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Prompt Yourself: Weekly Prompts Mar 13–19
Prompts to tempt your muses
Welcome to the eleventh week of writing prompts here at PW. This is an exciting week ahead for me — two of me besties have birthdays and St. Patrick’s Day. This (mostly) Irish gal loves St. Patrick’s Day! And for once, I’ve mailed out the birthday cards and St. Patrick’s Day cards ahead of time. OMGoodness! Does this mean I am slightly organized? 😂 I’ve put in a concerted effort to be more organized this year. How about the rest of you? Is being more organized one of your intentions for 2023? Let me know in the comments. In the meantime, let’s get down with the prompting! I have some juicy ones for you this week.
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 any of the following:
— Follow the rainbow — Where does it lead? — a joyful noise — lost in the land of the Fae
Tuesday Twosome
Conceptual theme — Luck Twosome — Fate and Fortitude
Wednesday’s Either/Or
Either fluidity or stagnation
Thursday’s Thoughts
“Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.” ― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Fiction Friday
Use any or all of the following concepts for a story:
— a honey trap — the last voyage home — “What did you say?”
Random Words Saturday
Choose up to 5 of these 10 random words (you may use any form of these words):
- invite
- shelter
- endorse
- situation
- virtue
- position
- hiccup
- remark
- introduce
- addicted
Spiritual Sunday
How do you celebrate your successes?
Bonus Prompt
Write a St. Patrick’s Day-themed poem, flash fiction story (under 500 words), 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
