Prompt Playground

Here you will find various prompts and challenges to keep your muse entertained! Should you decide to partake, please add a link (or ping) back to this page and comment below with the link to your post(s). You may want to consider creating a new category for your challenge and posting the link to it, rather than commenting with multiple links. This makes it easier for everyone to follow your journey. Enjoy!

*NEW* 10 Ways to Nurture Your Mind, Body & Soul in 10 Days! This challenge is a Kellie Elmore original! You may be complete in any order over 10 consecutive days.

Please read all ten challenges before beginning and then decide if you can commit.

1. Choose a religion, philosophy or someone you’re curious about and spend the day researching. If you choose something/someone you truly want to know more about, this will be fun and easy!  Share what you learned…

2.  Write a poem. Easy huh?  Not so fast… Write a poem outside of your usual style. Try a new form like a Vignette, Quatrain or Villanelle! Post it to your blog and share the link.

3. Find time to meditate. Then write something  immediatley afterward. Post & Share

4. Let go!  Take a moment to reflect and realize something that bothers/affects you  from your past. Vent your feelings by writing them on notebook paper, read it back to yourself, then burn it! Share how this made you feel.

5.  Memorize an inspiring proverb or quote. What is it and why did you choose it?

6. Drop a bad habit. Just for today, lay down the smokes, leave the soda alone and drink water or watch your potty mouth by finding silly, creative words to replace those F bombs…(if you choose this, please share your newfound words with us) What did you do? Did you succeed and if not don’t worry, everyone gets an A for effort.

7. Go for a walk. Snap a picture of something interesting you saw and write something using it as a prompt. Post & share.

8. Laugh!  Laughter does many wonderful things for the mind, body and soul! Google jokes, have fun reading and find one that makes you literally “LOL”.  Post & Share.

9. Karma; “What goes around comes around” Do something nice for someone today. Take one little extra step to make their day better. The trick is…they can’t know it was you.  What did you do? Post & Share.

10. Get out! Spend a day outside! Remember the days before technology brainwashed us? When your parents would make you play outside instead of sitting in front of the t.v. all day? Consider this your mama’s orders! Leave the laptop/PC, ipads, ipods and phones off and soak up nature. Remember imagination? Use it! Share what you did and how you coped without your eyes glued to a screen.

*Upon completion of the challenge…
Finish the line with the first thing that comes to mind:
“One thing I’ve learned about myself in the last ten days is…”
(Elaborate.) Post & Share with your last entry.

*NEW* 30 Days of Inspiration

Does your muse ever just lay down and quit on you? Or maybe just disappear altogether? Don’t worry… Here are 30 inspiring prompts to use while she is away.
You may write poetry, flashes, prose, post photos, quotes, video…whatever the prompt inspires you to do. You may also mix up the order if you choose.

1- Guilty pleasure
2- Something that inspires you
3- The five songs you would have with you on a desert island and why
4- What you imagine paradise to be like
5- A thank you letter to someone who has changed your life
6- Earliest thing you can remember
7- Favorite cover of your favorite song
8- Someone you think would make a good president
9- Five things you want to see change
10- A dream you had this past week described in detail
11- Favorite picture ever taken of yourself
12- Your favorite musical artist’s life story
13- A memory that never fails to make you laugh
14- Best mashup you’ve ever heard
15- A moment, phrase, or song that has changed your life the most.
16- Something that you want to do within the next five years
17- What you want to remembered for.
18- A picture that makes you feel
19- A passage from a book that has touched you
20- A band that you immediately liked and the song that made you like them
21- Your favorite medium of art
22- Someone you would give your life up for without question. 23- Most awkward first impression you feel you’ve ever given
24- Something you did as a child that other people remember you for.
25- Something you would do if no one stopped you or if you knew you wouldn’t fail.
26- Your definition of love.
27- Your definition of the meaning of life.
28- A moment you remember being completely happy in and a description of why you believe you were. What is your definition of happiness?
29- What you live for.
30- Ways you believe you have grown over the past thirty days.

30 Days of Truth…

 An exercise in self exploration and learning to be honest with yourself … and that ultimately leads to happiness. Take the journey with me! .

Day 01: Something you hate about yourself.

Day 02: Something you love about yourself.
Day 03: Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 04: Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 05: Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06: Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07: Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08: Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 09: Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10: Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11: Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12: Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13: A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14: A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15: Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16: Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17: A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18: Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19: What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20: Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21: (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22: Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23: Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24: Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25: The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26: Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27: What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28: What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29: Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30: A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

30 Day Letter Challenge

You are invited to participate in a 30 Day Challenge…

In which for 30 days you will write a letter to/for the following list. To participate, please post the badge on your blog and link me. Then reply here with the link to your posts/category! Please do them in order. *This may be started at anytime.

Letter 1 — Your best friend
Letter 2 — Your husband/wife/lover/bf/gf/crush
Letter 3 — Your parents
Letter 4 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Letter 5 — Your dreams
Letter 6 — A stranger
Letter 7 — Your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Letter 8 — Your favorite internet friend
Letter 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Letter 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Letter 11 — A deceased person you wish you could talk to
Letter 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Letter 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Letter 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Letter 15 — The person you miss the most
Letter 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Letter 17 — Someone from your childhood
Letter 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Letter 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Letter 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Letter 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Letter 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Letter 23 — The last person you kissed
Letter 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Letter 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Letter 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Letter 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Letter 28 — Someone that changed your life
Letter 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Letter 30 — Your reflection in the mirror

” All About Me in 30 Days” Challenge

You may also scrapbook this challenge at home! *Please post your pics*

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Day 02- The meaning behind your blog/site/user name
Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
Day 12- How you found out about blogging and why you made one
Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14- A picture of you and your family
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself
Day 17- Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your parents
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
Day 30- Who are you?