Continue On… with these writing prompts where I start with an idea or line or two for you to keep writing.
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: It all started when I was arrested for shooting Malcolm Mancuso. It was an accident, of course, but part of me can’t help feeling like he deserved it. It all started the night he… ***…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: The first thing he does when he leans over is blow in my face. Not a soft gentle blow either, more like a hard quick puff. I blinked quickly and refocused on his deep teal…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: You know that moment between wake and sleep where you can feel yourself drifting out but at the same time are still minutely aware of your surroundings? Where the sound of the cat knocking over…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: “Take the hook out of its mouth,” my father said as he held the five inch Perch in one hand and the line in the other. I tried to grasp the base of the hook…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: “You are not welcome here John,” said Milo Davis as he stood with palm raised like a wall in front of him. “Where am I to go old friend?” “That stopped being my concern when…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: When Johnny and I were eight years old we found a treasure chest buried in the silky sands behind our grandfather’s beach house. We thought we had struck it rich, we didn’t even notice that…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: There is nothing sadder than seeing a dead dog except perhaps a sick child. My dog died when I was twenty-two. I grew up with Lucky, who was lucky enough to live eighteen years. That’s…
The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: She heard his clunky motorcycle boots as he came up the stairs. His shadow paused at her doorway for a moment before it continued to the bathroom at the end of the hall. She heard…