Starting over

Prompt: How many times have you had to “start over”? Talk about one of those times.

Starter: “Coffee, tea, or soda?” “Water, please.”

Quote: “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

 

Inventions…

Prompt: Write about owning a smart toilet. Do not research beforehand, be purely creative.

Starter: The floor caved with an alarming sound.

Quote: “An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.” -Tim O’Reilly

 

Forgiveness… You

Prompt: What do you need to forgive yourself for?

Starter: “I can take you more seriously as a shooter wearing the beanie.”

Quote: “One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.” -Bernard Baruch

 

New Beginnings (personal)

Hey everybody! As you can tell, my blog has been pretty start and stop, especially the past couple of years or so. I have had many events happening in my personal life that has kept me unmotivated and busy, not making ANY of my writings a priority- not even my journaling. I am taking a new approach- with my blogs and my life. Things have to change. If you would like to join me on my journey and transformation, come on over to my other site here on WordPress, Living and Loving Out Loud. I would love to see you! I welcome encouragement and feedback- I love to connect and hope to help others on their journey, as well. I’m tired of staying silent for the sake of others. I do not know how often I will post, and there will not be certain themed days, etc; but I do promise to keep it real with you. Thank you all for sticking around! See you on the other side!

-Raven

 

Death… you

Prompt: If you could choose your death, what would it be? Why? Are you afraid to die?

Starter: He has too much hair.

Quote: “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
― Woody Allen

 

You…

Prompt: How do you feel about yourself at this very moment? Allow yourself to be honest, raw, and uninhibited.

Starter: “I’m not mad. Really. I’m not mad.”

Quote: “You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
― Saul Bellow

 

Word Association…

Prompt: Write the first word that comes to mind with each of the following:

distance      solitude      beer      limelight      tomorrow      flip-flops      candle      soda

Now write a story using at least three of the pairings.

Starter: How could this have happened? He was never going to believe it wasn’t her fault.

Quote: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”  -Jorge Luis Borges

 

Loss… Friendship

Prompt: Write about the loss of a friendship.

Starter: Lovers have a right to betray you… friends don’t.

Quote: “A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument. A real friend knows that it’s not a friendship until after you’ve had a fight.”

-Unknown

 

Deserving… car

Prompt: Convince your parents you deserve a new car.

Starter: “Was that supposed to hurt?”

Quote: “Beware: It is a quick transition from nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement.” -Steve Maraboli

 

Change of Plans

Prompt: Write about a time when you had to change your plans at the last minute, no matter how big or small.

Story Starter: My designated driver is drunk.

Quote: “You can plan events, but if they go according to your plan they are not events.” -John Berger

 

Firsts… memory

Prompt: Write about your first memory.

Starter: Trouble has a way of finding me.

Quote: “We do not remember days, we remember moments.” -Cesare Pavese

 

Rock bottom…

Prompt: Describe a time in your life when you hit rock bottom.

Starter: “Go ahead. Defend yourself.”

Quote: “And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I built my life.” -JK Rowling

 

Sunset…

Prompt: Sunset

Starter: She was a million miles away.

Quote: “I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.” -Tom Clancy

 

Random item…

Prompt: An abandoned wheelchair.

Starter: “You’re welcome!” I shouted.

Quote: “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” -Ernest Hemingway

 

Firsts…

Prompt: The first time I…

Starter: I wanted to. Oh, how I wanted to.

Quote: “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” -Stephen King