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Prompt Yourself: Weekly Prompts April 17–23

Prompts to tempt your muses

Welcome to the sixteenth week of writing prompts here at PW. Can you believe that April is halfway over already? This month is flying by fast. Keep in mind that it is NAPOWRIMO and you can use any of the prompts to write poetry, even the fiction prompts.

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 multiple. 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 (…), choose 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:

— yesterday’s news — the day after — dead flowers in a vase

Tuesday Twosome

Conceptual theme — Villain Twosome — Dreadful and Deadly

Wednesday’s Either/Or

Either Rejoice or Despair

Thursday’s Thoughts

“When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty, but of her weirdness. They wanted her to change back into what she always had been. But she had wings.” ― Dean Jackson, The Poetry of Oneness: Illuminating Awareness of the True Self

Fiction Friday

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

— an annoying noise in the dark — a harrowing escape —a bungling burglar

Random Words Saturday

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

• concentrate
• fluctuation
• incongruous
• tendency
• horseshoe
• movement
• temporary
• warrant
• forestry
• fossil

Spiritual Sunday

How do you overcome adversity?

Bonus Prompt — Write a ‘what you might have been’ 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