Summary

The Monthly Theme for March at Promptly Written is "Getting to know you."

Abstract

For the month of March, the theme at Promptly Written is "Getting to know you." The theme aims to help the editorial team and writers get to know each other better. The team encourages writers to share their bios, school days memories, childhood memories, and answers to various questions. Writers are also encouraged to use writing prompts and tag their work appropriately. The theme is meant to inspire writers to dig deep and share their experiences with others.

Opinions

The editorial team at Promptly Written is interested in getting to know their writers better.
The team encourages writers to share their stories and experiences to build a stronger community.
The theme of "Getting to know you" is meant to inspire writers to dig deep and share their experiences with others.
Writers are encouraged to use writing prompts and tag their work appropriately.
The theme is meant to help the editorial team and writers get to know each other better.

WRITING PROMPTS

Monthly Theme For March

Getting to know you

For the month of March, the theme here at Promptly Written will be

Getting to know you

PW has grown in leaps and bounds since we opened our doors in October 2021; however, we have never really gotten to know one another very well. All we know about You, our writers, is what we read through your stories. And all you know about US, the editorial team, is what you read in our newsletters, prompts and stories.

So for the month of March, the monthly theme and the writing sparks will help us all get to know one another a little bit more. It’s time to take down the masks of anonymity and invisibility and dig deep into ourselves. Show us who you are. Share only what you feel comfortable sharing with us. Anyone game for that?

How To Use Monthly Themes

Write specific poems, fiction, essays, or articles related to the theme — try using the Writing Sparks.
Choose a Daily, Weekly prompt, Photo Challenge, or select a Writing Spark, and center your piece around the theme.
Remember to tag your work appropriately and use ‘Monthly Theme’ as one of your tags if your work is centered around the theme.

Writing Sparks

Write a short bio of yourself. The bio can be no longer than 150 words (a short form). What important details about yourself do you want the world to know? If you choose to use this spark, please keep your bio within the word length, write it in third person, bold the first sentence, use a title, subtitle, an appropriate image and cite it correctly (could be one of yourself, or of your online persona, or a representative image from a free image service like Unsplash). Use the tags ‘Essay’, ‘Short Form’, ‘Bio’, and ‘Monthly Theme’. The fifth tag is your own personal choice.
Write a poem or essay about your school days — fond memories or bad memories; you choose. This could be primary school (grade school in the US), secondary school (middle and/or high school in the US), or college/university. If you choose to use this spark, be sure to tag it appropriately — ‘Essay’ or ‘Poem’ and use ‘School Days’ and ‘Monthly Theme’ as tags. This leaves you two tags of your own choosing.
Write a poem, essay, or piece of fiction about a childhood memory that holds special significance for you — good or bad. If you use this spark, be sure to tag it appropriately — ‘Essay’, ‘Poem’, or ‘Fiction’ and use ‘Childhood’ and ‘Monthly Theme’ as tags. This leaves you two tags of your own choosing.
Write an essay answering the following questions (Do not make them one word answers. Dig a little deeper and tell us why you chose the answer.) You can choose to answer all of them or just the ones that resonate with you. If you chose to use this spark, please tag it appropriately — ‘Essay’, ‘Questionnaire’ and ‘Monthly Theme’. This leaves you two tags of your own choosing.

— Who has influenced you the most in your life? (Non-famous person)

— Who is your favorite writer? (Could be a fiction writer, poet, biographer, etc.)

— How important is your religion or spiritual practice in your life?

— If you could be anywhere on Earth right now, where would it be and why?

— What is your favorite genre of music and why?

— If you could or do support a charity, which one and why?

— What time of day or night do you feel more energized and why?

— What is one of your vices? How do you feel about it? Would you change it if you could? Or why not?

— What are your hobbies?

— Who was the last person you thanked and why?

Bonus:

Write a piece of fiction using the prompt — Friends’ Night Out (you can make this autobiographical by using yourself and real life friends if you’d like or invent the kinds of friends you’d want to spend an evening with). If you choose to use this spark, tag it appropriately — ‘Fiction’ and ‘Monthly Theme’. This leaves you three tags of your own choosing.

Have a great March everyone! Take the time to introduce yourself to all of us this month. And please, do not stress yourselves out by attempting to keep up with the writing prompts here at PW. They will be available whenever the inspiration strikes!

~Ravyne Hawke, EIC