17 " I " Prompts for Writers - Guest Post by Brenda Leyland

' I ' Prompts for Writers

Do you need an inspirational boost? Something to spark your inventive imagination? Hopefully you'll find the writing prompts below interesting and useful. This post is brought to you by the Letter I—that's why it's inanely interspersed with words starting with this inestimable ninth letter.

If you get to the end, perhaps you'd be willing to inch nearer one prompt and respond to it with a few lines in the comment box below. Enjoy!

1. Invite us into your writing space—describe what you see or how you feel when you're there.

2. If it's not your ideal work space, what would you do to improve it?

3. Imagine a new project you'd love to work on this season.

4. Invent reasons why you can't pursue this project—or why you will.

5. Identify the real time you'll need to work on it. How do you plan to insert this project into your current life? What will you change to make room for this new time-gobbling venture?

6. Introduce us to a Bible verse or a quotation that inspires you to write.

7. Isolate the fear or discomfort you have about writing. What's your antidote?

8. Outline that intriguing little problem you've been pondering. Does it have to do with a writing project? A situation at work or home? Why the cookie jar is always empty?

9. Tell us about a book you are reading and the feeling it invokes in you.

10. You are in your favourite place in the world—write from this imaginative spot.

11. Who or what was instrumental in you becoming a writer?

12. Describe a time when you had to stop and listen intently. Was it when you heard fragments of intimate conversation, bees humming in the flowers, leaves blowing in the trees, the Lord whispering in your ear?

13. Explain one habit or tool that has improved your writing experience.

14. Browse your bookshelf quickly for instant inspiration—which title grabs your attention?

15. Which incentive gets you writing the soonest? Watching an episode of your favourite binge watch? Reading the next chapter in a good book? A cup of tea? A nap?

16. What do you consider an interloping interruption in your writing day? Are there ways you deal successfully with this intruder?

17. Do you ever wrestle with inertia? How do you overcome it?

I hope you had a little fun with these prompts and that something ignited your writing flame. Don't forget to include your say-so below.

Top Photo credit: Image by AndaDeea from Pixabay

Inspired by the beauty of God's world, Brenda writes on her blog at It's Still A Beautiful Life. Her writing has also appeared in FellowScript magazine and InScribe's Christmas anthology. A passionate reader, Brenda also enjoys nature walks, taking pics of her flowers, and being in the heart of her home. September's sunsets and long shadows are her delight at this time of year.