Creative Writing
December Daily Writing Prompts
Directions: From now on, you must write daily. You can use the prompt provided for you for each day, or create your own. Remember to write the date and prompt (or topic) at the top of each page. Start a new page for each day. Your daily writing entries must be at least one paragraph in length. Have fun with these! Write from multiple perspectives and play with language. If you have questions about the content of your writing or the approach you want to take, please come see me! Happy writing!
December 1: Write about an invitation refused.
Weekend Assignment: Choose one:
…and nobody objected
OR
I recall that evening.
December 4: Write about an unforeseen friendship.
December 5: Write about a series of mishaps.
December 6: This is what she said.
December 7: Write about hard times.
December 8: Write about winter constellations.
Weekend Assignment: Choose one:
Behind lace curtains.
OR
Write about seeing someone for the last time.
December 11: Write about a late night phone call.
December 12: I carried it in my pocket.
December 13: This is the difference between men and women.
December 14: Write about a street you lived on.
December 15: Write about a red convertible.
Weekend Assignment: Choose one:
I walked into the Dew Drop Inn…
OR
Write about a redhead.
December 18: Write about masks.
December 19: You are in a church.
December 20: Write about what you didn’t say.
December 21: Write about a scar.
December 22: It’s Sunday morning. The phone rings.
Christmas Vacation Assignment: Choose five of the following:
Write about a fire.
“We ate Chinese.”
Write about something sacred.
Write about a time someone told a secret.
If I tell you the truth…
These are the delicacies of a ruined evening.
Christmas Vacation Options Continued (Choose FIVE)
A random light.
In anticipation of the night
Write about a Sunday afternoon.
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