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• Morning routine

  
  First 50 Words — Authority: 124
  The cat purrs in my face. I brush her from the bed. The cat comes back. I elbow her away. The cat comes back. Go ‘way, I say. The cat comes back. I turn over, hide. The cat comes back. I give up, climb out of bed. The cat: victorious. Please leave a comment with your first 50 words on the topic “morning ...
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• Just go away

  
  Dragon Writing Prompts — Authority: 132
  Make a list of the “Top 10 things I wish would just disappear.” Brainstorm your own list first. (You may find the first batch are predictable so don’t stop at 10, keep going to let the mundane run out.) I suspect you’ll come up with a wider, quirkier variety than you could make up for a character. Poll your ...
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• A month of NaNo prompts

  
  Dragon Writing Prompts — Authority: 132
  Updated every day of Nano. You may need to scroll down to see today’s prompt. I had a last minute NaNo inspiration that will help me. I tend to skip over description. So for each day of NaNo month I’ll send out a prompt to focus your attention on something you might not ordinarily notice in whatever scene ...
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• Writers Workshop: My Side Of The Room

  
  Mama's Losin' It — Authority: 126
  Tell a friend or family members story as if it happened to you. Im writing this story as if I am my little sister...Im not sure if thats following the prompt or not...is it possible to confuse yourself with your own prompt? Here we go...the story of the stolen pennies from the perspective of Baby as envisioned ...
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• Wednesdays Three Word Wednesday

  
  Surface Tension — Authority: 424
  The words over at Three Word Wednesday are errant, hanker and murky. Something in the way of social commentary. Glutton I am the shadow that crosses your mirror when you start to look away; I am the smoke, the errant vapor, which disappears when you turn your head slightly on murky street corners. I am doubt, ...
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• Midweek Musical Memories - Stay or Quit

  
  Meme Express — Authority: 127
  All Aboard the Meme Express – Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Rumors are flying. Has rocker Steven Tyler left Aerosmith? Will Aerosmith disband, or will they find someone to replace Steven Tyler? Will Steven Tyler return to Aerosmith again, or will he pursue a solo career only? Are you ...
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• Prompt #721: random words and phrases

  
  Easystreet Prompts — Authority: 425
  uproar . glory . secondhand trailer . inadmissible . semiprecious placebo . demoted . uncultured pretender . playbook . tinker . asthmatic . squelch . toxic transaction
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• A month of NaNo prompts

  
  Dragon Writing Prompts — Authority: 132
  Updated every day of Nano. You may need to scroll down to see today’s prompt. I had a last minute NaNo inspiration that will help me. I tend to skip over description. So for each day of NaNo month I’ll send out a prompt to focus your attention on something you might not ordinarily notice in whatever scene ...
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• Bad smell prompts evacuation of Giant Food in Montgomery

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 963
  A Giant Food store in Montgomery County was evacuated Tuesday after people inside reported smelling gas and becoming sick, officials said.
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• Nov 10 09: Love and Anti-Love

  
  Musings from the Newly Hatched — Authority: 121
  I had no idea how to address today’s Poetic Asides prompt ( a choice to write a love poem or an anti-love poem), so I got weird and decided to play with an alphabet poem. I listed in alphabetical order attributes associated with “anti-love” and wrote a poem with one word per line in alphabetical order. The ...
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• Your Assignment, Should You Choose To Accept

  
  Mama's Losin' It — Authority: 126
  Directions: For you newbies its never to late to jump in!! Here is what you must do. Choose a prompt that inspires you most. Write. Come back this Thursday and paste the URL to your actual post (do this by clicking the title of your post after you hit publish, an extended URL will come up in the address bar. Thats ...
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• PicLits - Inspired Picture Writing

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 605
  PicLits is an interesting website that aims to provide inspiration for writing short stories. PicLits tries to accomplish this goal by providing users with images upon which they can build their writing. To get writers started, PicLits provides a list of words which can be dragged and dropped into sentence form. ...
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• Pick-a-Prompt #53

  
  Meme Express — Authority: 127
  Pick-a-Prompt #53 All Aboard the Meme Express – Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Red Stag by Mehmet Karatay Wikipedia Commons Happy Tuesday! Today the Meme Express offers you a choice: Pick-a-Prompt : Scroll down ...
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• Low sun

  
  First 50 Words — Authority: 124
  The colors of fall are beautiful without enhancement. Even so, the sun plays tricks by moving low in the Southern sky to light up the fall colors from the side. The low sun illuminates the individual leaves of the trees from a new angle. The shadowy intensity of summer’s overhead glare is gone. Wheeling around the ...
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• OneWord - Headband

  
  Surface Tension — Authority: 424
  Early morning meeting, so there’s time for a OneWord. And that word is…Headband? Ooffah. She thought she looked swell in her headband, just like Olivia Newton-John in that video for “Let’s Get Physical.” It was the right color to set off her eyes, even if she might sweat, or even go flush and rosy with ...
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• Guest Blog and Writing Prompt by Jerramy Fine: It Takes a Tough Skin to Tell a Truthful Story

  
  Women's Memoirs — Authority: 422
  When it comes to memoir writing, Jerramy Fine (author of Someday My Prince Will Come) believes you need to grow a thick skin if youre going to write the truth about yourself.
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• Prompt #720: road to beauty

  
  Easystreet Prompts — Authority: 425
  
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• Nov 9 09: Once in the Night

  
  Musings from the Newly Hatched — Authority: 121
  Today’s assignment from Poetic Asides? To write a slippery poem. “ The subject can be about something slippery (snake, soap, etc.), or the poem itself can deal with a slippery subject (I’m thinking big concepts like that have words ending in -ism might fit the definition of a slippery subject).” I started ...
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• The Bay

  
  First 50 Words — Authority: 124
  The oyster said to the crab one day, “Have you seen anyone else here in the bay?” “Not for a long time,” the crab replied. “Everyone in my family is gone. I’m glad to find you. I haven’t had a chat in ages.” “Me, too,” said the crab. “You know I heard that we have to wait for something called ...
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• Monday Mayhem - Candle

  
  Meme Express — Authority: 127
  All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, November 9, 2009 Do you ever feel as if you might be burning the candle at both ends, as the idiomatic phrase suggests? Is your calendar overflowing and igniting stress in your life? Burning the Candle at Both Ends Artist Unknown ...
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