Weekend Writing Prompt

We’re in the middle of winter, where January and February can seem gray and cold and long. Write a descriptive paragraph about something that takes us away from the cold and gray and puts us in a happy place. 

Weekend Writing Prompt

Find something you’ve been hoarding: old receipts, t-shirts from high school events, your high school CD collection, old greeting cards, a stack of photos…whatever you can find. Pick someone from that pile and write a story that it evokes.

Weekend Writing Prompt

This weekend features a Friday the 13^th (and a full moon!). Describe a day in the life of someone who is having a rough Friday the 13^th.

Weekend Writing Prompt

We’ve talked before about special calendar days (www.daysoftheyear.com). If you were in charge of creating new days for that website, what would you create for 2017 and why?

Weekend Writing Prompt: Make the Last One of 2016 Count!

Choose a character from a book you read this year (alternative: pick any memorable book character that comes to mind) and imagine what this character’s New Year resolutions might be.

Weekend Writing Prompt

Finish this poem to reflect what is happening in your life this weekend: ‘Twas the night before Christmas...An alternative this weekend could be "'Twas the night before a snow storm..."

Safe travels and happy holidays to all our RRVWP TC's and friends!

Weekend Writing Prompt

Think of a good professional book you've read this year. Convince your audience that they should read it.

Now think about an interesting book you read for pleasure this year. Why would you recommend it to others?

Weekend Writing Prompt

'Tis the season for a whole host of holiday characters: Buddy the Elf, the Grinch, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus and his elves, singing California Raisins, ringing Hershey's Kisses, and so many more.

Create a holiday mashup of two or more holiday characters. Describe the scene when their worlds collide.

And by all means, spread the holiday cheer by sharing with us in the comments section below!

Weekend Writing Prompt + PSA

Consider this quote: “If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.” —Peter Handke                   Reminisce about your childhood. Write about the stories that meant a lot to you as a kid. What do you remember about the stories? What emotions do you equate with these stories? Who told you the stories?

And your Public Service Announcement for the weekend: Barnes and Noble is having a teacher appreciation day on Saturday, December 3rd. Don't forget your teacher ID!

Weeked Writing Prompt

Even in our roughest years, there’s always something to be thankful for. Whether it was a good year or a challenging one, write a list of things you’re thankful for. Or write a letter to someone to show your gratitude.

Bonus Black Friday Weekend Writing Prompt!

Later you'll see our regularly-scheduled weekend writing prompt. Until then, try your hand at our bonus Black Friday writing prompt. It's free and you don't have to stand in long lines or fear being trampled.

You survived Black Friday shopping, but just barely. Using Dave Barry-esque hyperbole, tell the tale.

Weekend Writing Prompt

Have you been participating in NaNoWriMo? Share an excerpt from your novel with us below. If you haven’t been participating, share a novel recommendation with us below (hello, holiday vacation reading!).

Weekend Writing Prompt

Nov. 5: There are a lot of special occasions to celebrate this weekend. If you don’t believe me, check out the Days of the Year website. To celebrate, write a story with the following words: common sense, fountain pen, gunpowder, and lawyer. Extra credit goes to the writer who works in a red-headed protagonist.

Weekend Writing Prompt

This month kicked off a new season of the RRVWP writing group gatherings. To celebrate, our weekend writing prompt is inspired by the October 15th writing exercise, which was inspired by an article called "A Sense of Place" by Donald Maass (Writer's Digest's Writer's Workbook Fall 2013).

Think back to an important setting in your past. Describe the setting using a combination of sensory details and emotions that the scene invokes. If you are currently working on a narrative, this combination of details and emotions could be used to describe the setting of your story.