If you have ten minutes, you can write. Below is a list of prompts to get you going. Choose a word or phrase from the list below, set the timer, take pen to paper, and GO! Write for ten minutes or more on any of the following prompts.
Guidelines:
Trust first thoughts.
Keep your hand moving.
Go for the heat of it.
Don't cross out.
Don't think too much.
Prompts:
I remember
I don't remember
Describe an object
Describe someone you know
First kiss
She just knows
What he noticed
Running out of time
Saying goodbye
Is this seat taken?
Taking charge
A hiding place
A memory of travel
What I've left behind
Then and now
The moon
Opening a drawer
Making soup
Fear
Games we played
Lost and found
First car
Candlelight
Things I don't dream about
Where to go from here
A path
Leftovers
Expectations
Beds I have slept in
Silence
Feeling alone
Family dinners
Reunion
Marriage
What I wore
what is home to you?
A memory of third grade
I’m thinking of
I’m not thinking of
What I know about the color red
A memory of dancing
A memory of running
What I hear
What is in front of me
What I haven't said yet
Guidelines:
Trust first thoughts.
Keep your hand moving.
Go for the heat of it.
Don't cross out.
Don't think too much.
Prompts:
I remember
I don't remember
Describe an object
Describe someone you know
First kiss
She just knows
What he noticed
Running out of time
Saying goodbye
Is this seat taken?
Taking charge
A hiding place
A memory of travel
What I've left behind
Then and now
The moon
Opening a drawer
Making soup
Fear
Games we played
Lost and found
First car
Candlelight
Things I don't dream about
Where to go from here
A path
Leftovers
Expectations
Beds I have slept in
Silence
Feeling alone
Family dinners
Reunion
Marriage
What I wore
what is home to you?
A memory of third grade
I’m thinking of
I’m not thinking of
What I know about the color red
A memory of dancing
A memory of running
What I hear
What is in front of me
What I haven't said yet