Music Monday: Too Long Since the Last Prompts

Well indeed, the title says it all. So here is a set of prompts for you.

1. People never crumble in a day. (Slow Fade - Casting Crowns)
2. Will someone please radio for help? 'Cause I think I'm allergic to myself. (The One Thing I Have Left - Hawk Nelson)
3. There's just too much that time cannot erase. (My Immortal - Evanescence)

Enjoy these prompts, and let me know, as always, if anything comes of them!

Wacky Wednesday: OneWord Prompts

As a writer, I know I often run out of things to write about despite the folder of at least a hundred plot bunnies that I have. There are also days when I really want to write something, but I don't have a lot of time to do it. Usually, I have at least one spare moment, and that's when OneWord is a really great resource.

Upon entering the site, you can choose to write about the prompt that will appear if you click the "go" button. You have sixty seconds to write about whatever is inspired by that word. If you choose to create an account, you can store all your prompts on it, and after writing your prompt, you even have the opportunity to read what others have written. It's really a great resource for when there isn't a lot of time but you're still itching to write anyway.

Here is a sample from what I wrote in sixty seconds based on the word "walls":

Walls. We build them to protect ourselves. To hide behind them. To make sure no one sees who we really are. We are afraid that if the walls fall, then everything will shatter.
Why are we so afraid to show who we are? To let the walls fall down? To be authentic. To be real. To stop hiding behind facades, but to really be the people we really are? Why do we find it easier to be fake? To lie to ourselves, instead of telling the truth and showing the truth?

Obviously, it's not perfect, and what someone writes in sixty seconds usually isn't. But it can be the start to something. It can be a character's journal entry, or poetry, or a short story. In short, prompts are a really wonderful resource to challenge yourself and think outside the box, so I highly recommend this resource as a way to jog your brain.

Visit OneWord by clicking on this link!

Music Monday: Promptly Prompting Prompts

Sorry for the puns and alliteration, but I was hoping it would grab your attention. Now that I have it, how about attempting to write about some of these prompts?

1. Stay away from me, I need you too badly. (Stay Away - Secondhand Serenade)
2. I tried to be perfect, tried to be honest, tried to be everything you ever wanted... tried to be everything but you. (Everything You Ever Wanted - Hawk Nelson)
3. Now we've lost it all, and we can't go back, I'm sorry, I can't be perfect. (Perfect - Simple Plan)

Enjoy, and remember, if you write something based on one of these prompts, please let me know!

Music Monday: The Return of the Prompts

Now that you've seen an example of how to go about using these Monday prompts, how about I give you a few more?

1) It gets harder everyday, and I love you more than I did before. (Stay - Miley Cyrus)
2) My heart is so jet lagged. (Jet Lag - Simple Plan)
3) Today, you walked out of my life. Today, your words felt like a knife. (Like a Knife - Secondhand Serenade)

Write away right away! It takes five minutes! Give me your stories of what happens with these prompts!

Music Monday: The Prompts Continue

Once again, please let me know if a prompt inspires you, or if you know of a really inspiring song that you want to share with others!

Otherwise, you'll be subjected to continuing to receive lyric prompts out of my limited pool of knowledge.

1. You're like my first bad habit, how am I gonna give you up? (First Bad Habit - Vanessa Hudgens)
2. Don't tell me who I should be, and don't try to tell me what's right for me. (Shut Up - Simple Plan)
3. So please let me be free from you. Please, let me be free, I can't face the truth. (Pretend - Secondhand Serenade)

Enjoy the prompts, enjoy the songs, and happy Monday!

Music Monday: Continuing the Lyric War Prompts

Hopefully, these posts are inspiring your writing, as well as introducing you to new music! Without further ado, I shall present some more lyric prompts.

1. I'm no one special, just another wide-eyed girl who's desperately in love with you. (Superstar - Taylor Swift)
2. I'd rather be anywhere else, anywhere else, anywhere else but here. (Anywhere Else But Here - Simple Plan)
3. I'm putting my defenses up, 'cause I don't want to fall in love. If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack. (Heart Attack - Demi Lovato)

Enjoy, and happy new Monday!

Music Monday: Introducing Lyric Wars

*Adapted from when I blogged for The Sleepless Writers

For those who have never heard of it, I would like to introduce a concept called “lyric wars.” A lot of writers I know already participate in a game called “word wars,” where a certain time is set (i.e. from :10-:20 of whatever hour it is, as a lot of us are in different time zones) and whoever is participating writes for that amount of time straight. In this example, everyone would write for ten minutes, then post what they wrote and get feedback from the other writers. Lyric wars are different in that one person will first choose several different songs as prompts. Those participating typically vote on which prompt they want to write, and then they all write a scene inspired by those lyrics for 5 or 10 minutes. (I typically go for 5 for lyric wars.)

Why are lyric wars so awesome? My August NaNo novel was inspired by a random lyric war. Intending for it to just be a short story, I tried to expand on the 100 words I wrote in those 5 minutes. Then those 100 words became 1000, then 2000, and then before I knew it, I was writing a novel instead of a short story for an anthology. Point is, unexpected things can happen from lyric wars. So give them a shot! The possibilities are endless.

I plan to regularly post three lyric prompts every Monday. Please tell me stories of what happens with these prompts! The goal is to inspire others. (I'm happy to look over anything you might write based off them.)

Prompts for this week:

1. Your love is where I'm falling, but please don't catch me. (Catch Me - Demi Lovato)

2. It's like the world's closing around us and we're doing just fine. (No Distance - Jason Chen)

3. Every time I fight, the scars are gonna heal, but they're never gonna go away. (No Love - Simple Plan)

Enjoy, and happy writing!