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Prompt Yourself: Weekly Prompts Feb 19–25
Prompts to tempt your muses
Welcome to the eighth week of writing prompts here at PW. My apologies for the prompts being a day late. You can read why here. I want to once again thank all the writers who continue to use my prompts. It is your enthusiasm that keeps me going.
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
- You may use these prompts to write poetry, fiction, an essay, creative non-fiction, or an article.
- You may submit here at PW, to any publication that accepts prompts from other publications, or self-publish on your own page.
- Please include a link to the prompt at the bottom of your story. This is so I know the piece is a prompted response.
- 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)
- Have fun!
Moody Monday
Write a ‘moody’ piece around the following:
— a friendly competition — amused — last one standing
Tuesday Twosome
Conceptual theme — dark thoughts Twosome — alarming & atrocious
Wednesday’s Either/Or
Either hopeful or distraught
Thursday’s Thoughts
“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
Fiction Friday
Use the following line somewhere in a story:
The floorboards groaned beneath my feet.
Random Words Saturday
Choose up to 5 of these 10 random words (you may use any form of these words):
- tumble
- request
- chauvinist
- project
- endorse
- scramble
- open
- discrimination
- fixture
- formal
Spiritual Sunday
What is your greatest attribute? What is your worst?
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