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Posted on April 20, 2023April 16, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – April 20

Gray background with smoke rising. Words in white: "The Rising didn't stop them. What makes you think this will?"

Write a scene with the opening line: “The Rising didn’t stop them. What makes you think this will?”

Posted on April 17, 2023April 16, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – April 17

Ballet dancer arching with one leg above her head. Words in white: "She'd left once. I wasn't going to be able to take her leaving again."

Write a scene with the opening line: “She’d left once. I wasn’t going to be able to take her leaving again.”

Posted on April 7, 2023April 1, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – April 7

Close up of the water's surface on an angle. Words in white: "It's gone. They're saying all hands lost."

Write a scene with the opening line: “It’s gone. They’re saying all hands lost.”

Posted on April 3, 2023April 1, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – April 3

A sunrise beach with a half moon looming over it. Words in white: "It loomed there, beyond reach and memory, enough to steal your breath away and tighten every muscle, fire every nerve."

Write a scene with the opening line “It loomed there, beyond reach and memory, enough to steal your breath away and tighten every muscle, fire every nerve.”

Posted on April 2, 2023April 1, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – April 2

Grayscale image of pine forest. Words in white read "Something cracked behind us."

Write a scene with the opening line “Something cracked behind us.”

Posted on March 31, 2023March 26, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – March 31

Purple background with cartoon image of a pot with a spoon and green sludge with bubbles. Words in white above read "It looked like a science experiment gone wrong." words in brown: "And it smelled worse."

Write a scene with the opening line “It looked like a science experiment gone wrong. And it smelled worse.”

Posted on March 26, 2023March 24, 2023

365 Days of Prompts – March 26

A gray textured background with sprigs of flowers in two corners. Black text reads "She was sure today would be the day."

Write a scene with the opening line “She was sure today would be the day.”

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