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INKsters Virtual Literary Salon
Competitive Writing Daily Prompts |
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two prompts per day. Please read the FAQ page. |
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Topic Inspired by New Yorker Cartoonists |
Topics Inspired by Second Life |
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1st |
Sorry Write out an apology letter to your 2008 new year's resolutions informing them of your 2009 resolutions. |
The Sweater She'd received the sweater as a gift and it seemed to give her the power to… |
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2nd |
Elevator What does the mean voice in your ear tell you to do? What does your "inner idiot" look like? |
Robot Factory The planning and zoning committee finally relented and allowed the robot factory to… |
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3rd |
Bucolic Describe a situation where a great vocabulary word could soothe your soul. |
Chicken Song Herbie the chicken sang day and night hoping to... |
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4th |
Review Describe a scene from your life you'd love to have on videotape. |
Final Tree "I will chain myself to that dead tree," she said, "and I hope…" |
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5th |
Green Tea So what healthy thing are you trying to avoid? |
Littlest Dock He'd been using the dock near the hat store and felt certain nobody… |
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6th |
Latte How much money do you spend on things to drink? What is the result? |
Pub Life The streets were vacant, the sun was rising, and the drunks inside the pub would soon… |
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7th |
Hippie Why do the wisest people have the weirdest footwear? |
World Champ The limo pulled up and he admired the 70 foot tall statue of the champ, himself, and tonight in the arena… |
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8th |
Big Money The attorneys have reached a settlement and you're required to give all your worldly possessions to … who? Why? |
Lady of Rock The two met daily, she of the rocks, and she of the bench, and they shared their stories of… |
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9th |
Cologne What would you like to smell like? |
Let Me In Hiding inside the house, I could see her waiting on the porch and I knew… |
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10th |
Black Dress Describe the last funtion you attended where little black dresses played a key role. |
Photo Booth She arrived early and stood in the photo booth imagining herself… |
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11th |
Spinal Tap You're in medical distress and your least capable friend arrives to help. How does that go? |
Dumb Chair The price of her shoe-shaped chair meant she couldn't just take it to Goodwill, but it was so uncomfortable she decided she would… |
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12th |
Remote What do you keep losing? |
Snowmen I couldn't believe I overheard two snowmen talking, but what they said… |
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13th |
Accomplishments You're forced to lower the bar on a few of your plans. What things are you less good at today than you used to be? |
Whirlygig The amusement park was abandoned, and being stuck on the whirlygig meant… |
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14th |
Elves The elves need your help. They're out of work and the factory sank. What do you need done? |
Subway Ride She felt queasy alone on the subway, but she felt much worse about… |
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15th |
Babies We always say "it's a beautiful baby," but surely one of the babies you know is the ugliest one. Describe. |
Titanium Lion Building out of stone and titanium cost more than he wanted to admit, but it assured him… |
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16th |
Disproportionate What things in your life are way bigger than they should be? What things are smaller? |
Piano Recital The music should have been the focus of her piano recital, but she knew one member of the audience would be in for a big surprise when… |
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17th |
Flood How are you surviving the economic downturn in the global economy? |
Oopsy Daisy The fuzzy hat, the fur muff, the perfect hair and make-up, everything seemed positively luxurious until the cigarette set the mink afire and then… |
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18th |
Pillow Where is your comfy place? What do you do there? |
Flying Horses He watched those stupid flying horses land running along his roof again and he decided he would… |
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19th |
Hoards What are you saving you probably ought to throw away? |
Peace Man Sitting on the roof of her VW van, she assumed the lotus position and opened her heart to the universe, only to find… |
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20th |
Rushing Describe a time when you were in a hurry and wanted something blocking your progress to go away. |
Fantasy Garden Waiting for him to arrive in the fantasy garden irritated her to the point of… |
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21st |
Publishing Pretend the book industry makes sense and you're being offered a contract for your next novel. Describe how the meeting goes. |
Hog Tied The feeling of the heavy hemp ropes around her neck… |
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22nd |
Lists Which list are you on? Which list would you like to be on? |
Winter Trio The three snowmen didn't fear the cold temperatures and so they conspired to… |
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23rd |
Taxpayers Which government programs would you like to fund? Which would you like to stop funding? |
Forest Bridge They met in the afternoon light as it filtered through the trees into the humid mists just beyond the stone bridge and they… |
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24th |
Passengers You're driving along and your passenger wants to be helpful. What do they say? |
Waterfall She stood in the mists from the waterfall alone and… |
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25th |
Aliens What have the aliens left behind they need to retrieve? |
Being Dead Being dead has turned out to be far less awful than I thought, but what bothers me is… |
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26th |
Pilot You're midway between Cleveland and Baltimore and find out your pilot is a dog, so… |
Ghost Comedy Of course, he had to buy the one haunted building with comedic ghosts and knew it would only be a matter of time before… |
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27th |
Apartments What is the worst place you've ever lived? |
After Work She waited patiently for 3 a.m. when the bartender would lock to door for the night, and when she knew… |
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28th |
Nannies What has changed you? |
Curtains Hearing the piano in the lobby, he felt uncontrolable rage and raced down to… |
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29th |
Therapy You're in therapy, and so is the person who caused you to be crazy, what is their side of the story? |
Snow Bound The old jalopy died on the country road and the snow blanketed the landscape in every direction, the only thing she could see was… |
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30th |
Piano Bar Describe a night on the town with some type of unique entertainment. |
Speed Record Setting the land speed record in a vehicle of that type would require a top hat, and a… |
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31st |
Escape You've gotta get out of here. What is your exit strategy and where will you land? |
Police Call I wondered if I should call the police, or if I should just watch it happen, because seeing something like… |
