Writing Prompt Wednesday #6
Pick your own path
This year I have a personal goal to do more writing “play”, and so I’m creating weekly prompts for myself which I’ll also share online, in case you’d like to join me. Teachers, you’re welcome to have your classes write with me too! I’m calling this practice Writing Prompt Wednesday and will post the prompts on my website, Instagram, Blue Sky, and Substack.1
This week’s prompt provides you with a first line, but also the opportunity to let your imagination go wild. Things I’m asking myself are: Is this an elevator in a real-world setting or fantasy? Why is my character in an elevator and what kind of building are they in? What were they anticipating before the doors opened that would prompt disbelief at what they see next?
I like to mull over possibilities and push my thinking beyond the first ideas that pop into my head until I land on something that hooks my interest more sharply than my other ideas. Something that strikes me as fun or compelling to explore in writing. That “something” will be different for each of us, which is one of the wonderful things about creativity and storytelling. Even when we begin in the same place, the story path we follow is going to be different and uniquely our own.
You can find previous prompts and my responses here.
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