LeWriStOct - Writing Prompts!

So tomorrow is October 1st, which begins our month-long writing adventure, LeWriStOct. I, for one, am very excited. And a little nervous. Seriously, 31 days? What was I thinking?

Well, what I was thinking was, "Hey! I'd like to write stuff! In October!" So I'm going to do that. And you're all welcome to join me. So without further ado, here's the full list of LeWriStOct Writing Prompts:

1. Sequel. Write a sequel to a story that hasn’t been written. Skip introducing characters, establishing setting/premise, etc. and write as if your audience has already been through (at least) one adventure with them already. Tell the next adventure, in the aftermath of the first.
2. Word of the Day: Immortal
3. Childhood Memory
4. What's Holding You Back?
5. A Moral Conundrum
6. Picture: https://cdn4.themysteriousworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cueva-De-Las-Manos.jpg
7. You meet the Grim Reaper face to face. What happens?
8. Word of the Day: Legerdemain
9. A recipe for success, or disaster. Or both.
10: Word Group of the Day: Underwater, Sword, Poison
11. Undeserved Acolades
12. Picture: https://imgur.com/a/6x5K9
13. What wouldn't you do for a friend?
14. Hiding Place
15. A Day Without ______
16. Word Group of the Day: Amnesia, Anesthesia, Anathema
17. Picture: https://imgur.com/a/xrhe3
18. Curiosity and Satisfaction
19. Put a new spin on a fairytale or folktale
20. How will you be remembered?
21. Word of the Day: Absolution
22. Impending Doom or Disaster
23. Picture: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/05/06/12/45/street-2289769_960_720.jpg
24. Word Group of the Day: Mysterious, Shattered, Mask
25. Think of a story that you read, heard, or saw recently, that you thought missed the mark somehow. A mediocre story that could have been so much better if it had just done things differently, or gone a different direction. Write a new story that does right all the things that that other story did wrong.
26. Word of the Day: Chaos
27. What's That Behind You?
28. Picture: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/04/26/02/09/athens-2261421_960_720.jpg
29. Word Group of the Day: Graceful, United, Fierce
30. Sequel Part II: Son of the Sequel. Take one of the stories you’ve written in the past month that warrants continuation or further exploration, and write a sequel to it.
31. Today's theme is either Halloween or Reformation Day. Your choice.

And, there you have it! Happy Writing! 

Let's Write Stuff in October - A New Writing Challenge

I've been itching to be creative lately. Several of my friends have been posting about the upcoming Inktober: an initiative that challenges artists to create an ink drawing every day during the month of October, and post it to social media. It sounds tremendously fun, and the list of prompts is pretty cool. The only problem is... I don't draw. At all.

So instead, I'm starting my own initiative, that's geared towards writing. Think of it as sort of a cross between Inktober and NaNoWriMo. And with that in mind, it gives me great pleasure to present to you... LeWriStOct: Let's Write Stuff in October.

The rules are simple. For every day in October, there will be a new writing prompt. Some will be single words, others will be word groups, others will be sentences, pictures, etc. Your job is to write something inspired by that prompt. It can be a short story, a script, a poem, an essay... Whatever you like and are comfortable with. It can be as short or as long as you like. Once it's written, you're encouraged to post the results on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media, or otherwise share it with the world in whatever form you choose. If you're uncomfortable with sharing publicly (which I totally understand), you don't have to, but I'm hoping that seeing other people's results will help us all to stay motivated.

If you can't do it every day, for whatever reason... That's fine too. Just do what you can. If you decide you only want to do certain prompts and not others, go for it. I won't be hurt. If you fall way behind, don't get discouraged. Feel free to skip ahead. The purpose of this exercise isn't that you HAVE to write. It's that you GET to write. And it's not meant to limit you, but rather to open you up, creatively, by whatever means work for you.

This also isn't meant to step on the toes of NaNoWriMo, or burn you out on sprints in October before you get to the marathon in November. It's just a different approach to creativity that I wanted to try. And you're all welcome to join me.

I'll post the list of prompts on Saturday, September 30th, and then starting October 1st, I'll be posting whatever I write each day, for all to see. And you're all welcome to join me. The more people we can get involved, the more fun we'll all have.

So... Who wants to write stuff in October with me?