Prompt: In school, tests started with a class bell and ended with a “pencils down”, outside of school things weren’t so well defined. This is a continuation of this story, but I’m pretty sure this will stand on it’s own if you don’t feel like going back and reading the other. In school, […]
Prompt: This would normally be where the story ends, if this were a story; the world has been saved, the prince has found his bride, and there’s nothing left to do. Only this isn’t a story and the loose ends that are left belong to people that aren’t the prince, or the dragon, or the […]
Prompt: Going the distance normally involved doing things that were either a) hard or b) dangerous, and at the moment she wasn’t really in the mood for either. Going the distance normally involved doing things that were either a) hard or b) dangerous, and at the moment Beth wasn’t really in the mood for either. […]
Prompt: Person A: “How long have you been standing there?” Person B: “Longer than you’d like.” Bailey was done. Three-thousand and twelve percent done. Somehow, doing a favor for her best friend, Allison, had translated into letting her asshole brother sublet Al’s room while she was traipsing around Paris. Okay, so she was studying […]
Prompt: Write about the three things he could never tell her. As much as he wanted to, he could never tell her how happy it made him to see her at the end of a long day. He couldn’t tell her that he was most at peace when he was with her. And he couldn’t tell […]
Prompt: You stumble upon old home videos of you and your siblings as toddlers. Nostalgia fades when you realize something isn’t quite right. “Do we have to do this now?” Ashley whined. Somehow, at twenty-nine, she still managed to sound just as annoying as she had at nine. I guess some people never grew out of […]
Prompt: Person A: “I thought I’d made it clear we have a no abduction policy.” Person B: “She wasn’t cooperating. What did you expect me to do?” Welp…this was a surprise… But hey, these writing exercises are meant to get us thinking outside the box. This is way outside. Izzy stared open-mouthed at the struggling, […]
Content Warning: Domestic Violence Here’s this week’s prompt: “This is where you make up some stupid excuse to leave early and stop returning my calls.” He leaned back in his chair with a sigh. I sat down in the worn, velveteen chair next to the hospital bed that was set up in the living room. The […]
We’re trying something knew this year. The flash fiction has been really helpful with keeping our creativity flowing that we thought we’d add some writing prompts to the mix. Here’s the prompt: Some choices are easy, like fudge ripple or butter pecan, some choices aren’t. Can you guess which one this was? Here’s what I came […]