Writing Prompts

Every post in this series will include a weekly reading and a list of prompts in response to that reading. Some of them will be focused on craft; some will ask you to evaluate content. This week we're focusing on the essay "Leap" by Brian Doyle and working in the short-short form.

Every post in this series will include a weekly reading and a list of prompts in response to that reading. Some of them will be focused on craft; some will ask you to evaluate content. This week we're focusing on the poem "Allowables" by Nikki Giovanni and the power of extended metaphor.

Every post in this series will include a weekly reading and a list of prompts in response to that reading. Some of them will be focused on craft; some will ask you to evaluate content. This week we're focusing on the essay "Love, Peace, and Taco Grease" by Rax King and how to incorporate research.

Every post in this series will include a weekly reading and a list of prompts in response to that reading. Some of them will be focused on craft; some will ask you to evaluate content. This week, we're focusing on the short story "Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu and the importance of scene.

Every post in this series will include a weekly reading and a list of prompts in response to that reading. Some of them will be focused on craft; some will ask you to evaluate content. This week, we're focusing on "in lieu of a poem, i'd like to say" by Danez Smith and the power of finding joy.

For summer, we've refocused our efforts from a daily social media prompt to a weekly series that offers a reading and series of prompts that stem from the reading. We believe this is more educational, engaging, and thorough when it comes to thinking through our own writing in relation to the world.

Welcome to a week's worth of writing prompts! If you read our very first roundup, you know this is a new venture to try and increase community in a time of social distancing. Each day, we post a writing prompt on Twitter and Instagram that we're encouraging you all to interact with.

Welcome to a week's worth of writing prompts! If you read last week's roundup, you know this is a new venture to try and increase community in a time of social distancing. Each day, we post a writing prompt on Twitter and Instagram that we're encouraging you all to interact with.

In this time of social distancing, we turn to social media. What was once everyone's favorite procrastination tool now has the potential to be a great source of inspiration. And we want to help! Thus, daily writing prompts. Just one more chance for you to start the next great work of art. Every day.