Dragon Writing Prompts

I was going to suggest you embarrass yourselves by buying one at the supermarket, but The Weekly World News is online now. :::whew!::: The p...

Write the alphabet down the side of the page. Write a fantastic food for each letter of the alphabet, like Alicia's Alluring Apples and ...

This is from the NaNoWriMo Adopt-a-plot folder where writers post extra plots they won't be using. #13: "Your female MC [main char...

The first part can stand alone or it can help you with the second part. Or you can skip the first part and try to tackle the second cold. Wo...

Write the alphabet down the side of the page. For each letter write a word that represents a sound like vroooom, glooosh, ding, splat. They ...

Using a villain from a fairy tale (or any favorite villain) write the story from her or his point of view. Keep in mind that believable vill...

This is from the NaNoWriMo Adopt-a-plot folder where writers post extra plots they won''t be using. #23: "Takes place in a dar...

Write a news item, caption or dialog for a picture. Choose your own or use the ones below. (Click on an image to go to a larger view in a ne...

Use each of the following words as verbs in sentences: racket snug green spoon boggle snake For a real challenge write them all in a single...

Write about an animal which works against type, examples: an unwise owl, a disloyal dog, a needy cat, a slow rabbit, a fast turtle. You don...

Do a free association write on the word chocolate. Just write words, phrases, thoughts, whatever that chocolate makes you think of. They don...

From The City Newsstand's (a newsstand/bookstore in Chicago) monthly MAGBAG -- Top 10 Tabloid Headlines . (Mostly from Weekly World News...

Write the alphabet vertically down the left hand side of a page. Write alliterative phrases or sentences that begin with each letter of the ...

From Writersdigest.com . They have daily writing prompts if these aren't coming fast enough. Your pet goat is missing. There are five li...

Write a story for one of the following movie titles. Or write a blurb that might go on the back of a book or DVD with that title. Or write a...

This is from a card game -- Man Bites Dog -- that can be a hoot! (We ignore the scoring and just make up headlines.) Make one or more new...

Do something with quackly vale simper fling cranberry kiosk winsome prey Can you get them all in a story? In a paragraph? In a sentence?

Write about someone who is pretending to be someone or something he or she is not. (As usual, set a timer for 10 or 15 minutes and write.)

Write a sentence. Any sentence. Take the last word and use that as the first word of your next sentence. Keep on going! The sentences don...

Until _____, nothing had ever happened in the village of Fool's Knock. Set a timer for 10-15 minutes, fill in the blank and keep writing...

This is a storehouse for all the writing prompts, tips and ideas I generate each week for the UnschoolingWriters yahoo group. (The posts he...

The City Newsstand (a newsstand/bookstore in Chicago) publishes the MAGBAG -- Top 10 Tabloid Headlines each month (and have been doing so s...

Dragonwriting colors: text: #333333 link: #336699 bkgd: #dddddd aliceblue antiquewhite aqua aquamarine azure beige bisque black ...

Books Prompts and exercises The Pocket Muse The Pocket Muse 2: Endless Inspiration for Writers by Monica Wood Full of ...

Links Prompts and exercises Bledsoes' Random Writing Prompt generators I'd forgotten about these! There are only three generator...

Poetry Books of prompts, sparks, craft Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School by Georgia H...