Comments on: A Month of Writing Prompts —Summer Edition

By: dholcomb1

dholcomb1 — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:56:15 +0000

Fun ideas. I've never used them, but I can see how they can be a useful tool, especially when in a writing funk.

denise

By: Kris Maze

Kris Maze — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 22:44:21 +0000

In reply to katherineholom9332. I'm glad you appreciated them, Katherine! Hope you can take your own characters for a ride and see what they do. Have fun writing. Kris

By: katherineholom9332

katherineholom9332 — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 04:14:21 +0000

Great collection of prompts. Thank you!

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:24:03 +0000

In reply to M. Lee Scott.

Hi M.

I wonder what people around me thought about me as I was giggling while writing these. Sheesh!

I hope you have fun using prompts and it gives your writing a boost!

Kris

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:18:23 +0000

In reply to JL Nich Author SFF.

Hi JL,
As a plotter myself, I appreciate your dedication to structure and don't believe it is weird. 🙂

Writing prompts are helpful when a writer is stuck or has a passage that is bland or needs pizazz, in my opinion.

Trying to write out scenes outside your planned story could add unexpected twists and details that could add some zest to a project.

One thing that keeps writers from using prompts is that it takes time away their main writing project. Perhaps planning what you could do with the results from the writing exercise, may make it more valuable to you.

Ultimately, if writing to a prompt doesn't serve your writing process, it may not be useful to you.

One thing about writing is the process is completely up to you. Enjoy what works for you and do whatever facilities your best writing. ✍

Thanks for the comments!

Kris

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 23:06:17 +0000

In reply to Ellen. Thanks, Ellen. A picnic could be fun (unless they get carried away by ants!)

By: M. Lee Scott

M. Lee Scott — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:24:42 +0000

Kris,

These prompts are awesome! I've got quite a collection of them including a couple of books but haven't used them. A few ideas did pop into my head when I read yours!

By: JL Nich Author SFF

JL Nich Author SFF — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:15:27 +0000

Thank you for the ideas. I have to say i'm a hardcore plotter, so i've never really figured out how to utilize writing prompts. Is that weird? Am I not understanding the idea? I do look at twitter images as inspiration sometimes to generate on the fly poetry, but for my writing, I am looking at chapter beats to keep me aligned with my story and those beats are broken into paragraph beats, then sentence beats. So my story follows my plot and theme and 3 act or 4 act structures. About the only prompt I might use would be during plotting. And I rarely need something like that after I spend a few minutes talking to myself about "the worst thing possible to happen right now" or "the best thing to happen right now" or what is the external motivation vs internal motivation of my character" and "how can I get the character there". I even bought a few prompt books before but they are on my shelf over there, hanging out.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:54:34 +0000

Thanks for all these fantastic suggestions!

I will be able to use a lot of these writing prompts. It might be fun to take my antagonist on a picnic.

Your time management and writing productivity classes look awesome and just what I need.

Great post, Kris!