Category: Writing Prompts
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Flash Fiction Contest! Submissions open…
Flex those writing muscles and have a little storytelling fun! Write a piece of flash fiction (up to 1500 words) based on the following image: Contest Guidelines: Submit your story as a Word document or PDF attachment to Questions@BernetaHaynes.com for a chance to have it featured in Waking Writer. In the body of the email,…
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Writing Prompt and Contest!
It’s time again to flex your writing muscles and have a little storytelling fun! Write a short story or narrative poem (no more than 500 words) based on the following prompt: Writing Prompt Contest Guidelines: Submit your story or poem as a Word document or PDF attachment no later than Friday, September 28th to Questions@BernetaHaynes.com for a chance to have…
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Writing Prompt Contest Winner: Samya Fraser
Writing Prompt: Open a dictionary, find a word (any word), and write a story (500 words or fewer) based on that word. Being Prompt I could see in her face, she wanted to scream. Of course, I knew she wouldn’t. The same could not be said for everyone at this table, but mum – I’ve never…
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Writing Prompt and Contest
It’s time to flex your writing muscles and have a little fun with words. Even if you’re not a writer at heart, give it a try: write a story (500 words or less) based on the following passage: When Jean saw the man in the black business suit, she stopped, held her breath and prayed…
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Writerly Friday: Prompt
The story is titled The Man from Sparta. Write an opening line and/or a short 500-word story.
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Writerly Friday: Prompt
Premise: A family moves into an old Victorian house in a sleepy town where everybody knows everybody. The house has been vacant for the last five years, and nobody knows why the previous family left so suddenly. Prompt: Write a 500 word story, but write it from the perspective of the house not the family. …
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Writerly Friday: Prompt
Write a story or poem based on this character and premise: a 71 year old widow who lives alone in her suburban home; she has no friends other than two old dogs and a cat; and she starts receiving visits from a strange young man who claims to be her son.
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Writerly Friday: Prompt
Write an opening story line (or paragraph) based on this story title: The Forest at Beacon Point.
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