
Carrie’s brain is not the sort of brain that needs writing prompts.
Carrie: I’m just weird. My brain needs constraints. Like when I wrote poetry, I loved forms like sonnets and sestinas and villanelles because they put limits and structure on my somewhat all-over-the-place brain.
But other people – thankfully – aren’t like that and they look for writing prompts to free up their muse and their selves. There’s something really cool about the way a writing prompt can spark your creativity off into a different direction.
And honestly, the weirder the writing prompt the better. Here are some examples:
CAMPSITE: You are in an old abandoned campsite. Describe it.
GOOGLE IMAGE YOUR FIRST NAME: Write about what you see.
ODE TO A HAMSTER: Write an ode to a rodent.
Writing Tip of the Pod: Be weird. Being normal makes normal stories. Anyone can write a story about a woman who cheats on her husband and her kid gets kidnapped because that’s a cliche, but can anyone write a story about a hamster that cheats on her husband and the hamster wheel goes missing and the people of their house gets kidnapped? I think not.
Dog Tip for Life: The best way to get a writing prompt is to get a dog (preferably a rescue) and they will provide you with nonstop writing prompts.
Shout Out – The music clips in this podcast are available thanks to Podington Bear’s generosity. The track is “Azzmash Reflash.”
Random Extra – The video clip of Gabby acting weird while we were podcasting is right here!
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