I started writing 10 years ago on a whim. I’d always wanted to write a book though I’m not sure why. It’s not like I had anything...

Day 30: Convince the world that a mythological creature of your choosing exists. Dragons are real. I’m not saying they’re constantly in...

Day 29: You’re standing in your living room with a gun in your hand. A man is lying dead on the floor. What happened? So I was just...

Day 28: Write a scene that starts with this sentence: And? And? What did you expect me to do? I couldn’t just stop loving you, stop...

Day 27: You are the hero in an epic story. How did you defeat the villain? All epic stories end the same: good triumphs over evil. Every...

Day 26: Write a scene about being in the right place at the wrong time This is the right place, isn’t it? The abandoned warehouse on...

Day 25: The last thing you touched is trying to kill you. Explain why. My blanket wants to kill me. Why, you ask? Simple. Because it can....

Day 24: Write a scene about a locked door Every night the same dream. A dark hallway in a dark house. At the end is a door. I’m being...

Day 23: Write a scene that ends with this sentence: Now I suggest you return to the hole you crawled out of before my anger gets the...

Day 22: Write a scene in a cemetery I hadn’t seen him in years. Decades even and never imagined I’d run into him again, much less here....

Day 21: Write about how it would feel to get beaten up without describing the physical pain Thud. Crack. My head whips to the side as a...

Day 20: Think of your greatest fear. If it’s an object, person or place, make it sound lovable. If it’s some kind of experience, make it...

Day 19: Tell the story of a man who lives in a motel. The world burned and mankind was nearly wiped off the map. People gathered together...

Day 18: You find yourself aboard the Titanic fully aware of what’s about to happen. Now what? So there’s this iceberg, right? Like a...

Day 17: Write a diary entry from the perspective of the last thing you ate Dear diary, Well, it’s finally over. I thought I’d have more...

Day 16: You find a journal on a train and... I found a journal on a train. It was black with blue ink covering every page. I wanted to...

Day 15: You find a new key on your keychain. What does it unlock? Today is weird. It didn’t start out that way, though. I woke up, took a...

Day #14: Finish a story or scene with the line “Nothing ever felt easier to say.” Suddenly, it all made sense. And not in a good way. It...

Day 13: Write about a zoo animal Lions and tigers and bears. But mostly lions. A whole pride of them, majestic as they sun themselves on...

Day 12: Write your life story in 5 sentences Born in Montclair, New Jersey in the middle of a blizzard that my mother swore was not a bad...