nanowrimo prompts

November 19 Prompt – Hiding Places

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Shannon from Writers in the Grove and a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

Describe your hiding place as a child…one inside and one out in nature.

Make it so rich in texture and senses, you can save it as your “special place” to go to in your mind.

November 18 Prompt – Good and Evil

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Everett Goodwin of Writers in the Grove and is a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

Put your character(s) in a situation where they have to explain the difference between good and evil and how it guides their choices.

November 17 Prompt – Favorite Childhood Toy

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Writers in the Grove member, Bev Walker, and a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

What was your character’s favorite childhood toy? Why?

Where did it come from?

What happened to it?

November 16 Prompt – Wind

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Mary Jane Nordgren of Writers in the Grove and is a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

This is a simple or complicated prompt. Use it as you wish.

Wind

November 15 Prompt – Wake Up Call

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Ann Farley, member of Writers in the Grove, and a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

Wake your characters up. What is their first thought upon waking? What surfaces?

Do they remember a dream? Have a plan of action? Face a fear?

November 14 Prompt – Favorite Chair

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Bev Walker, Writers in the Grove member, and a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

Put your character in a favorite chair. Describe them in the chair and why this is a favorite.

November 13 Prompt – The Hat

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Gretchen, a Writers in the Grove member, and a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

Put a hat on your character.

What would it look like?

Why would they have a hat put on them?

Would they wear it?

Describe the hat, the situation, and the character’s reaction.

November 12 Prompt – Take Their Breath Away

Writers in the Grove NaNoWriMo Prompt a Day badgeThe following prompt is by Susan Schmidlin, member of Writers in the Grove, and a part of our Prompt-a-Day project to support NaNoWriMo during November 2015. Each prompt was generously donated by our Writers in the Grove members. You are welcome to take this prompt in any direction you wish.

Stop your characters in their tracks to admire a sunset that takes their breath away.

Describe the moment in meticulous detail using all of your senses.