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Tag: Writing Prompt

  • Sound of Clouds

    This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word chip. Exactly 39 words. ** The sound of clouds tastes silver and feels like a harp string in C#. Just like Tuesdays are yellow Thursdays are shiny green mosaic chips Sunshine smells magenta Thunder tastes orange but sounds like brown When you have…

  • Broken Crowns

      This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word pour. Exactly 26 words.   Henry had been wrestling with this demon for years. Today, he’d found the strength to dump the last bottle of Crown. After just one more sip.        

  • Eddie’s Underwear

    Eddie’s Underwear

      This week’s visual prompt for the Mutant 750 writing challenge is the image below. The word prompt is underwear. It was a wilder-than-usual Friday night at The Rubber Oyster. The place was packed. At 8:30pm, the waiting list was still over an hour and a half. Customers were three-deep at the bar, clamoring for Harvey…

  • Stereotyping

    This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the image accompanying this little piece, “Burnt Toast” by Rick Warren. Exactly 26 words. ** Bonjour! My name is Pierre. I am a French Toaster. You may think I can make French Toast, but this is not the case. See below.  

  • Company

    Company

      This week’s writing prompts for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge are the words kitchen, squid, and shampoo. Exactly 26 words. ** “Did you know there’s a squid in the kitchen?”   “But it’s only Monday…” “Yeah, so?” “Usually he stops by on Tuesdays when I shampoo the calamari.”