Here at Prospect 331, we’re dreaming of a white Christmas. Wherever you’re spending the holidays, and however you celebrate, we wish you joy, peace and inspiration. Happy Holidays! What if snow were made of something else? Write from the point of view of a snowman. Describe winter as if it were a person. What is […]
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It’s that time of year! Although the holidays will look a little different this year for a lot of us, some things stay the same. Today’s prompts focus on the tradition of holiday gift-giving and all that entails. Write a scene in which a character is on a difficult quest to find or make a
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We all know behind every good writer is a fantastic editor. These word processing apps could never take your editor’s place, but they could certainly make the job easier. 1. Hemingway Editor Hemingway Editor is designed to help writers ensure their writing is bold and clear. In the spirit of Ernest Hemingway, the app highlights
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Last week we focused on relationships and marriage, so this week we’re going on the flip side. Today’s prompts are all about splitting up. Your character has to tell his parents he’s getting a divorce. He knows his parents will take his wife’s side, and he’s right… Your character, a recent divorcee, is going on
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Box sets make great holiday gifts. Here, we’ve curated a list of 11 sets to suit the varied tastes of bibliophiles young and old. Literary Lover’s Box Set Sapiens/Homo Deus Box Set The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set: Books 1-7 John Green Box Set The Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Box Set
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Romantic relationships are often front-and-center in our writing. Use today’s prompts to inspire a new story or scene centering on some of the joys and pitfalls of being part of a couple. Your character’s boss invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character is desperate to make a good impression, but her husband tends
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The editors of New York Times Book Review announced their 10 favorite books of 2020 this week. Here are the 10 titles that made the cut. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell From the publisher: A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender and unforgettable
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Although there are far fewer people cramming into airplanes and visiting relatives this year than usual, traditionally this is the busiest travel day of the year. With a nod to years past and a hope for safer travel days ahead, today’s writing prompts are all about maps. Happy Thanksgiving! If your brain — or the
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The National Book Foundation announced 2020’s National Book Award winners this week. Here’s the list… 2020 National Book Award for Fiction winner: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Judges Citation: By turns hilarious and flat-out heartbreaking, Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown is a bright, bold, gut punch of a novel. Written in the form of a screenplay with porous
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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, today our writing prompts focus on giving thanks. You can use these prompts, originally designed for gratitude journal writing, as a theme for an essay or, if writing fiction, you can write from the pov of one of your characters to get to know them better. Describe your favorite
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