The following are a list of our prompts for Writers in the Grove, a writing support group in Forest Grove, Oregon. Our group offers weekly prompts presented during our weekly group meetings, as well as a Prompt-a-Day during NaNoWriMo each November.
NaNoWriMo Prompts
- 2017 November 30 Prompt
- 2017 November 29 Prompt
- 2017 November 28 Prompt
- 2017 November 27 Prompt
- 2017 November 26 Prompt
- 2017 November 25 Prompt
- 2017 November 24 Prompt
- 2017 November 23 Prompt
- 2017 November 22 Prompt
- 2017 November 21 Prompt
- 2017 November 20 Prompt
- 2017 November 19 Prompt
- 2017 November 18 Prompt
- 2017 November 17 Prompt
- 2017 November 16 Prompt
- 2017 November 15 Prompt
- 2017 November 13 Prompt
- 2017 November 12 Prompt
- 2017 November 11 Prompt
- 2017 November 10 Prompt
- 2017 November 9 Prompt
- 2017 November 8 Prompt
- 2017 November 7 Prompt
- 2017 November 6 Prompt
- 2017 November 5 Prompt
- 2017 November 4 Prompt
- 2017 November 2 Prompt
- 2017 November 1 Prompt
- 2017 November 14 Prompt
- 2017 November 3 Prompt
- November 30 Prompt – Done It
- November 29 Prompt – Meet Love
- November 28 Prompt – The Betrayal
- November 27 Prompt – The Letter
- November 26 Prompt – The Magnifying Glass
- November 25 Prompt – A Little Chill
- November 24 Prompt – Cat Stares
- November 23 Prompt – The Business Card
- November 22 Prompt – Take a Step
- November 21 Prompt – Attic Playthings
- November 20 Prompt – Rewrite a Fight
- November 19 Prompt – The Way of the Water Flow
- November 18 Prompt – Stone Feet
- November 17 Prompt – Love’s Crush
- November 16 Prompt – Changing Art
- November 15 Prompt – Butterfly Views
- November 14 Prompt – In the Attic
- November 13 Prompt – Family
- November 12 Prompt – Growth
- November 11 Prompt – Sports
- November 10 Prompt – Walking
- November 9 Prompt – Big Mistake
- November 8 Prompt – Holidays
- November 7 Prompt – Mad
- November 6 Prompt – Favorite Food
- November 5 Prompt – Friends
- November 4 Prompt – Colors Everywhere
- November 3 Prompt – The Sniff Memory
- November 2 Prompt – Your Fortune
- November 1 Prompt – Weaving
- November 30 Prompt – WalMart
- November 29 Prompt – Shopping
- November 28 Prompt – Despair
- November 27 Prompt – Policies
- November 26 Prompt – Body Parts
- Prompt 25: A Yellow Rose
- November 24 Prompt – Finest Meal
- November 23 Prompt – The Pet
- November 22 Prompt – Fear Sensations
- November 21 Prompt – Leaving Home
- Prompt 20: Winter
- November 19 Prompt – Hiding Places
- November 18 Prompt – Good and Evil
- November 17 Prompt – Favorite Childhood Toy
- November 16 Prompt – Wind
- November 15 Prompt – Wake Up Call
- November 14 Prompt – Favorite Chair
- November 13 Prompt – The Hat
- November 12 Prompt – Take Their Breath Away
- November 11 Prompt – The Internet
- November 10 Prompt – Autumn
- November 9 Prompt – Tiptoe Among Friends
- November 8 Prompt – The Excuse
- November 7 Prompt – The History of a Place
- November 6 Prompt – Diagnosis
- November 5 Prompt – The Land
- November 4 Prompt – The Cat
- November 3 Prompt – Uncomfortable
- November 2 Prompt – The Answer is Blue
- Prompt 1: The Planet
- A Prompt a Day for NaNoWriMo
Weekly Prompts
- PROMPT: TWO OPTIONS
- PROMPT: “A PLACE TO HIDE” AND “DESCRIBE A SOUND”
- PROMPT: “WHO’S THERE?” AND “UNDER THE BED”
- PROMPT: A WHISPER HEARD IN CHILDHOOD
- PROMPT: (1)THE SHERIFF (2)NATIONAL HUGGING DAY (3)I WAS WRONG…
- PROMPT: (1) EXCERPT FROM “THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI” (2)SUNRISE/SUNSET
- PROMPT: (1)When Winter Stage Becomes Nature’s Performance (2)CARAMEL/CARMEL
- PROMPT: TWO OPTIONS
- PROMPT: WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT…
- PROMPT: A PICTURE
- PROMPT: EXPRESS A STRONG FEELING
- PROMPT: 1)HALLOWEEN MEMORY 2)AUTUMN LEAVES
- PROMPT: 3 PROMPTS
- PROMPT: A FOUR LETTER WORD CONTAINING “R” AND “S”
- PROMPT: TWO PROMPTS FROM SATURDAY GROUP MEETING
- PROMPT: A PET YOU REALLY WANTED AS A CHILD BUT NEVER GOT
- PROMPT: (THREE OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM)
- PROMPT: SYZYGY
- PROMPT: 1)RUNNING WATER 2)YELLOW FALL OF LEAVES
- PROMPT: (1) LABOR (2) PEACE, LOVE AND MUDDY PAWS
- PROMPT: NIGHT SKY
- PROMPT: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
- PROMPT: THREE PROMPTS
- PROMPT: 50 WORD STORY — OR — …FROM CHILDHOOD
- PROMPT: THREE PROMPTS
- PROMPT: SUMMER MISCHIEF
- PROMPT: MAKE A LIST THAT TELLS A STORY
- PROMPT: RED, WHITE, BLUE
- PROMPT: SOMETHING BEING BUILT OR SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS OF COLLAPSING
- PROMPT: A SETTING… A FIGURE… A SINGLE WORD
- PROMPT: A SETTING, A CHARACTER, A SOUND
- PROMPT: A MEMORY, OR A MEMORIAL
- PROMPT: MOTHER ANGEL, MOTHER HUMAN
- PROMPT: ‘A SPOOL OF BLACK THREAD’ –OR– ‘I HATE TO TELL THE TRUTH WHEN I KNOW IT WILL CAUSE PAIN, BUT…’
- PROMPT: TIME MACHINE
- PROMPT: FOUR WORDS — TEMPLE, MOSQUE, CATHEDRAL, SYNAGOGUE
- PROMPT: WELL KNOWN PROVERBS
- PROMPT: TWO PROMPT OPTIONS
- PROMPT: A POEM BY PAULANN PETERSEN
- PROMPT: A TIP ON DIALOGUE
- PROMPT: TWO PROMPT OPTIONS
- PROMPT: UH-OH…
- PROMPT: A TIP ON STYLE
- PROMPT: SOMETHING HIDDEN IN YOUR CLOSET OR UNDER THE BED
- PROMPT: LETTING GO
- YOUR PASSION
- PROMPT: TWO PROMPTS TO CHOOSE FROM
- PROMPT: THE REFUGEES
- PROMPT: TAKEN FROM THE BOOK “MOSAIC”, BY ROBIN WHITE TURTLE LYSNE
- PROMPT: DREAD THE REDHEAD DEAD
- FROM QUIET
- PROMPT: HOW WOULD YOU REVEAL A CHARACTER ONLY THROUGH A LETTER THEY WROTE?
- PROMPT: QUIET
- PROMPT: WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE?
- PROMPT: READING AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO YOU AS A WRITER
- PROMPT: CHANGE IN YOU
- PROMPT: WRITE A DESCRIPTION OF A BIRD OR OTHER ANIMAL
- PROMPT: SENSING TRANSITIONS
- Prompt-a-Month: Looking Down
- MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2018: NO MEETING WILL BE HELD. THE SENIOR CENTER WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.
- PROMPT: WRITE ABOUT A MEMORABLE DATE …. GOOD OR BAD.
- PROMPT: CREATING CHARACTER EMPATHY
- PROMPT: LIGHT AND DREAM
- PROMPT: SCOOBY-DOO COURT CASE
- A “FIRST” EXPERIENCE
- Prompt-a-Month: The Letter Opened
- PROMPT FOR JULY 30,2018: THERE WERE TWO PROMPTS GIVEN TODAY.
- PROMPT: WRITE ABOUT A “FIRST” EVENT IN YOUR LIFE
- PROMPT: A CHILDHOOD MEMORY …
- PROMPT: MOMENTS, NOT WORDS
- PROMPT: 3 OPTIONS FOR TODAY’S MEETING
- Prompt-a-Month: First Thoughts
- ANOTHER SIDE
- PROMPT: BOTH SIDES
- PROMPT: PANTOUM
- PROMPT: 3 QUOTES TO USE AS PROMPTS
- PROMPT (1): I CAN HANDLE THIS. PROMPT (2): A POOL OF MILK UNDER THE CIRCLE OF THE MOON.
- Prompt-a-Month: Favorite Toy
- MONDAY, MAY 28 2018: NO MEETING WILL BE HELD AS IT IS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE SENIOR CENTER WILL BE CLOSED.
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: SOMETIMES?… MAYBE? …
- PROMPT: LIFE IS …
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: “OH, NO!”
- PROMPT: SOMETHING FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD
- PROMPT: ERUPTION
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: GLASS TUBE OR GLASS TUNNEL
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: BOWL
- PROMPT: “THE GRIEVING WIDOW….”
- Prompt-a-Month: Windows
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: WRITE A POEM
- PROMPT: ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT…”
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: THE POEM “THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER” BY MARY OLIVER
- PROMPT: AN INSTRUMENT AND AN ODOR
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: THE POEM “ON TRAVELING TO BEAUTIFUL PLACES” BY MARY OLIVER
- PROMPT: LABELS WE PUT ON CHILDREN
- 3rd Grade Gaston Students
- Prompt-a-Month: Children’s Table
- PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
- PROMPT: MUSIC
- PROMPT: BEING WHO YOU ARE AND PROUD OF IT
- Prompt: Preoccupation of Humankind
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