These are fragments of other writers’ responses to prompts in my workshops. All used with permission.

Feel free to pick one and write for thirty minutes with the words as a starting place.

Things were popping off outside. OV

Grief is for amateurs.   CC

She thought of herself as alluring.   MT

I hate games and the wine was terrible.   MR

before all the trouble started…   MT

We were worried she might come undone.   LT

Perhaps your scars define who you are.   OV

I guess anything can be professionalized.   CC

The emptiness of the streets surprised me.   SH

I want my own climate zone.   CC

Some ugly quilt fabrics hurt the eye, even hurt the soul.   OV

… all the things you need to do to get out the door…   MT

_____________ makes me feel normal again. I am not normal.   SH

Everything fluctuates — markets, marriages.   CC

… and then I learned baker’s math.   LT