Maybe you have absolutely no idea where to start but have always wanted to try being a writer. Maybe you want to write the great American novel or you thought you'd write a poem about hidden life of a grain of sand. Maybe you just need a little inspiration to get you started or you find yourself just a little stuck. Maybe you find yourself trying to break out of your comfort zone or mix things up at work. Whatever your reason for landing here, practicing a little creativity can impact your life in ways you didn't expect.
But let's be honest. Creativity is a muscle and it needs exercise to work properly. That's where this series comes in. With any luck, this series will get your creative juices flowing and get you thinking in ways you hadn't before. A new prompt will appear once or twice a week. It's up to you what you do with it.
Oh, and be sure to check out our Community-Written Stories books and help us add to one of six stories we are writing and circulating this summer.
Writing Prompt for July 13th, 2021:
The 13th is a number surrounded by superstition in our culture. For that matter, so are black cats, ladders, four-leaf clovers, brand new pennies, rain at the onset of a marriage, mirrors, salt, and many more. Then you have the athletes with their pregame routines often drenching in superstitions, the theatre people who won't tell a person 'Good Luck' lest everything go south but must instead wish them bodily harm with 'Break a Leg'... and don't forget Shakespeare's infamous Scottish play to which naming it, especially while in the theatre is considered the worst of all luck. The bizzare acts that then must be accomplished to undo bad luck or ensure good luck can sometimes be stranger or more onerous than the luck in question.
On this 13th day of July, it's time to get a little superstitious.
So here is your prompt for the week:
Make a list of the irrational beliefs (superstitions) that each of your characters has. How do they affect their behavior?
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