Prompts

November 9 Prompt – Big Mistake

The following prompt is from one of our Writers in the Grove members for our NaNoWriMo prompt-a-day project for November 2016.

Write about a big mistake made at age 18 and the consequences, for yourself or your character(s).

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November 8 Prompt – Holidays

The following prompt is from one of our Writers in the Grove members for our NaNoWriMo prompt-a-day project for November 2016.

Your prompt today is holidays.

Holidays and what they represent to you, or to your characters. Is there a holiday moment and event in your story?

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Prompt: Answers to Questions Unasked

The prompt today was based upon the concept that we often have questions we wished we’d asked parents, grandparents, and other people in our life about how they lived, but never got the chance to ask – and what you would answer if you were asked those questions by the younger generation today.

The prompt was inspired by the poem, “My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold,” by William Wordsworth, and the line:

The Child is the father of the Man…

November 5 Prompt – Friends

The following prompt is from one of our Writers in the Grove members for our NaNoWriMo prompt-a-day project for November 2016.

The prompt today is friends.

Does your character(s) have friends? Who are they? What is the relationship like? Or possibly write about what it means for your character to be a friend.

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November 3 Prompt – The Sniff Memory

The following prompt is from one of our Writers in the Grove members for our NaNoWriMo prompt-a-day project for November 2016.

Your prompt today could be done from your perspective or the perspective of your character(s).

When I smell [blank], I remember [blank].

Start filling in those blanks.

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