May 2021 Writing Prompts

Welcome to another month of writing prompts! I decided to stick to last month’s style because they were so much fun to do. I hope all of you will find some wonderful inspiration this month, either here or someplace else. Happy writing! ~M xo

1. Moon scraped knuckles and knocking knees
2. Twisted oak paths and blooming breezes
3. Twerking teens and baggy jeans
4. Lobbying Lucys and gentle jokers
5. Quick casseroles and inky obstacles
6. Awakened desires and endless pleasures
7. Twisted tales and surprise endings
8. Essential essentials and worn out wigs
9. Listless lions and doomsday dungeons
10. Particle board planters and subterranean snails
11. Mystic mall cops and maroon feather dusters
12. Hopscotching hillbillies and hurtling hitchhikers
13. Candy coated cavities and jaw breaking blunders
14. Long awaited journeys and lingering kisses
15. Soothing sounds of sunshine and long forgotten days
16. Wizard dueling dilemmas and warty wishes
17. Wafts of cinnamon and permeating cloves
18. Splitting wood and honking geese
19. Strawberry ribbons and summer plums
20. Knitting neighbors and nagging noises
21. Terrible traffic and peaceful pathways
22. Coffee kisses and steamy charades
23. Turbulent tensions and stinging images
24. Silvery centerpieces and rosebud rims
25. Small voices and grownup glimpses
26. Healing hawthorns and harrowing hesitations
27. Enchanting embers and soft glowing moonbeams
28. Bright colored kites and paper airplanes
29. Naughty adjectives and tawdry tales
30. Sinking sands and rain soaked reeds
31. Miniature marionettes and dime store delights

If you’re new to prompt writing, and don’t really understand how to use the prompts, please consider the following writing exercise.

Settle into your favorite place in the house with a hot drink to warm your waking bones.  Once you’ve warmed up a bit; grab your journal, a trusty pen, and a timer.  Then, set your timer for ten minutes and begin writing about one of the prompts.  Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, neatness, or anything like that; just write!  Write about anything and everything that comes to your mind, and don’t stop until the ten minutes are up.

I often find myself writing short stories or poems during those ten minutes, but you can write about anything you like.  And don’t be alarmed if what you’ve written doesn’t quite make sense.  The whole idea behind doing this exercise is to get your mind ready and working so that you can begin your day.  Just think of it as exercise for your brain, and once you’ve done your ten minutes of writing, you’ll feel more prepared to tackle the rest of your day.

As always, I will be writing and posting over on my other blog, which can be found here. So please come visit me if you get a chance, and hopefully I can keep up with all of you!

And one last thing before I forget!  I made a quick tutorial for those of you who have been having trouble trying to figure out how to Pingback your posts.  Please go here, if you’d like to view the tutorial.  

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