Category: Prompt Friday
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Prompt Friday: Actor Collision
Welcome to Another Prompt Friday! Prompt Friday: Write this scene. You crash into someone’s car from behind. Who is it? What happens next? Is the person hurt, or are you? My Response Wednesday, August 19, 2006 – 9:00 AMRoute 86Marvelle, New Jersey Samantha Ingrum was running late for her appointment; she sped down Route 86.…
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Prompt Friday: When The Tables Turn
Welcome to Prompt Friday! You’re at an interview and in walks the last person you don’t want to see. Who walks in? My Response McFadden Tech78 Whitehorse PlazaMarvelle, New Jersey My stomach was doing all kinds of somersaults. I’d been job hunting for six months without luck. No interviews. I started to wonder if my…
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Prompt Friday: EMP Burst
Another exciting Prompt Friday Write this scene. A cop is driving, and his car suddenly slows. His car and cellphone are dead. Someone starts shooting at him. Will he survive? My Response Detective Henderson Isles was cruising down the highway, the sun high and blinding. The car had finally cooled down. He checked the dashboard…
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Prompt Friday: Missing Time
Welcome to Another Exciting Prompt Friday! Write this scene. You’ve had a week’s worth of sleepless nights. You nearly get in an accident. You pull over on the side of the road. You go to sleep as the cars whiz by. You wake up to see a cop at your window. The cop offers to…
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Prompt Friday: Earpiece Hijacked
Friday Prompt — Three-Part Challenge Challenge 1. The Original Prompt Write this scene. Your earpiece is in your ear, and suddenly someone starts talking. The person tells you to meet at a hotel. You must follow, or there will be consequences. Challenge 2. The Object Challenge Find an everyday object and make it the center…
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Prompt Friday: Employee Correction
This Friday’s Writing Prompt Challenge For this week’s challenge, write your twisted version of this prompt. Let your imagination run wild. A boss is secretly drugging and brainwashing underperforming employees to fix their work behavior. Write the moment the HR manager realizes she is the next target for “correction.” Thursday, June 25, 2026 – 1:00…
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Prompt Friday: Ice Cream Concussion
Welcome to another Prompt Friday! Every other Friday, I share a creative writing prompt along with a short example story to inspire your imagination. Whether you’re a novelist, short story writer, poet, or someone who simply enjoys storytelling, use today’s prompt as a starting point and see where your creativity takes you. Today’s Writing Prompt…
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Prompt Friday: Peace Interrupted
This Week’s Prompt Friday Challenge Write this scene. You’re in the park reading a book. A stranger comes up to you dressed in a suit and gets on one knee and proposes. How would you write this scene? My Response to the Prompt Saturday, June 6, 2026Marvelle National Park1300 National ParkwayMarvelle, New Jersey Diana Barrington…
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Memory Lost – Prompt Friday: A Crime You Can’t Remember
This Week’s Prompt Friday Challenge Write this scene: A news headline flashes across the screen—you’ve killed someone. You have no recollection of what happened. The police have you barricaded in your house. Who did you kill? And why? My Response to the Prompt I sat down on the sofa after a satisfying breakfast. Before I…
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Prompt Friday – Bloody
Write this scene:You are having a peaceful dinner at a restaurant when bullets start flying, and one shatters the glass you pick up to drink. My Response Crab Envy Marvelle, New JerseyApril 10, 2026 — 6:00 PM Sharon’s food had just arrived. She was pleased because she was starving after skipping lunch. Her stomach rumbled.…