For many people, February is the month of love. For me, it has a significance of a different kind, albeit still heart-related – because February is also International CHD Awareness Month, with 14 February being Sweetheart Day. I’ve put together a set of prompts that riff off all of this. While Valentine’s Day brings with […]
I love words. I love reading them and I love writing them. But I’m also a great procrastinator. For me, the hardest part of writing is getting started. I find myriad ways to not turn up to the page. I wondered whether having a set of prompts that were simple but open to interpretation might […]
I recently had a friend tell me her son had created an imaginary world, but was worried about not being able to get his creative ideas out of his head. I love encouraging and supporting into young writers, so I’m developing a series of prompts to help him share the world he’s creating. Maybe these […]
Sometimes, it’s easy to leap into the next scene we’re creating with little prompting. We know what needs to happen next and all that’s needed is to sit down and begin. Other times, a little more motivation is required. This month, I’ve created a number of creative writing prompts that I hope will be useful […]
These creative prompts are designed to gently ease our way back into writing (or any other art form) as we step into a new year. They can be used whether you wish to reflect on your own life, that of an ancestor or that of a fictional character. Use them as short warm-up exercises, integrate […]
It’s been pretty wet and cold where I live – and so dark in the mornings. I’m usually a morning person, with a walk around a nearby lake almost every day, even when my walking partner cancels on me at the last minute. But even I haven’t been forcing myself out of bed the last […]