Just Keep Writing: March 9, 2023 - Thursday Threads

 Hello again! It's great to have you with me on the scenic route today. If you're a writer and you're struggling, then I hope today's word prompt will help spark an idea to jump start your next story or poem. Even if you're not struggling with writer's block, word prompts are a great way to challenge yourself. Let's go!

Just Keep Writing: Thursday Threads

If this is your first time participating in this kind of writing exercise, you're in for a treat. If you've done this with me before, just keep scrolling for the prompt.

Rules:

1. You can use any/all of the words and/or the photo in the prompt below to create a unique written work. Fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, even lyrics are acceptable.  
2. Please keep the material you write clean (ie. nothing R-rated or worse) if you wish to share the link to your work here, as well as if you link back to my site. I strive to keep my site free of such things. My readers know and expect this. I respect your right to write whatever you feel you need to write. And you're free to use my prompts. But if your material is graphic, I'd rather not view it, and most of my readers will not wish to. 
3. Have fun! This type of exercise is perfect for growing in the writing craft, or for helping through a rough patch in your current WIP. If you're looking to push your author limits and you normally write in nonfiction prose, try a whimsical collection of lyrics. If you normally write poems about real life events, try your hand at a fanfic. Give yourself some room to explore.

Don't forget to leave a link to your creation (unless you're writing graphic material) so my readers and I can check out your work. I'd appreciate a link back to this post to help me reach more readers, but it's not required. 

Photo by Engin Akyurt

If you haven't done so yet, please take a moment and go to Pixabay.com to visit Engin's gallery. The awesome thing about Pixabay.com is that they have a safe search feature. Pexels doesn't offer the same thing and I sometimes dread going to the site. To find the safe search check box, you need visit the search page and look on the top right. Once you click it, it should stay that way. Then you can search anywhere on the site and things marked as adult content won't show up. Engin has a few marked that way, but I have no idea what they are. I love the other things in the gallery, though, so I'm glad I had the safe search feature checked. 

Aren't today's words awesome? Who uses the word 'digress' anymore? And 'close' could be used in one of two ways. This set of words really made me smile. Were they helpful for you? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below. 

Tomorrow, I'll have something exciting to share with you, a short video clip of Spartacus, and another word prompt. 

Until next time,
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