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Prompts -15 – 31 March 2021

March 15

Comfort zone

What are you more comfortable with — routine and planning, or laissez-faire spontaneity?

March 16

Show and tell

You’ve been asked to do a five-minute presentation to a group of young schoolchildren on the topic of your choice. Describe your presentation.

March 17

Bone of contention

Pick a contentious issue about which you care deeply — it could be the same-sex marriage debate, or just a disagreement you’re having with a friend. Write a post defending the opposite position, and then reflect on what it was like to do that.

March 18

Impossible

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – the White Queen, Alice in Wonderland. What are the six impossible things you believe in? (If you can only manage one or two, that’s also okay.)

March 19

Menagerie

Do you have animals in your life? If yes, what do they mean to you? If no, why have you opted not to?

March 20

INTJ

Do parties and crowds fill you with energy, or send you scurrying for peace and quiet?

March 21

Bedtime stories

What was your favorite book as a child? Did it influence the person you are now?

March 22

Stranded

You’re stranded in a foreign city for a day with no money

and no friends. Where do you go; what do you do?

March 23

Local flavor

Write a piece about a typically “local” experience from where you come from as though it’s an entry in a travel guide.

March 24

Competition

What activity, task, or game most brings out your competitive streak?

March 25

Idyllic

What does your ideal community look like? How is it organised, and how is community life structured? What values does the community share?

March 26

Déjà vu

Have you ever truly felt déjà vu, the sensation that you’ve already had the experience you’re currently having?

March 27

Judgment day

If you were to judge your favorite book by its cover, would you still read it?

March 28

Happy happy joy joy

We cry for lots of reasons: sadness, pain, fear . . . and happiness.When was the last time you shed tears of joy?

March 29

Trading spaces

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a member of the opposite sex for a day? What do you think life would be like?

March 30

Five a day

You’ve being exiled to a private island, and your captors will only supply you with five foods. What do you pick?

March 31

Odd couple

Does a messy home (or office) make you anxious and cranky, or is cleaning something you just do before company comes over?

Prompts – 22-28 Feb 2021

February 22 – Seconds

Describe the most satisfying meal you’ve ever eaten, in glorious detail.

February 23 – B+

Write about what you did last weekend as though you’re a music critic reviewing a new album.

February 24 – Buffalo nickel

Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you

find. What were you doing that year?

February 25 – Cliché

Clichés become clichés for a reason. Tell us about the last time a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush for you.

February 26 – Happily ever after

“And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there?

February 27 – Comedy of errors

Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Write about a time everything did — fiction

encouraged here, too!

Bonus assignment: do you keep a notebook next to your bed?Good. Tomorrow morning, jot down the first thought you have upon waking, whether or not it’s coherent.

February 28 – First light

Remember yesterday, when you wrote down the first thought you had this morning? Great. Now write a post

about it.

Prompts – 15 -22 2021

February 15 – Proud

When was the last time someone told you they were proud of you?

February 16 – The clock

Write about anything you’d like. Somewhere in your post, include the sentence, “I heard the car door slam, and immediately looked at the clock.”

February 17 – Mentor

Have you ever had a mentor? What was the greatest lesson you learned from him or her?

February 18 – Far from normal

Many of us think of our lives as boringly normal, while others live the high life. Take a step back, and take a look at your life as an outsider might. Now, tell us at least six unique, exciting, or just plain odd things about yourself.

February 19 – Nightmares

Describe the last nightmare you remember having. What do you think it meant?

February 20 – A plot of earth

You’re given a plot of land and have the financial resources to do what you please. What’s the plan?

February 21 – Undo

If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Discuss why, potential repercussions, or a possible alternative.