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A Pensive on Writing Place
Use the opening passages from these novels to inspire a piece of your own writing. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez starts in a village: Macondo was…
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An Ostentation of Peacocks
I’ve had some preparation time by supplying daily prompts for a writer friend in (non-sick) quarantine so thought I’d share some with you. Include any of the following in your…
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Pensive questions for character creation
A selection of writing prompts based on questions.
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Pensives – 14 June 2021
Choose one of the following prompts to write 500 words: Choose a formative event in your life. Write the scene with setting details, who was there, what happened.Write a significant…
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Unforgettable Experiences
My husband and I love to travel and we have had many great experiences. However, there is one that stands out and that we will remember forever. In Mexico, we…
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Pensive 3 May 2021
We hadn’t noticed anything at first, and we’d had a few drinks. It was the first night of our last vacation in the boondocks of Louisiana. There was something .…
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Monday Muse 5 April
Choose one of these to get the pen moving across the page! Write about an experience at a fairground. Use all the senses so the reader is transported to the…
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Philological Challenge
This is taken from Vanessa Feltz' Breakfast Show. You are given four rarely used words and asked to weave them into a short paragraph or poem. Crottle - A common lichen…
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Your Monday Muse for Valentine’s Day
With Valentine's Day coming up, here are some connected writing prompts in a Plain and Pearl format. Write 50 to 500 words inspired by one, more, or all of the…