Use this image to inspire a story, poem or personal essay. Notice that the image is sentimental, can you turn that on its head?

Imagine that this photograph was taken by a phone in someone’s pocket. Write the scene when the photograph was taken, describe the landscape, the character, the dialogue the character is perhaps having…

Okay, the turkey’s eaten (at least in Canada it is) and we all have a day to recover from the food and festivities. Hopefully after all the clearing up is done, you’ll have a little time for yourself today, and hopefully that means a little time to write.

The writing prompt for today is about Thanksgiving. I want you to write a list of things that a CHARACTER is grateful for in his or her life. Once the character has written this list, I want the character to describe something he or she deeply regrets. Getting to know our characters makes the stories we want to write much, much easier and more fun!