Writing prompt for November 1st

Create a new holiday, such as National Editor's Day.

Write a greeting card for it.

Writing prompt for October 30th

Write for 10 minutes today.

Tomorrow add five more minutes, the next day five more, etc., until you complete one writing goal.

Writing prompt for October 27th

Write a personal essay on an experience that happened this time last year.

Can you tie it in with the circumstances you find yourself in this year?

Writing prompt for October 26th

If you were the President of the United States and had to address the nation, what would you say?

Draft a speech.

Writing prompt for October 23rd

Describe your mother: her smell, walk and talk.

What are your feelings toward her?

Did she change much from the time you were a child to when you became an adult?

Writing prompt for October 22nd

Write a personal essay on an experience that happened this time last year.

Can you tie it in with the circumstances you find yourself in this year?

Writing prompt for October 21st

Start networking.

Join an online social networking site (ie: Facebook, MySpace, etc.)

If you write nonfiction, consider attending a business expo for article ideas.

If you write fiction, consider joining a writing group.

Write an essay about your goals.

Writing prompt for October 20th

Create a family tree for your favorite fictional character.

Was Rapunzel the great-grandmother of Cinderella?

Writing prompt for October 19th

Think about how one action you've taken this year has rippled through the lives of others—then map out those effects on paper.

Now, take a look at the characters you're writing about or the freelance story you're putting together.

Are there ways to interconnect people or situations to give your story structure or add more depth to the piece?

Writing prompt for October 18th

Make a list of the works you've written of which you are most proud.

Collect a copy of as many as possible.

Put them in a binder, and title the compilation.

Writing prompt for October 17th

Think about a major decision you made in your life.

What would've happened if you had chosen a different path.

Writing prompt for October 16th

You're getting married in two weeks, and a card arrives from an old flame.

Before you open the letter, how do you feel?

Write what you think is inside.

Writing prompt for October 15th

Journal about your first day of school—kindergarten, grade school, high school or college.

Writing prompt for October 14th

Write as if you were a family's new pet.

What was it like for you to come home on your first day?

Writing prompt for October 13th

Pick one day this week and submit your writing.

Call in sick to work or set your alarm an hour early.

Either way, send out at least one query letter or story to a publisher or agent.

Writing prompt for October 11th

First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt was born on this day in 1884.

She was quoted as saying: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

What do you think she met by that?

Writing prompt for October 10th

Describe your first love.

Remember his/her clothes, smile or quirky sayings.

Why did he/she catch your eye?

Writing prompt for October 7th

Name five things you can find in nature but think are ugly.

Write a description of each, naming only the beautiful qualities.

Writing prompt for October 4th

Imagine your character awakes to discover she cannot walk.

Describe what goes on in her mind as she tries to get help.

Writing prompt for October 2nd

October 2, 1950, the Peanuts comic was introduced to the world.

Develop a comic strip of your own.

Focusing on 2-3 characters, create your first strip.

Writing prompt for October 1st

Write a letter to your mother.

It doesn't matter if she's living or deceased, or whether or not you knew her.