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Spring into Writing: 30 Prompts for a Creative April
Spring into Writing: 30 Prompts for a Creative April
Writing prompts for the Challenged
Julia A. Keirns
Mar 30
Amusing April Random Questions
Amusing April Random Questions
Tell me more
Lynn L. Alexander
Apr 14
Mayday! Mayday! We Need Ideas!
Mayday! Mayday! We Need Ideas!
Prompt ideas for May
Nancy Oglesby
Apr 23
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It Ain’t Easy Being Bad
It Ain’t Easy Being Bad
Deanna Bugalski 💋 wants us to imagine being a villain.
Paul Gardner
Apr 29
Diary of a Domestic Villain: Confessions of a Chaos Queen
Diary of a Domestic Villain: Confessions of a Chaos Queen
Mild chaos. Major laughs. Maximum mischief.
Deanna Bugalski 💋
Apr 29
The Housecleaner’s Dead Fiancée
The Housecleaner’s Dead Fiancée
Talk about a small world!
Carole Olsen
Apr 29
If I Had a Maid For a Day
If I Had a Maid For a Day
I’d ask her to marry me
Adrienne Beaumont
Apr 28
My Poor Maid
My Poor Maid
Whatever will she do?
Paula Shablo
Apr 28
What Caused My Third Marriage To Fall Apart?
What Caused My Third Marriage To Fall Apart?
Intermittent Explosive Disorder was a condition I’d never heard about until the relationship was irrevocably broken
Janice Macdonald
Apr 28
Our Upstairs, Downstairs Experience
Our Upstairs, Downstairs Experience
Holly Emery gives us a maid for the day and asks what she and we will do.
Paul Gardner
Apr 28
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning
You’ve got the power
Rodrigo S-C
Apr 28
I Was Patient Waiting for My Babies to Arrive
I Was Patient Waiting for My Babies to Arrive
But not my first grandchild
Adrienne Beaumont
Apr 27
Hospital Wedding
Hospital Wedding
Not the way we planned it
Snappy One
Apr 27
Anticipation
Anticipation
Good things are worth the wait
Snappy One
Apr 27
A Breakdown on Highway 63 and the Kindness of Strangers
A Breakdown on Highway 63 and the Kindness of Strangers
Iban Van der Zeyp requests a story about a car.
Paul Gardner
Apr 27
I’ll Never Catch Up
I’ll Never Catch Up
Or will I?
Paula Shablo
Apr 27
I Wrecked Two Car Engines Within a Month
I Wrecked Two Car Engines Within a Month
The Challenged writing prompt of April 26th
Iban Van der Zeyp
Apr 26
It’s Time I Told You About My Fleet of Cars
It’s Time I Told You About My Fleet of Cars
Imagine owning more than 100!
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Apr 25
A Horse And Buggy Hit Our Car
A Horse And Buggy Hit Our Car
Cars are like pets. They are part of the family.
Salsam
Apr 25
Jazz Lacks Pizzazz
Jazz Lacks Pizzazz
Oh my…what a mess!
Rodrigo S-C
Apr 25
If My Car Could Talk, the Stories It Would Tell
If My Car Could Talk, the Stories It Would Tell
I could write a series!
Adrienne Beaumont
Apr 25
It Happened in the Sunshine
It Happened in the Sunshine
The sounds I heard when I closed my eyes
Janet Benlien Reeves
Apr 24
My Favorite Breakfast Cereal Will Surprise You
My Favorite Breakfast Cereal Will Surprise You
Some like it hot, some like it cold
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
Apr 24
Oregano, Outer Space, and Other Odd Questions
Oregano, Outer Space, and Other Odd Questions
Some reflections through spices, dreams, and the little things that make life home
Eleanor Writer
Apr 24
It’s 3 AM
It’s 3 AM
Julia A. Keirns gets the juices flowing: "A door appears in your house that wasn’t there before — where does it lead?”
Paul Gardner
Apr 24
What Have I Done and What Haven’t I?
What Have I Done and What Haven’t I?
List 10 things you have never done and 10 things you have
Iban Van der Zeyp
Apr 24
More Nonsense
More Nonsense
Ten Questions/Ten Answers
Nancy Oglesby
Apr 23
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