writing prompts

A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Got Courage?

December 5, 2011

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson What do you picture when you think of courage? I picture children and adults with serious illnesses who manage to inspire others by maintaining positive outlooks; activists for social justice who peacefully stand [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: What’s Your Purpose?

August 16, 2011

What is life without purpose? The answer depends upon your point of view. Some of us need a sense of purpose to give meaning to our passions and activities. It is, for us, the force that guides us in setting priorities and in our daily activities, the vehicle that carries us on our journey through [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: What’s Your Perspective?

June 6, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot today about who I am when I write — and I don’t mean who I identify myself to be in this life, but who I am as a narrator — because when I journal, I can write from many different perspectives. Depending on what I’m writing about, I can be [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Spring

March 28, 2011

SPRING is a time of transition, the time between winter and summer, when everything is changing rapidly, growing, greening, budding, and flowering. Spring is also a symbol for many life experiences: times of change, times of growth, times that vacillate between rain and sun, pessimism and hope. For all these reasons, spring is a wonderful [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Metaphors for Life

February 28, 2011

FOR FUN this week, we’re going to play with the use of common objects as stand-ins for different aspects of our lives (metaphor). Then, extend each metaphor as far as makes sense. Or if you want to be more playful, extend it all the way to silly. First, I want to make sure that we’re [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Validating Love

February 14, 2011

Today is Valentine’s Day, and along with just about every other blogger in the known universe, I am focusing on matters of the heart — with a twist. A couple of weeks ago, I came across this youtube video titled “Validation.” I invite you to watch the video before beginning the prompts this week. It’s [...]

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A Week’s Worth of Journaling Prompts: Fear of Failure

February 7, 2011

Our journaling prompts this week are about a kind of fear we all share — the one that can stop us before we even begin learning a new skill or starting a new venture, the one that seethes beneath the surface of every creative act, the one that began in us way back when we [...]

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