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Prompt Yourself: Weekly Prompts April 10–16

Prompts to tempt your muses

Welcome to the fifteenth week of writing prompts here at PW. My apologies for this being a bit late :::insert health excuse::: Remember, April is NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month)! If you are poetically-inclined, it would be a great time to attempt a poem-a-day. And maybe, just maybe, a prompt or two here will spark a poem for you!

Reminder #1 — You do not have to use just PW’s prompts to submit work here. We accept prompted work from any publications’ prompts. You also do not have to use prompts to submit your work here. We are also an open publication for established and new writers.

Reminder #2 — Please be sure to use the correct Reader Interest Tags when you submit your pieces so your work lands in their perspective places on the homepage. They are — Poetry, Fiction, Essay, or Articles. Please only use ONE, not multiples. Your other four tags can be whatever you wish them to be.

Reminder #3 — Please ONLY submit drafts. To do this, once you have finished your piece, instead of hitting the Publish button, click on the three dots (…), chose Add to Publication, click on Promptly Written, and then submit. This will put it into my queue and I will publish it on my end.

Reminder #4 — Each week, you will find prompts for Monday-Sunday. However, you do not have to use them in the order they are written. Browse them all and use only the ones that resonate with you. Submit your work any time during the week (or long after!).

Are you ready? Great! Let’s get to prompting!

Remember, if you previously wrote for PW, you will need to go to the Submission Guidelines and ask to be a writer again.

How This Works

1. You may use these prompts to write poetry, fiction, an essay, creative non-fiction, or an article.
2. You may submit here at PW, to any publication that accepts prompts from other publications or self-publish on your own page.
3. Please include a link to the prompt at the bottom of your story. This is so I know the piece is a prompted response.
4. If you submit anywhere besides PW, please include a link to the prompt at the bottom of your story and add a tag back to me so that I do not miss reading your story (@ravynehawke)
5. Have fun!

Moody Monday

Write a ‘moody’ piece around any of the following:

— friendships from the past — just another day — rain puddles

Tuesday Twosome

Conceptual theme — Purge Twosome —Clarification and Catharsis

Wednesday’s Either/Or

Either Level or Awry

Thursday’s Thoughts

“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Fiction Friday

Use any or all of the following concepts for a story:

— an odd couple — a midnight rendezvous — adrift in the void

Random Words Saturday

Choose up to 5 of these 10 random words (you may use any form of these words):

• cherry
• mixture
• garage
• laboratory
• mosaic
• ferry
• invite
• compromise
• attract
• mirror

Spiritual Sunday

Who are your Spiritual role models? What are the most important lessons you’ve learned from them?

Bonus Prompt — Write a ‘busy-bee’ themed poem, flash fiction story (500 words or less), or essay.

There you have it, me lovelies! A week’s worth of prompts to tempt your muses. I look forward to reading your submissions.

~Ravyne Hawke, EIC