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May 4, 2012 at 3:18 pm #4580

Summer Ross
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Here you can post/find extra writing prompts members have added.

May 7, 2012 at 3:53 am #4999

Tammy Dominguez
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It’s me. Just seeing what ya’ll are up to…

May 7, 2012 at 10:00 am #5000

Michal Karni
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I found this list of prompt ideas for timed writing and I find it helpful whenever I get stuck or want to expand an idea or scene to use as many of these as I need to find my way into the idea and blow it up.
this is the original URL : http://hollylisle.com/timed-writing-workshop-freeing-up-the-subconscious-in-writing/
Some Topics for Timed Writing
The past
The future
Ghosts
Anger
Hope
Peace
Rage
Today
Yesterday
Tomorrow
Food
Fantasy

A color
A smell
Water
Weather
I fear …
I love …
I hate …
I want …
Wind
Walking
I Remember
Places
Hurt
Dreams
Reality
What feels good
What feels bad
Family
Who I am
Who I wish I were
What I am
What I wish I were
Who I was
What I was
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