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Writing Prompts
Inspiration for those in need

Collected writing prompts. Please add as you will.
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If you have ideas for prompts and want to discuss the prompts that are here, please use the bulletin boards provided, and also, feel free to add to the selection available. A nice library of writing tools would be a wonderful addition to the land of monkey.
- Copy of Fill in the blanks - Can be whole sentences or partial. Stanza breaks are personal choice. Only rule is that the 'I am' lines are the same. »
- BIG MESS... - We should delete this as soon as possible. BUT, For now, we can use it. »
- Fill in the blanks

What is new?

- A thought...... By EmilyRose, commented on Mar. 7
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- half-dozen of the other - 666? what the hell??? »
By anstey, Leanne, commented on Mar. 1
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- "Six Shades of Unsure" - A line that popped in my head, but I have no time to explore it. »
By Tracey, anstey, page edited on Feb. 29
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- Stuck - One of the roots of stuckness is trying to do too much all at the same time. So today, let's try to do very little. ... um... We are going to write a poem about ourselves. »
By anstey, edited on Sep. 21 2007
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- Chapstick and death - These challenges stack.. the hard poem assumes all the limits of the easy and medium. »
By anstey, edited on Sep. 20 2007
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- Green bottomed tiger - Simple little challenge inspired by $10,000,000 and a club. »
By anstey, page published on Sep. 20 2007
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- Hopping Skotch - Leanne pointed out that the quote is not iambic, therefore one can't make iambic blank verse. Feel free to adjust the first line to work with the meter. »
By anstey, page published on Sep. 20 2007
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- Burning Bush - This is a challenge to expand your mind in uncomfortable directions. Our passions often blind us to things. Since most poets hate George Bush, he becomes an excellent tool for this excercise. If however you are a Bush supporter, then go the other way, write the opposite, or pick something that you passionately oppose, and support it in poetry. »
By anstey, page published on Sep. 20 2007
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- seven words, seven less - easy, right? »
By anstey, Shan, commented on June 20 2007
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- Tasteless - Write a poem about the Ebner gland. Don't know what that is? Look it up!
By anstey, Shan, edited on June 19 2007
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- Ummm... well ya see... - you pick up the phone and then... »
By anstey, commented on Feb. 13 2007
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- Millipede - ewww »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 13 2007
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- by 'numbers' - This exercise invites you to create a poem by filling the gaps with appropriate words... »
By anstey, edited on Feb. 13 2007
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- Let me hear your body talk - Let's get physical. »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 13 2007
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- American X-pression - Categories...not words. »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- Three little words - Seriously, follow the rules. »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- A to Z in one easy sentence - Pangramatic poem »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- Yawn. Not again. - Cliches? »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- When was that exactly? - No no no, don't tell me. Wait. yes. tell me. »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- 100 Words - No more. No less. »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- unusual usual things - elastic bands and a stapler »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- Story verse -  Tell a story! »
By anstey, page published on Feb. 12 2007
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- Big Cats - You are a big wild cat. »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Noah's choice By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Ashley's Equine Challenge By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Damn those British bastards - Paganini pointed us there. Blame her. »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Be The Primate By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Elephants - Ready for another writing prompt? »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- an image prompt By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- P. U. - Do you smell that? »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Ruminating on a word - The word of the day is... »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Cubist Writing - Stream of conscious? Poem? Short story? Surreality? »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Word List Twist - Can you do the twist? »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- Nails in Brain - Fill in the holes »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- How old are you now? - Pick and age, any age. »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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- forbidden words - the sun fails, but do you? »
By anstey, page edited on Feb. 12 2007
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