You wake up to a world in darkness: no sun, moon, stars; no electricity, gas, batteries. The wind is so strong, candles and lanterns can’t be used outdoors. In a stream of consciousness passage, First Person POV, explain in detail your introduction to this world. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/w9jqIA7eog
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 11, 2019
List absolutely everything you are good at (playing piano, organizing closets, inventing recipes, sewing clothes, running, knitting, reading aloud, solving disputes, finances). Explain how long you have been doing these things and why you’re so good at them.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/T1JjtzTCWX
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 12, 2019
List all the things you do that are #SelfCare. You don’t have to do these things every day, but it is hoped that you do them regularly enough. After you have made your list, pick out at least one thing that is in your own self-care kit and do it. Today. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/alLUrNV2MU
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 13, 2019
Without going into great detail, list every single original idea you have for stories, poems, or books, no matter how little or extensively you’ve thought of these ideas.
As ideas cannot be copyrighted, please do keep this list private and in a safe place. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/usD3EAdFWG
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 15, 2019
For whatever reason, you now have enough independent income to write full-time. List everything you’re going to do to make a writing life successful, e.g., renting an office, buying a computer, etc. Also, explain how the things on your list would help you write. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/J8Jyz4Woef
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 16, 2019
You wake up unable to move: not your hands, feet, arms, legs, head, torso. You are able to move your tongue, lips, and eyes, but nothing else. You still have a voice. Write a scene describing, in as much detail as possible, your introduction to this condition.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/8eTuh33Fvg
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 18, 2019
Your agent (or editor) has asked you to come up with a new series in a genre which you don’t usually write. Come up with an appropriate pseudonym, premise, series title, & titles for the first 3 books. If you can, summarize the plot of at least the 1st book. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/kczHVQgSZp
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 17, 2019
You look in the mirror and do not recognize the face you see. Describe, in as much detail as possible and using as many of the senses as you can (e.g., like touch/feel/texture), the face you now see as well as the face you expected to see. Any POV.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/XSAJRdIuar
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 19, 2019
You are responsible for designing the menu for an important occasion. You have an unlimited budget and you don’t have to do any of the actual food preparation, though you are expected to oversee everything. Describe in detail the complete menu for the event. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/monj73Bh8I
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 20, 2019
You are responsible for designing the menu for an important occasion, and you have a rigidly limited (and, in your opinion, small) budget. You can do any food preparation you wish, but you may hire a few people to help. Describe the complete menu for the event. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/lAFnFIveGy
— Dr. Alexandria Szeman: #BelieveSurvivors (@Alexandria_SZ) September 21, 2019
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Hi Alexandria, where do we respond to the writing prompts?
Dear Benjamin,
The writing prompts are actually meant to encourage your writing. Some people have been responding in tweets, but that’s probably not the best way to do a writing prompt.
Do you still have my email from when I did the article for you?
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