCuir
This is perhaps the most comprehensive site on the internet for all things journal-related, hosted by veteran guide Catherine deCuir. Whether you want guidelines for getting started, enough prompts to keep you writing for the next several years, polls, interviews, or tips for specialty journals (e.g. gardening, travel), this is the place.

Writefully Yours, with Eldonna Bouton
Offers resources, motivation, and support to journal writers and creative writers, by Loose Ends author Eldonna Bouton.

Memories and Memoirs
A site dedicated to honoring and preserving memories, and the stories that bring these moments to life.

New Life Stories
Dr. Ellen Moore asks, "What if you invented a new version of your life? Or what if you finally began to listen to the story your soul has been whispering to you all these years?"

2003-01-17T11:24:00.000-05:00

Poem of the Month: January 2003

I was just thinking
one morning
during meditation
how much alike
hope
and baking powder are:
quietly
getting what is
best in me
to rise,
awakening
the hint of eternity
within.

I always think of that
when I eat biscuits now
and wish
that I could be
more faithful
to the hint of eternity,
the baking powder
in me.

- Macrina Wiederkehr

Journal prompts:
What is rising within you through the "baking powder" of hope and gratitude?

Reflect back on the year 2002. How have you been "faithful/ to the hint of eternity"?

What is best in you? When or how or with whom does it "rise up" in you?

Do you have a meditation practice? Is that something you desire for yourself in 2003? Reflect on this.

2003-01-17T11:09:00.000-05:00

The Joy of Journaling

Dan Price is constantly meeting people who wish they kept a journal. Although they understand that having a personal log of their experiences would help them feel more in touch with themselves and capable of facing life's challenges, most have a difficult time sticking with their writing. Price, the author of "How to Make a Journal of Your Life," says that the biggest mistake people make is approaching "journaling" as a job and not a joy.

How to Make a Journal of Our Life

"You have to connect with the passion of why you're doing it," he says. "Once you do that, you don't have to worry that you didn't write in it yesterday or all last week." Here, some ways to find the passion to keep on writing your journal:

Don't force it. Remember when you were a kid and you bought a padded diary with a lock to record your important thoughts — and then you did it for about three days and got bored? "A lot of people think they are going to write every day, and feel guilty when they miss a day," says Price. "If you make it a chore, it will never work." In reality, one of the best facets of journal-writing is that you can abandon it. "The thing about a journal is that it's always there when you need it — it doesn't disappear when it's neglected," says one wise Lifetime viewer.

Record the good stuff too! Rose Offner, author of "Journal to the Soul," believes most people tend to write in their journal during difficult, trying times. "When life is moving along and we're happy, we're not thinking about writing. It's only when we go through a challenge that we pick up the pen," she explains. Offner, who hosts journal workshops, says that although hashing through life's problems on paper can be useful, your journal experience won't be satisfying if it's nothing more than a complaint-fest. Writing about the blessings — the great phone conversation you had with your college roommate, the way your five-year-old looks in her Halloween costume — enables you to cultivate a greater understanding of what makes you happy and how you're evolving. "Sometimes people don't realize how well their lives are going," says Offner.

Take note of the world around you. Take the pressure off the journal-writing experience by tossing the idea that your journal must reflect how unique and brilliant you are. "People act as if their journals are going to be published," says Price. "Do what real writers do: Take notes about stuff that may or may not turn into something bigger." Next time you're riding the bus to work, pull out a notepad and describe the scenery you pass. Having lunch at a café? Paint a verbal picture of the other customers — the girl with the orange hair, the elderly man with a pocket watch — and fantasize about their lives. "Journaling is about slowing yourself down and noticing details about your life and environment," says Price.

Go to the heart of the matter. If you think that nothing in your life is worth recording, Offner suggests you start asking yourself some big questions: Where am I going? What do I want? "We have our own sage counsel within. We just have to stop and take a deep breath and begin writing," she says. "Often by the time you get to the last sentence, you have figured out something important about your life." Another trick: Begin each sentence with "The truth is…" Keep writing that until something bubbles up. Offner suggests that articulating your deepest desires brings them one step closer to reality.

Create a gift for yourself (and your offspring). Price's journals don't just contain words; they also hold photographs, sketches, dried flowers and leaves. "It's more like a scrapbook," he says. By incorporating images and artifacts, you can turn your diary into a beautiful keepsake. Price has kept an entire journal about his kids, combining written text, sketches and photographs. "When my kids are 30, they'll be able to go back and see all that," he says. "They'll have a document of their childhood." My aunt is very grateful that she kept a diary in high school and college. "We think we never forget some events, but we actually do," she says. "I love that journaling has helped me hang on to the memories."

2002-03-13T09:58:00.000-05:00

"Don't say the old lady screamed.
Bring her on and let her scream." -- Mark Twain

2002-02-23T18:13:00.000-05:00

Structure Exercise - you're gonna love this "recipe"
from Gotham Writer's Workshop

Please number your answers to the following questions.
Your answer to question #1 should be your answer #1 and so on.
You should not read ahead. Don't read all the questions then start.
Read #1 and answer it. Then #2, and so on, answering as you go.

1) Write a full name of a character and his/her age.

2) Write a full name of another character and his/her age.

3) What is their relationship (siblings, co-workers, teacher-student, etc. Do not make them enemies.)

4) What does #1 need/want from #2 that #2 won't give? It can be an object or an emotional need or whatever you can think of, but #1 must want it badly and #2 must be absolutely unwilling to give it up.

5) List three ways #1 will try to get what he/she wants. List them as 5a, 5b, 5c.

6) List how #2 will block each of the three tries. 6a in response to 5a, 6b in response to 5b, 6c in response to 5c.

7) What is #1's last try? May or may not be successful.

8) What is #2's last block?

9) Does #1 get what he/she wants? Yes or no.

10) What does #1 discover about him/herself as a result of all this?

11) How is #1 changed forever?

End of exercise.

Do not read the following until you have completed the exercise...

Ideally, your answers to these questions have formed an outline for a perfectly structured story which you can now write, if you choose to. #1 is the protagonist. #2 is the antagonist. #5 and #6 list the progressive complications. #7, #8, and #9 are the climax. #10 and #11 are the resolution.

2002-02-23T17:51:00.000-05:00

12 Tips for Successful Short Stories

"A short story is like a genie in a bottle. Once the cork is pulled, out gushes a force that may grant you wishes or hound you with malicious intent." -- Shelley Lowenkopf

1. Always adhere to the limitations inherent in the format. Generally there will be a limited time frame and cast of characters. Dialogue is heightened and crisp. Setting is required for texture, but needn’t be explained in great detail. Avoid subplots.

2. The opening page should not be static description and routine observations unless you use these descriptions to show how things are at the moment of interruption, before the actions heats up, but not too far before.

3. Remember the advise to Western writers to "shoot the sheriff on the first page." Start the short story with an inciting incident that propels the story forward with intensity. This explosive incident often involves a threatening change in the protagonist’s status quo.

4. Strive for a single, powerful effect on the reader.

5. The short story needs to have a payoff that is staged in front of the reader. Although the payoff does not have to be as dramatic as a novel’s climax, it nevertheless must deliver. Remember that only if the reader shares the same experiences with the character, blow by blow, will he be able to empathize with the character.

6. Short stories are best told from a single point of view unless you have extensive experience with the genre.

7. Avoid excess, every detail should have relevance to the plot.

8. As in longer fiction, make your characters struggle to keep afloat amidst terrible troubles or dilemmas.

9. Make your characters flawed, vulnerable and heading towards some unthinkable conclusion.

10. Shape your ideas around a series of scenes where the characters are acting and talking and the events seem to unfold in front of the reader in real time.

11. Don’t prolong the ending.

12. Generally short stories are about conflict, a decision, or a discovery. There must be something important at stake for your main character. The conflict plot should be staged so that the other person is the obstacle and the climax is a confrontation. If the short story climax has the protagonist making a decision, this decision should have far-reaching consequences. If the story ends with the character making a discovery through some kind of realization, this realization should have potential to be life changing.

From Jessica Page Morrell's book~ Writing Out the Storm

Writing out the Storm

2002-02-23T17:38:00.000-05:00

Writing about People

All writing is about people and their reactions to each other, problems in their lives, or how they see their environment.
We read fiction and memoirs because we desire intimacy, read nonfiction to understand how other people think and see the world.

With this in mind, let's begin by describing a person in your journal today. You can imagine her or him in a fictional or real setting. People are judged and perceived known by how they look, how they dress, wear their hair, where they live and work, how they decorate their home and office and how they make a living.

Carefully describe one of these characters/persons so that your create an accurate and lingering first impression:
A failed actor
A person with a significant handicap
An unusually attractive man or woman sitting at the end of the bar
A gambler down on his luck
An unsuccessful politician
An immigrant from Bosnia
A retired truck driver
A middle age man or woman trying too hard to look younger
A 12 year old living in a boarding school
A former child star
A plumber
A stock broker
A professional thief or con man
A waitress who has just won big in Vegas or Reno
A person everyone at the office despises
(note: if you are already working on a specific profile or character in your writing feel free to use them)
Describe the setting.
Our possessions and surroundings make powerful statements about our tastes, class, financial circumstances, lifestyle and habits. What does his or her office or cubicle look like? Or describe a bedroom, car, backyard, favorite room in the house, or institutional setting.

2002-01-17T09:29:00.000-05:00

Reflective journal writing

Journalling is a way to express ourselves. We write down events and our reaction to them.
Journalling can bring out very deep feelings that may otherwise never get expressed.

Sometimes we don't feel like using words to express our emotions. We don't want to sit down and write, but we may have a need to 'say' something. If you ever find yourself in that situation, try some of these exercises for your journal:

1) Make a picture journal. Each day, go through old magazines, and cut out a picture that moves you. Paste it into your journal or a special book. Date it and write a brief caption, if you like, so you can go back later and know what you were thinking or feeling that day. Do this for two weeks or a month. Then see if there is a common thread to the pictures. Remember, this is to take the place of writing, so don't write anything.

2) Make a collage on a piece of paper or cardboard that's bigger than your journal. Cut up old magazines and make a picture with whatever moves you. Again, see if there is a thread in the pictures you choose that show what you need to express.

3) Shoot a roll of film in one day and get it developed immediately. Lay the photos out on a table. Look for that common thread. Can you tell what's going on deep inside by looking at these pictures.

4) Go on a walk. Collect three things that interest you. Maybe a rock, a leaf, a bug, or a flower. Put these on a table, and make up stories about them in your head. Or simply reflect on why you were attracted to them.

5) Draw a picture of one of your dreams.

6) Read someone else's journal -- May Sarton, Anne Frank, Henry Miller, Anais Nin. Or go to a journalling/diary site on the net and read some entries there.

7) Pick a day to not write. Say to yourself, 'I'm not going to write on Sunday.' Notice how you feel with this choice.
Take in the day through your senses, but don't write -- just experience it.

Try some of these exercises during periods when you don't feel like utilizing words for expression. But keep in mind these are also ways to jumpstart your journalling. Each exercise can culminate in a journal entry.

2002-01-17T08:22:00.000-05:00

This just in from Sue Meyn over at Journal Magic--- Sue is a professional, licensed Journal Coach, so she has some terrific advice for all of us~

As a journaling exercise I'd encourage you to consider---how can you be kind and nurturing to yourself? Make a list-----to 50! Write quickly , repeat if you want and don't censor your thoughts. Allow yourself this time---about 15 minutes---just to be with yourself. From that list, pull out one, two or three items that really SING to you! Create an action step that allows you to incorporate at least one of those ideas about being nurturing, into your life...within the next two weeks! Put it ON your calendar and clear away any obstacles to your getting it accomplished.

Now, how do you feel? Notice that you probably just feel better being listened to? Even if the person listening is yourself!

2002-01-15T10:56:00.000-05:00

I have been reading the book "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci" and taking the free on-line course at

Barnes & Noble University

It is a fascinating book about a fascinating human.
I have always had a gargantuan curiosity about everything in the world- art, science, music, architecture, engineering, history...everything! Made my parents crazy in my seemingly unquenchable hunger for more knowledge. As it turns out, this quality of great curiosity- Curiosità-
"An insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning," is the chief characteristic that made Leonardo an artist in the art of living. Young children learn at an astonishing rate. If a child is raised in a home where five languages are spoken, the child will learn to speak all five languages. Why are children so good at learning? They are born with profound, unrelenting curiosity. And genius is born when that quality of curiosity continues throughout life.
Leonardo da Vinci was insatiably curious. He possessed the openness and energy of a child combined with the focus and discipline of maturity. What was he curious about? Everything! But his integrating theme was the quest to find the essence of truth and beauty.
The seven essential principles for thinking like Leonardo are: Curiosità, Dimostrazione, Sensazione, Sfumato, Arte/Scienza, Corporalita, and Connessione.
Dimostrazione- A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes,
Sensazione- The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience,
Sfumato- A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty,
Arte/Scienza- The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination; whole- brain thinking,
Corporalita- The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise, and finally,
Connessione- A recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena; systems thinking.
In the book and in the course at BN.com, you'll learn to strengthen and develop your natural curiosity and reawaken the childlike openness that can bring more truth and beauty to your life every day.

The first step in thinking Like leonardo and leading a more creative life-

Commit to Journaling
Writing in a journal is a significant part of the course and of the book. Many of you have probably kept journals, some of you religiously. If you've never kept a journal before, prepare yourself for the wonderful surprise at the benefits they bring. No matter what experience you bring to this course, you'll learn how to get more from what you observe in your life and how you record it in your journal. But you must commit to journaling.

Remember that your journals are for you and you alone. Do not self-edit; write freely and without concern for grammatical rules.

The companion book to the primary text, The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook, is designed to act as your main journal as you travel through the text and the course. It is a wonderful guide and may help motivate some of you first-time journalers, in addition to giving that extra bit of discipline to those of you who've had a difficult time keeping a commitment to journaling in the past.

Here are some additional things to consider about your journaling:

Keeping more than one journal (one for work, another for your hobby, yet another for a current project) is confusing. Limit yourself to two journals, and carry them with you everywhere (make one a visual journal)
While keeping a journal on your computer is handy if you're a 70-word-a-minute typist, don't keep your journal on a computer unless you have a notebook computer or Palm handheld that's chained to your wrist. You should take your journal with you everywhere!
Don't share your journal with others unless you're supremely self-assured. You should feel comfortable writing your thoughts in your journal, and if you're worried that others will read it, there's a chance you'll censor yourself
On the other hand, occasionally you may want to share what you've written. If you're proud of an insightful journal entry, feel free to share it in the Lemurian sanctuary.
Go to
Barnes & Noble University for more information on Thinking Like Leonardo da Vinci and a stunning array of other great, FREE online courses!

The How to Think like Leonardo Da Vinci Workbook: Your Personal Companion to How to Think like Leonardo Da Vinci

Find lots of great writing prompts listed below and/or in the archives!!

2001-05-18T08:51:00.000-04:00

June Writing Prompts

1-Jun
What would it be like to be blind?
2-Jun
If you could find out the truth about one thing, what would you want to know?
3-Jun
When I have a problem, I ...
4-Jun
How would you describe your self worth?
5-Jun
Have you ever damaged anything, on purpose or accidentally?
6-Jun
What emotions surface when you see small children?
7-Jun
What in your life has made you feel the most powerful?
8-Jun
Detail some events that took place while you were in grades 1st - 6th
9-Jun
What animal would you be and what makes you choose that one?
10-Jun
Write about a day that helped change your sense of self- what happened that day?
11-Jun
If I could design the perfect work mate or peer, they would be ...
12-Jun
Did you know that before you were born…
13-Jun
What does it mean to you to be creative?
14-Jun
Women should…
15-Jun
I am grateful for my body today because…
16-Jun
I know I will be ready to die when…
17-Jun
What should others do to make you happy.
18-Jun
Describe what is happening in your body right now.
19-Jun
What compassion have you experienced in life?
20-Jun
Ask for what you want. I want…
21-Jun
Describe the street you live on.
22-Jun
Describe when you have had an experience with your higher power.
23-Jun
If you could live your life over, what would you change? Talk about that in detail.
24-Jun
What makes you excited?
25-Jun
I write because I am…
26-Jun
Talk about your belief or disbelief in ghosts, angels or spirits.
27-Jun
Describe your most frightening dream.
28-Jun
What would be the worst torture for you?
29-Jun
Could you give your life for another? Under what conditions?
30-Jun
What do you pray about?

2001-05-18T08:50:00.000-04:00

July Writing Prompts

1-Jul
Would you stay in a marriage if you could not have sex?
2-Jul
If you lost everything you own, how would you cope?
3-Jul
You can tell I am playing around when I…
4-Jul
How would you describe your sexuality?
5-Jul
Describe your feelings around the death of someone you knew
6-Jul
If you could read someone by their signature, what would yours say?
7-Jul
What in your life has made you feel the most weak?
8-Jul
What sort of things do you recall from being a teenager?
9-Jul
What fruit would you be and why that fruit?
10-Jul
Has anything you have tried to change remained the same, if so what was it?
11-Jul
Tell one of your favorite stories about yourself.
12-Jul
Let me tell you about the first time I saw you:
13-Jul
What makes you laugh?
14-Jul
Men should…
15-Jul
What gets your most attention?
16-Jul
I would like to give more time/effort to…
17-Jul
Why am I feeling __________right now?
18-Jul
Talk about how you are not your feelings.
19-Jul
I am suspicious of ….
20-Jul
For you what is the difference between wants and needs?
21-Jul
Describe what you remember of other streets in the place where you live.
22-Jul
What books or movies have changed your life?
23-Jul
What is your favorite musical or play? What is it about that production that you like?
24-Jul
What fruits have a sexual quality to them?
25-Jul
I am a friend to…
26-Jul
If you were to die in a year and were able to make amends to all you needed to, who would make amends to?
27-Jul
Describe your favorite dream.
28-Jul
Talk about your thoughts and feelings about Aids.
29-Jul
What is your worst habit?
30-Jul
Do you think you live better or worst than most the people you know?
31-Jul
What was the last compliment you received?

2001-05-18T08:49:00.000-04:00

August Writing Prompts
1-Aug
Talk about your childhood experiences with holidays.
2-Aug
What kinds of things aren't you good at?
3-Aug
What are your primary relationships?
4-Aug
What does your pain feel like?
5-Aug
Describe the experiences with death that you have had?
6-Aug
What good thing have you done today?
7-Aug
What was your first job, and how much did you make?
8-Aug
What animal would you be and what qualities help you make that choice?
9-Aug
I have only experienced _______once in my life
10-Aug
I really prefer that ________is like it is today, rather than the way it was when I was growing up.
11-Aug
I want to be remembered for…
12-Aug
What makes you feel like you are guilty?
13-Aug
Children should…
14-Aug
What thought is constantly pressing for attention today?
15-Aug
I accept as my responsibility…
16-Aug
What is causing me to feel ___________?
17-Aug
I have a right to my anger because…
18-Aug
Describe your first puppy love.
19-Aug
I want… because I need…..
20-Aug
Talk about your grandparents
21-Aug
Tell of a time when you had to be able to physically endure
22-Aug
Talk about "If you walk in the mist, you get wet"
23-Aug
What do you eat when you are in love?
24-Aug
Pick any topic and write on it
25-Aug
Talk about your belief about children being mistakes.
26-Aug
Talk about your choice in friends.
27-Aug
Which disease would you cure if you were give the power to end one disease?
28-Aug
What makes you feel most secure?
29-Aug
Under what conditions would you approve of an abortion?
30-Aug
Are you trustworthy?
31-Aug
Have you ever wanted to kill anyone?

2001-05-18T08:48:00.001-04:00

September Writing Prompts

1-Sep
Where do you go to find inspiration? Describe it?
2-Sep
Describe in detail each of your primary supportive relationships?
3-Sep
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
4-Sep
What is it to be alive?
5-Sep
Describe your solution to world hunger. Is there such a thing?
6-Sep
What was the most difficult subject in school for you, talk about what made it so..
7-Sep
If you could be any non-living thing, what would you want to be….
8-Sep
You know that same thing has happened over and over to me. Describe what happens.
9-Sep
It was better when I was growing up because of….
10-Sep
What is it like to be touched by someone you love? Describe that feeling.
11-Sep
When you are criticized I feel…
12-Sep
Neighbors should…
13-Sep
I like to be alone because…
14-Sep
What could you do to open your heart today…
15-Sep
What conflicts do I have inside right now?
16-Sep
I have a right to be sad because…
17-Sep
How have you ended relationships?
18-Sep
Talk about the light that you see outside right now
19-Sep
Talk about your parents
20-Sep
Write about a random line from any book you just open up.
21-Sep
Talk about why you write or journal.
22-Sep
What part of your body is most sensuous
23-Sep
Who is your ultimate audience for your writing?
24-Sep
If you could have chosen your gender, which would you have chosen and what leads you to that choice?
25-Sep
What food won't you eat, no matter what?
26-Sep
Would you donate an organ? Which one? Under what conditions?
27-Sep
What would it take for you to walk naked down the street?
28-Sep
Would you like to be informed of the circumstances of your death, including when?
29-Sep
Is your life impacting others?
30-Sep
Would you ever have an affair? What is your value about affairs?

2001-05-18T08:48:00.000-04:00

October Writing Prompts

1-Oct
Open the dictionary and pick a word at random, write your journal entry about that word.
2-Oct
What in life gives you pain?
3-Oct
Create a story around a family event
4-Oct
Do you let dogs lick your face? Why or why not? How did you decide to be that way?
5-Oct
How much should we sacrifice to say an animal?
6-Oct
What subject was the easiest for you in school, what motivated to love that subject?
7-Oct
I love the color ________. It reminds me of……
8-Oct
What things have you desired and then received?
9-Oct
I am always proud of my child(ren) for….
10-Oct
When I think about Jealousy I…
11-Oct
What do you do when you feel stuck?
12-Oct
People should…
13-Oct
I don't like to be alone because…
14-Oct
Record your favorite poem.
15-Oct
What kind of help do you need to resolve those feelings?
16-Oct
I have a right to be happy because…
17-Oct
What did your partner bring out in you during the relationship?
18-Oct
I remember…
19-Oct
Talk about your extended family.
20-Oct
Write a letter to a best friend.
21-Oct
What qualities do you like in a friend?
22-Oct
Describe a time when you felt erotic.
23-Oct
Talk about how you feel about masturbation.
24-Oct
If you could be give one skill or ability, which would you want?
25-Oct
Describe a time when you were drunk.
26-Oct
What is on time in your opinion?
27-Oct
If you could change your sex, would you? Talk about your answer.
28-Oct
What should people not make fun of?
29-Oct
How much touch is comfortable with you? With family? With friends? With strangers?
30-Oct
If someone looked in your top drawer of your dresser, what would they learn about you?
31-Oct
Do you ever challenge the rules? Describe on instance.

2001-05-18T08:45:00.000-04:00

November Writing Prompts

1-Nov
What was it like to be a child?
2-Nov
Imagine that you could be invisible in any scene you wanted, what would it be?
3-Nov
How close can someone stand to you? What does it feel like when someone is too close?
4-Nov
What does the love of a pet feel like?
5-Nov
My spiritual life today is…..
6-Nov
Describe your favorite piece of music.
7-Nov
I don't think that I will ever get to do…
8-Nov
I wish I done… when my children were little.
9-Nov
Behind my anger is…
10-Nov
Who makes decisions in your life, talk about that some.
11-Nov
What is it like to be dependant on others
12-Nov
In the eyes of my ideal lover I am…
13-Nov
Write a new poem.
14-Nov
How can you ask for help?
15-Nov
How is your anger and rage different; the same?
16-Nov
Without my relationship with ________I would _________.
17-Nov
Talk about something you feel intensely about…
18-Nov
Tell me about the night sky
19-Nov
Talk about "Teach in order to learn"
20-Nov
Using words to show a picture, describe the world you live in.
21-Nov
Explore the concept of "Nothingness"
22-Nov
What topics do you avoid talking about, and what is that about?
23-Nov
What could you do to help others today?
24-Nov
Talk about your feelings about drugs.
25-Nov
What are you willing to do for wealth?
26-Nov
When in your life have you experienced the most growth?
27-Nov
What is it like to cry?
28-Nov
What one thing in your life do you regret the most?
29-Nov
What would you like to be remembered for?
30-Nov
Recall a dream you had, How did you feel in the dream?

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December Writing Prompts

1-Dec
Who listened to you during your life?
2-Dec
Who do you get along with in your family?
3-Dec
What do you look for to tell if someone loves you?
4-Dec
Imagine you are present as an adult at your birth, what would your thoughts be?
5-Dec
List 15 people who have help shape who you are today, either positively or negatively
6-Dec
I really like the musician __________because
7-Dec
Tell of a time you got a wish that you then wished you hadn't gotten
8-Dec
On thing I liked about my mother when she was a child was…
9-Dec
My life will be better when…
10-Dec
How do you best relax, describe the process.
11-Dec
What is it like to be independent?
12-Dec
What I like best about being by myself is…
13-Dec
What do you need more than intimacy?
14-Dec
When I see ____________, I think of….
15-Dec
Write about what it feels like to listen intently to someone else.
16-Dec
My definition of intimacy is…
17-Dec
Pick any color and write about where you have seen that color today, and what feelings that brings up.
18-Dec
Tell me about experiences at the beach
19-Dec
Where do you come from?
20-Dec
Talk about what success is to you.
21-Dec
Why should you write?
22-Dec
What has sustained your soul?
23-Dec
Do you prefer being with men or women?
24-Dec
If you could have only one possession, what would you choose, talk about your choice.
25-Dec
When did you stop believing in Santa Claus?
26-Dec
How many sexual experiences have you had? Describe one.
27-Dec
Have you ever sought revenge? What did you do?
28-Dec
When was the last time you said something you did not mean?
29-Dec
If you had to kill a cow to get a steak, could you?
30-Dec
Write about "Everything Flows"
31-Dec
What is the meaning of life to you?