Thanksgiving Your Way

Use the prompt below to inspire you.

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, and you decide to do something nontraditional this year. If you could do anything you want, go anywhere you want, with anyone you want–what would you do? Or would you stick with your traditional Thanksgiving? Describe the day you’ll have.

 

The Genealogy Chart

Use the writing prompt below to inspire you.

You delve into your family history and discover that the men on your father’s side have all died at age 30 under mysterious circumstances in different locations–except for your dad. You begin interviewing your remaining family members only to find that no one will talk about it. How do you find out the truth? And what is the truth?

The Masquerade Ball

Use the writing prompt below to inspire you.

You attend a masquerade ball and meet a charming suitor. At the end of the night, you try to catch up with them and see them slip into a room at the end of a dark hallway. You enter the room to find it empty. Where did they go? How do you find them?

The Memoir Writer

Use the writing prompt below to inspire you.

You’re a memoir writer. One of your cousins calls you up to see if you’ll help her expose a family member’s hidden, scandalous proclivities in a tell-all book. You tell your cousin you’ll think about it, but then your family-member-in-common disappears. What happened? And was your cousin involved?

Murder at the Bakery

Use the following murder mystery writing prompt to inspire you.

You run a bakery in a small town. Your competition in the next town over begins a smear campaign to put you out of business. You open your store one morning to find your competition dead on the floor, surrounded by chocolate chip cookie crumbs. Who did it? And how?