The Write Prompt
From last week’s writing prompt: the last car.
The last car I had was
a green Aerostar. Call it the Mom-mobile or as we sometimes referred to the car
as the green bomber, which we “bombed” around town in. It was my first vehicle
with a cup holder, albeit, a not very good one. Any sharp turn would send a
large cup careening onto the floor mat, invariable dousing all in its path with liquid contents. Not a good thing if it was pop or a mocha, more tolerable
if it was just water. That minivan saw several trips up north and one trip
east, including Gettysburg. It went from containing baby seats to carrying
young men, who learned to drive behind its steering wheel.
When I use a writing prompt, I usually like to include as
many senses as I possible, but the above piece turned into more of a quick
visual history of what went on inside my last car. However, that’s the fun thing
about writing prompts. You can
interpret them any way you like! The last car could be the last car you drove
in, rode in, the last one your grandma bought or the last car of a train, also
known as a caboose. There isn’t necessarily a right way. The prompt is just
there to get you going.
I found an interesting post on the Tweetspeak blog, a resource for writers, which
likened finding writing prompts to a method of reading and responding. Isn’t
that essentially what we do as writers? As we read books or articles, we often think of
what our response would be to the words we’ve just taken in. The world
around us is filled with writing prompts as we take in sights, hear sounds,
smell scents and odors or taste the savory and sweet. The prompts surround us.
We just need to take the initiative and write about them!
What’s your favorite
way to find writing prompts?
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