Do you want to keep your writing brain active, even if you’re not working on a project at the moment? Once a week I’ll give you writing prompts in three different forms: a person, object or place; a starting point, and an image.
I suggest you use one, two, or all three of these together as prompts for a micro-story (250 words or fewer). On the go? Write it on your smartphone or in a little notebook.
If you are working on a longer project, notice whether any of these gives you a new idea about some aspect of that.
Don’t worry about making it perfect or whether it’ll get published-–although if you like it, why not publish it on your blog or send it to a friend?
The person, object or place: publisher's office
The starting point: Your protagonist thinks he's having a heart attack.
The image:
(Another way to stimulate your mind is to read what some of the greatest writers have said about how to write well. They include Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edna Ferber, F. Scott Fitzgerald and 100 more--all in Your Creative Writing Masterclass, my newest book from Nicholas Brealey Publishing. You can get it now from Amazon and other booksellers.)
