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
Tags: family, forgive, forgiveness, friendship, journal, life, love, relationships, self, starter, Story Starter, write, writing
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
Tags: 1in4, anxiety, believe, depression, distance, divorce, emotions, empath, faith, fibromyalgia, grief, healing, hope, infant loss, intuitive, life, love, mental health, miscarriage, personal, relationships, tribe, wellness
Prompt: Parents (typically) deny having a favorite child. Do you think this is true? If you had siblings growing up, who do you think was your parents’ “favorite”? If you have children, do you tend to favor one over another? Why or why not? Do you think they would agree?
Starter: Nothing good ever happens after midnight.
Quote: “All mothers have their favorite child. It is always the same one: the one who needs you at the moment.” -Erma Bombeck
Tags: author, child, children, confess, confession, dad, denial, Erma Bombeck, favorite, funny, journal, journaling, love, mom, parent, prompt, quote, Story Starter, write, writer, writing
Prompt: Is it possible for a guy and girl to ever be just friends? Why or why not?
Starter: We had barely been on the road, and already I was bored.
Quotes: “Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.” -Austin O’Malley
“I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible.” -Olivia Wilde
Tags: actress, Austin O'Malley, boy, female, friendship, girl, guy, love, male, man, Olivia Wilde, platonic, prompt, quote, romantic, Story Starter, woman, write, writer, writing
Prompt: Write about her.
Starter: This was not at all what I expected.
Quote: “There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.” -La Rochefoucauld
Tags: choices, disguise, emotions, feelings, her, hide, hurt, inspiration, journal, journaling, learn, lessons, life, loss, love, mask, memories, moments, passion, prompt, quote, relationships, starter, Story Starter, story starters, thoughts, time, truth, write, writing
Prompt: Write about him.
Starter: I don’t want to move on.
Quote: “The saddest thing about love is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.” -William Faulkner
Tags: broken, change, depression, emotions, feelings, forever, forget, happy, heartbreak, him, hurt, inspiration, inspire, journal, journaling, learn, lessons, life, loss, lost, love, memories, moving on, passion, prompt, quote, relationships, sad, Story Starter, William Faulkner, write, writing
Prompt: The last time you were alone with the one you love.
Starter: “I won’t go quietly.”
Quote: “Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.” -Trey Parker
Tags: alone, believe, emotions, feelings, goodbye, happy, hurt, I miss you, intimate, journal, journaling, life, love, lover, prompts, quote, soulmate, Story Starter, time, together, Trey Parker, write, writing
Prompt: When was the last time you gave up something/someone you wanted. What/who was it, and why did you give it/them up? How did it make you feel?
Starter: “Just because I can’t have you, doesn’t mean I don’t want you.”
“You still want me?”
Quote: “There’s always some relief in giving up.” -Lauren Oliver
Tags: give up, Lauren Oliver, love, prompts, quote, relief, Story Starter, want, wanting, write, writing
Prompt: Write about your first love.
Starter: “I never want to lose you.”
Quote: “How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? ” -Albert Einstein
Tags: Albert Einstein, first love, firsts, kids, loss, love, prompt, quote, romance, Story Starter, teens, write, writing
Prompt: Describe your protagonist’s current love interest.
Starter: As I took my final breath…
Quote: “When you write things down, they sometimes take you to places you hadn’t planned.” -Melanie Benjamin, Alice I Have Been
Tags: breath, breathe, death, dying, life, love, Melanie Benjamin, prompts, quote, Story Starter, write, writing
Prompt: Is there anything truly unforgivable? Explain.
Starter: “Don’t you dare lie to me!”
Quote: “Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past- but you sure do change the future.” -Bernard Meltzer
Tags: Bernard Meltzer, forgive, forgiveness, H. Jackson Brown Jr, love, power, pray, prayer, prompts, quote, Story Starter, write, writing
Prompt: When was the last time you acted out on passion? What/who was it regarding, and how did it make you feel?
Starter: Love means nothing unless you have someone to share it with.
Quote: “We must act out passion before we can feel it.” -Jean-Paul Sartre
Tags: act, emotions, feel, Jean-Paul Sartre, journal, journaling, love, passion, prompts, quotes, sharing, Story Starter, write, writing
Prompt: What is your greatest weakness? Have you ever been taken advantage of because of this? Have you ever taken advantage of others’ weaknesses? What were the results/consequences?
Starter: She wrapped her sweater tighter around her and sighed wearily.
Quote: “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” -Washington Irving
Tags: advantage, consequences, contrition, crying, eloquent, grief, journal, journaling, love, messengers, power, prompt, quote, sacred, speak, Story Starter, tears, Washington Irving, weakness, write, writer, writing
Prompt: Toga
Starter: Love makes us do crazy things.
Quote: “Experience is the teacher of all things.” -Julius Caesar
“It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.” -Julius Caesar
Tags: crazy, create, creation, essence, experience, Julius Caesar, learn, life, love, quote, quotes, Story Starter, teach, teacher, toga, write, writing
Finding the Write Idea 