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Writing Prompts 

1. a silver car
2. a box full of keys, of all shapes and sizes
3. a hidden courtyard
4. a fuzzy purple blanket
5. a cracked piece of amber
6. chipped stone angels
7. a fan made of leaves
8. tiny windows
9. a flooded cave
10. a cheetah with a diamond collar
11. a book missing all its pages
12. a hair from a lion's mane
13. blue buttons
14. a dusty oil lamp
15. a pearl-handled brush
16. fireflies skimming the water
17. a telephone that rings at the same hour every night
18. a coat with many pockets
19. a silver hair tie
20. dead leaves scattered across the floor
21. violet-tinted spectacles
22. a teddy bear with mismatched eyes
23. a pincushion full of needles
24. little yellow apples
25. a jewel-studded tooth
26. a broken birdcage
27. an empty picture frame
28. a pen with green ink
29. a sandbox with a hole in it
30. birds that don't sing
31. half-empty bottles on a dusty shelf
32. three dolls which are identical, but for one thing
33. papers burning in a fireplace
34. clouds shaped like horses
35. a pink tint at evening
36. a lightning-scarred tree
37. pebbles in a rain puddle
38. a broken seesaw
39. grains of sugar lining a spoon
40. a dollhouse without furniture
41. a hole under a fence
42. an echoing hallway full of chairs
43. a bedframe decorated with ribbons
44. a humid, hazy night, August 27th
45. a bicycle basket full of wilted flowers
46. a ruby ring with a broken setting
47. a light flickering in a tent
48. a ladder missing a step
49. indigo walls
50. cream-colored thread
51. a flock of ruffled ducks
52. a handprint in the dust
53. a crooked sundial
54. the smell of wet earth
55. an unfinished spiderweb
56. a covered mirror
57. wet shoes
58. the first star visible at night
59. a tattered quill pen
60. a collection of snowglobes
61. toenails painted gold
62. photographs tacked to the wall
63. a bowl of ribbon candy
64. illegible writing
65. fur-lined pillows
66. frosty breath
67. a goldfish with a torn fin
68. a smudged kitchen window
69. a small table in the corner
70. a yellow hat
71. tiny glass deer
72. chips of bark
73. a crushed box with something inside
74. a dented whistle
75. a jar full of marbles
76. dry grass
77. a door hanging off its hinges
78. graffiti under a bridge
79. an arrangement of white feathers
80. flakes of colored foil
81. wind stirring some bamboo chimes
82. red and gold carpeting
83. two tea-stained cups
84. a low tide
85. a door that won't stay shut
86. rustling noises in the eaves
87. a half-toppled cairn
88. a vanilla-scented candle, half melted
89. a lifelike stuffed pheasant
90. several jigsaw puzzles mixed together
91. water streaming down a culvert
92. a gilded violin bow
93. the back corner of a banquet hall
94. a salamander and a frog in an aquarium
95. a pale pink stain on a white rug
96. a smile half hidden behind a hand
97. shiny new tires on a bicycle
98. shadows cast by flowers
99. a dead moth
100. an old kaleidoscope in the attic  

The list will be equal parts character development, dialogue and other scenes to get me back in the habit.  I do not plan to post in order.  Chapters may contain spoilers for The Queen of England: Coronation (now available on Amazon).



































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