Beat February Blahs with Writing Prompts
Prompt 16
Escape those February blahs with some writing prompts.
For people who live in dark places, cold places, or discouraging weather places, February can be a month of lethargy. January is often a big month for depression and “the blues” after the rush of the holiday season that seems to last from Halloween to New Year’s, even though January often begins with a desire for a fresh start.
But in places with inclement weather, that exuberance can face smack down after smackdown as you’re too cold, too hot, can’t start the car, you’re snowed in, or maybe it never stops raining, and you’ve not seen the sun in weeks. You wonder if maybe you are in a simulation, and they are testing your patience to the very core. Lethargy and depression might return. Distraction. Why bother? And writer’s block. That elusive creature called Writer’s Block that is different for everyone and visits can last a day or decades.
Sometimes to snap out of our lethargy, our Writer’s Block, our procrastination, we just need a nudge in a different direction. Sometimes seeing something from a different angle or thinking about something in a different manner can shift our thinking.
It occurred to me that maybe for the month of February, each day I will post a picture with no comment. And you can use them as prompts.
Unleash your mind and see what words appear on the screen!
The pictures can evoke emotion. Maybe the colour makes you think of something. Perhaps the figure in the picture has a story to tell.
You might write a story, a poem, a novel.
You could start at the beginning of the month and write a bit every day and end up with a story or an outline.
Everyone will see and experience a writing prompt photo in their own way.
There is no right or wrong.
This is not genre-specific. If you like to write horror, write horror. If you like to write romance, write romance. There are no rules.
Just write about what the photo says to you.
I’ll have this same information up every day of the month for the month of February with a different photo every day for the prompt.
All of the photos are copyrighted by Sèphera Girón and may not be used without written permission.
Feel free to share your thoughts, ideas, and even snippets of your inspirations in the comments!
I grappled with the burglar, trying to get the pistol twisted from his grip.
That was a mistake.
He twisted and the pistol went off and the .38 caliber bullet smoked out of the hollow of the pistol barrel like a steam engine chuffing out of a mountain.
The bullet, of course, was moving far too quickly to see, only slowing down as it struck the forehead of my wife who had just at that moment in irretrievable time, plowing through a lifetime of memories, leaving me with the rest of my lifetime to regret.
She fell to the floor, dying, as my heart broke into countless pieces of sharded regret.