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This week, use the following three words in your writing: satin, camel, and honk.

Be silly, be serious, just be a writer!

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Cheese. Cheese is a glorious, delicious thing. Your prompt this week is to somehow be inspired by cheese, whether it’s Californian, French, or Wisconsin-made, melted or fresh, holey or holy.

Be inspired by the wonders of cheese!

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Americans, French, and many others have famously fought for independence. Teenagers struggle for it, as do wives bound by tradition and children. Write a story or poem with a character’s independence as the goal!

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2013 is now half over. Write something that involves half. Is it a glass half empty or full? A half-blooded character? Or a debate over the last half of a pie?

Whatever the subject, fully put yourself into it! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist).

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Get out your favorite timer and set it for 15 minutes.

Begin writing about this story starter “The cretin lurched towards me.”
~Amber

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It’s a full moon tonight. Make that an important part of your writing, whether it involves an illuminated forest, a werewolf dining on something sparkly, or variations on the word “luna” (lunacy, lunar, etc.)

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Words of wisdom can keep us alive or lead us astray. Your prompt this week is to begin a work with, “Daddy/Father/Papa always said…”

Have fun with it!

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I’m reading A Small Furry Prayer by Steven Kotler and he mentions the Zuni people always begin their ancestral tales with a phrase. Use the phrase to start your next tale.

“A long time ago, when the animals could speak…”

Let us know if it inspired you.

~Amber

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Last week’s prompt was about setting, and this week’s is, too-about being in transit. Write a story, poem, or work of nonfiction that takes places in a car, train, spaceship, teleporter beam, Tardis, on horseback, etc.

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Setting can be utilized like a character within a story. Imagine someplace real or completely imaginary and make it come to life in vivid detail. Smell the suffocating smog, hear the crunch of snow, and taste the clam chowder straight from the bread bowl.

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