25. Dread | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Dread: Write about doing something you don’t want to do. The truck moved at a constant pace, his foot steady on the pedal. Every fibre of his being wanted to hit the brakes, to turn around, but he forced his foot...

365 Writing Prompts – the story so far…

A few weeks ago I set myself the challenge of writing everyday and posting my work on the blog. Firstly, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has read one of my pieces, it means the...

24. Numbers | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Numbers: Write a poem or journal entry about numbers that have special meaning to you. Author Note: My partner Joe is my 'Ideas Man' - he's amazing at coming up with stories and characters. This was his idea when I told him...

23. Sugar | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Sugar: Write something so sweet, it makes your teeth hurt. Author note: Another piece for my Dystopian Fiction Project, you might want to read the other pieces first. Let me know what you think in the comments below or on social media! Sitting...

22. Smoke, Fog and Haze | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Smoke, Fog and Haze: Write about not being able to see ahead of you The light hurts as I blink open my eyes. My head spins, but from the stones in front of me, I know I'm lying on my side....

21. Foreclosure | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Foreclosure: Write a poem or short story about someone who has lost or is about to lose their home. Author Note: A third teaser piece for the planned collaboration Science Fiction Project, I'd recommend you read the other teasers first: The...

20. Missed Connections | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Missed Connections: If you go to Craigslist, there is a “Missed Connections” section where you can find some interesting story lines to inspire your writing. It was your hair I noticed first, blue, vivid against the sea of beige around you....

18. Cleaning | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Cleaning: Hey, even writers and creative artists have to do housework sometimes. Write about doing laundry, dishes, and other cleaning activities. The pool of colour spread across the floor, glossy, vivid, red. All she could do was stare, shock freezing her body....

17. Dictionary Definition: Cloudland | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Dictionary Definition: Open up a dictionary to a random word. Define what that word means to you.Word of the Day: Friday, February 03, 2017cloudlandDefinitions for cloudland: the sky, a region of unreality, imagination, etc.; dreamland. A realm of imagination or...

16. Addict | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Addict: Everyone’s addicted to something in some shape or form. What are things you can’t go without? This time was hers,it belonged to no one else.The rhythm her meditation,breath flowing to match footsteps.Thoughts come and go,problems resolved,or simply acknowledged.Tears kept at...

15. Eavesdropper | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Eavesdropper: Create a poem, short story, or journal entry about a conversation you’ve overheard. Author note: The phrase I overheard was a classic 'Are we there yet?' but it gave me an opportunity to write another scene connected to my Start...

14. The Found Poem | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

The found poem: Read a book and circle some words on a page. Use those words to craft a poem. Alternatively you can cut out words and phrases from magazines. Cold stone underfoot,Solid, unyielding.Nothing ahead,just a stretching dark,emptiness.Eyes adjust,tunnel walls...

13. The Letter Poem | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

The Letter Poem: Write a poem using words from a famous letter or a letter from your own collection. The Moon,a guardian,sentinel to Mother Earth.A beacon of hope for mankind,those lost in the night.Each day he is mourned,but he also brings...

12. Greeting | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Greeting: Write a story or poem that starts with the word “hello”. 'Hello' he let out an awkward laugh 'Sorry...I shouldn't laugh, this isn't funny, this just...it feels weird. I...uh...I haven't been since the funeral, I guess I didn't know...

11. Dragon | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Dragon: Envision a dragon. Do you battle him? Or is the dragon friendly? Use descriptive language He took a breath, steadying himself for the task ahead of him. The armour felt alien on his frame, he was not born of...

10. Friendship | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Friendship: Write about being friends with someone. His nose replaced with a button, his eye replaced with a bead...his face still kinder than any other he had seen. Always ready for an adventure, he never complained about getting muddy. If anything,...

9. Animals | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Animals: Choose an animal. Write about it! Eyes followed him as he moved along the path, their gaze filling him with discomfort. All he was trying to do was make it across the grasslands to the watering hole, but the swarm...

8. Dreamcatcher | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Dreamcatcher: Write something inspired by a recent dream you had. Strolling along the deck, hand in hand with his partner, Matthew had never felt so alone. He should have been happy, winning the tickets for two weeks on this luxury cruise...

7. The Rocket Ship | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

The Rocket Ship: Write about a rocket-ship on its way to the moon or a distant galaxy far, far, away. Forget everything you think you know about the world...you've been lied to... Those words had echoed in this mind daily for...

6. Eye Contact | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Eye Contact: Write about two people seeing each other for the first time. She couldn't bring herself to look at him, just the sense of him sitting across from her was enough. The barriers either side gave her nothing to look...

5. Food | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Food: What’s for breakfast? Dinner? Lunch? Or maybe you could write a poem about that time you met a friend at a cafe. The gentle rain fills the air around us, almost mist like in its quality. We find ourselves sheltering...

4. Dancing | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Dancing: Who’s dancing and why are they tapping those toes? Letting out a sigh, she lowered herself into the chair, her body stiff and aching. Her dancing shoes in the middle of the floor, left where the young nurse had removed...

3. The Vessel | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

The Vessel: Write about a ship or other vehicle that can take you somewhere different from where you are now. Passengers board first, hours before departure. Front row seats for the show. Buses and vans arrive from far away towns, precariously...

2. Unrequited Love | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

The Unrequited Love Poem: How do you feel when you love someone who does not love you back? The train had already been and gone, the two cups of coffee now cold in his hands. He had double-checked the time and...

1. Outside the Window | 365 Days of Creative Writing Prompts

Outside the Window: What’s the weather outside your window doing right now? If that’s not inspiring, what’s the weather like somewhere you wish you could be? Silence. All sound caught and trapped by a blanket which covers all, perfect and...

Running, Yoga, Creative Writing…and a bit of a review and rebrand!

Wow...what a year 2016 was! My main focus for 2016 was to improve my health, and running was at the heart of that. My running journey went amazingly, after completing the Couch to 5k programme, I completed a 10km race...