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Have you played this before? It’s a game where you and another person, or multiple other people, sit and go through a scenario of where you would rather be. You can include people you’d rather be with, alternate locations, ages, and life situations, etc. Please stay in this reality.
I could sit and explain how I’d rather be sixty-three and a cat lady, and go through the reasons why. Or I could omit my reasoning and simply render the scene. It’s all up to you how you take this prompt.
If you have any questions or clarifications please feel free to contact us.
Tag with #anywhere prompt. Do not submit links to us, we will only be reblogging pieces from this tag.
If you’ve created a project/prompt for the Tumblr writing community and you’ve made sure there’s as much information as possible stated in the post and that there is an appropriate tag, then use the #twcp tag so that we can find your post easily. [Note: if you’ve already published your post and go back to just add the #twcp tag, your post may not show up. You may have to post it again, and not as a reblog. We apologize for Tumblr’s occasional bitchery.]
- Suggested by Lillian at Spilled Ink
- Deadline is November 30
- Appropriate tag: #becomethetree
- Essentially, write a prose or poetry piece personal to you of a time when you had to bare all and be naked to those around you (envision a tree in autumn/winter losing all of its leaves).
- Do not submit links for this project. Pieces will only be reblogged from the above tag.
- Suggested by Bethany at Spilled Ink
- Deadline is November 30
- Appropriate tag: #futureappreciation
- Essentially, write a prose or poetry piece of something in the future that you believe you will be thankful for. Try and keep the pieces personal so really think about what little thing would be special or mean something to you that hasn’t happened yet. [Little things only. No births, marriages, graduations, etcetera.]
- Click here for an example by Lillian and Bethany.
- Do not submit links for this project. Pieces will only be reblogged from the above tag.
These are some current projects/prompts going on in the community right now. Please remember to use proper tags appropriate to each project for your prose and poetry pieces if you decide to participate in any of these projects, and do not use the tag #twcp.
If you’ve created a project/prompt for the Tumblr writing community and you’ve made sure there’s as much information as possible stated in the post and that there is an appropriate tag, then use the #twcp tag so that we can find your post easily. [Note: if you’ve already published your post and go back to just add the #twcp tag, your post may not show up. You may have to post it again, and not as a reblog. We apologize for Tumblr’s occasional bitchery.]
- Suggested by Lillian at Spilled Ink
- Deadline is November 30
- Appropriate tag: #becomethetree
- Essentially, write a prose or poetry piece personal to you of a time when you had to bare all and be naked to those around you (envision a tree in autumn/winter losing all of its leaves).
- Do not submit links for this project. Pieces will only be reblogged from the above tag.
- Suggested by Bethany at Spilled Ink
- Deadline is November 30
- Appropriate tag: #futureappreciation
- Essentially, write a prose or poetry piece of something in the future that you believe you will be thankful for. Try and keep the pieces personal so really think about what little thing would be special or mean something to you that hasn’t happened yet. [Little things only. No births, marriages, graduations, etcetera.]
- Click here for an example by Lillian and Bethany.
- Do not submit links for this project. Pieces will only be reblogged from the above tag.
- Suggested by Kate
- Deadline is TOMORROW. Spilled Ink will post a few of our favorites throughout the day so you still have plenty of time to post.
- Appropriate tag: #lovesongforkatie
- “I want you to write a love song for me, and Jen, or me AND Jen. Or just me. Or just Jen. Or some other person and tell us you wrote them Just For Us. Because that’s awesome.”
You’re Better Than You Think You Are
- Suggested by Gary
- Apparently this is now closed but I found it on BurningMuse and she gave the wonderful suggestion of still using it as a prompt. So, we at Spilled Ink are now tracking this project and will be reblogging pieces from it. Even if you don’t write anything for it, go explore the tag yourself. There is some amazing poetry and prose there.
- Appropriate tag: #you’rebetterthanyouthinkyouare [don’t forget to include the apostrophe!]
- “Write yourself a compliment. No one knows you better than you. No one knows, better than you, what you absolutely suck at. So it should be the same thing the other way around. The purpose is, well- to be uplifting and shit. To make yourself feel better, and if nothing else- it’s a free pass to be narcissistic, vain and self centered.” [Click here for more details please.]
- Suggested by Noelle
- Appropriate tags: #burningmuse & #vicesandvirtues
- “Simply write about any experience [doesn’t have to be from childhood] that has had a profound [or amusing] effect on your personality/ behavior/ beliefs/ habits/ outlook—especially related to values, strengths, qualities, or flaws that have influenced who you have become.” [Click here for more details please.]
- Suggested by Noelle
- Appropriate tags: #burningmuse & #shadowsonthecavewall
- “Write a piece about seeing the world [a person, place, or thing] from a different perspective. Examples would be: A personal experience, conversation, a news story that blew your mind, writing fiction from the point of view you would not usually express.” [Click here for more details please.]
Questions, comments, corrections to any of the above projects, etcetera etcetera, should be sent here. Feel free to reblog this post (you can condense it so it’s not so very long) so that we can get as much participation for these projects/prompts as possible!
-Spilled Ink Mods
(Note: You could even reblog this and save it to your drafts, instead of publishing it, so that you have it handy for some writing ideas when/if you get stuck one night.)
These are some current projects/prompts going on in the community right now. Please remember to use proper tags appropriate to each project for your prose and poetry pieces if you decide to participate in any of these projects, and do not use the tag #twcp.
If you’ve created a project/prompt for the Tumblr writing community and you’ve made sure there’s as much information as possible stated in the post and that there is an appropriate tag, then use the #twcp tag so that we can find your post easily. [Note: if you’ve already published your post and go back to just add the #twcp tag, your post may not show up. You may have to post it again, and not as a reblog. We apologize for Tumblr’s occasional bitchery.]
- Suggested by Lillian at Spilled Ink
- Deadline is November 31
- Appropriate tag: #becomethetree
- Essentially, write a prose or poetry piece personal to you of a time when you had to bare all and be naked to those around you (envision a tree in autumn/winter losing all of its leaves).
- Do not submit links for this project. Pieces will only be reblogged from the above tag.
- Suggested by Bethany at Spilled Ink
- Deadline is November 31
- Appropriate tag: #futureappreciation
- Essentially, write a prose or poetry piece of something in the future that you believe you will be thankful for. Try and keep the pieces personal so really think about what little thing would be special or mean something to you that hasn’t happened yet. [Little things only. No births, marriages, graduations, etcetera.]
- Click here for an example by Lillian and Bethany.
- Do not submit links for this project. Pieces will only be reblogged from the above tag.
- Suggested by Kate
- Deadline is TOMORROW. Spilled Ink will post a few of our favorites throughout the day so you still have plenty of time to post.
- Appropriate tag: #lovesongforkatie
- “I want you to write a love song for me, and Jen, or me AND Jen. Or just me. Or just Jen. Or some other person and tell us you wrote them Just For Us. Because that’s awesome.”
You’re Better Than You Think You Are
- Suggested by Gary
- Apparently this is now closed but I found it on BurningMuse and she gave the wonderful suggestion of still using it as a prompt. So, we at Spilled Ink are now tracking this project and will be reblogging pieces from it. Even if you don’t write anything for it, go explore the tag yourself. There is some amazing poetry and prose there.
- Appropriate tag: #you’rebetterthanyouthinkyouare [don’t forget to include the apostrophe!]
- “Write yourself a compliment. No one knows you better than you. No one knows, better than you, what you absolutely suck at. So it should be the same thing the other way around. The purpose is, well- to be uplifting and shit. To make yourself feel better, and if nothing else- it’s a free pass to be narcissistic, vain and self centered.” [Click here for more details please.]
- Suggested by Noelle
- Appropriate tags: #burningmuse & #vicesandvirtues
- “Simply write about any experience [doesn’t have to be from childhood] that has had a profound [or amusing] effect on your personality/ behavior/ beliefs/ habits/ outlook—especially related to values, strengths, qualities, or flaws that have influenced who you have become.” [Click here for more details please.]
- Suggested by Noelle
- Appropriate tags: #burningmuse & #shadowsonthecavewall
- “Write a piece about seeing the world [a person, place, or thing] from a different perspective. Examples would be: A personal experience, conversation, a news story that blew your mind, writing fiction from the point of view you would not usually express.” [Click here for more details please.]
Questions, comments, corrections to any of the above projects, etcetera etcetera, should be sent here. Feel free to reblog this post (you can condense it so it’s not so very long) so that we can get as much participation for these projects/prompts as possible!
-Spilled Ink Mods
(Note: You could even reblog this and save it to your drafts, instead of publishing it, so that you have it handy for some writing ideas when/if you get stuck one night.)
So here we are, introducing yet another tag we want you to track! #TWCP
This tag is a very limited tag. It is to be used solely for projects created by those in the writing community. Spilled Ink and Burning Muse (go follow and support this new blog aiming to help the community!) post a good amount of projects and so this tag will bring all of them together. This is not to say that only these two blogs can use the tag. If you put out a project for the writing community, even if your blog is only a personal blog (like Travis for example and his Obsessed with Words project), then tag it with #TWCP!
The thing about this tag, though, is that it is (yes we’re repeating ourselves, but we want to make this clear) SOLELY for projects. Do not post your poetry and prose pieces and tag them with #TWCP. If you decide you want to use this tag for your own project we ask that you PLEASE have a tag ready for people to use.So, for example: Spilled Ink puts out a project for November. We create a post, fill in all of the details (if there are any deadlines, requirements, requests, etc.), we tag that post with #TWCP but then within the post we’ve already explained that we want anyone who’s decided to participate to use the tag #spilledinknovember. And that second tag, the one that is specific to the title of the project, that is the one we’d be tracking and reblogging from.
Because we really do not want the #TWCP tag to become cluttered we have decided that when we are looking for pieces to reblog concerning any projects that are out, we will go to the project specific tag. If something is tagged with #TWCP as well, we will not reblog it. So basically what we’re asking you to do here is pay attention and follow the directions.
Concerning people who want to use the #TWCP tag for their own projects, we ask that you include as many details as possible. Like we’ve already said, please state any deadlines if they exist, requirements for project participants, a separate tag for the particular project, etcetera.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions (not just about this new tag, but about Spilled Ink in general) please let us know!
- Spilled InkFeel free to reblog this to spread the word!
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY. This tag is for projects ONLY. Not the pieces that are stemmed from those projects. The tag will become cluttered and pointless. Each project should be given a specific tag to use.
So we all know what usually comes with November and Thanksgiving: inquiries about what you’re thankful for. And what are the usual responses? The food on this table, my family, God, the roof over my head, my friends, my children, the sun, the freedom I have in this country, the fact that I have a job when I know many don’t, my husband/wife/lover/partner in life, that I am alive, etc etc etc.
The list can go on and on of the cliche answers we have for what we’re thankful for. No matter how truthful and accurate they are (because we are thankful for one or two or all of these things I am sure) the fact remains that they are still cliche and standard.
Well, we at Spilled Ink are proposing a theme for November/Thanksgiving of course. But we’re writers here, and hopefully we’re imaginative and creative, so why should we follow a long with the typical?
No. We’ve decided to veer off in a different direction. Instead of writing a prose or poetry piece on something from the past that you’re thankful for or something in the present like family and all of the other things listed above, we want you to expand the boundaries of your mind and look to the future.
Think about what types of little things you might be thankful for in the future. Do not include big events such as births, marriages, honeymoons, graduation, etc.
Now obviously we can only know so much about the future and so these pieces are going to be fictionalized, but try and keep it personal, intimate. Let us get a little bit of a glimpse into you by seeing what small and seemingly insignificant (from the outside at least!) event would be important and meaningful to you.
Feel free to take this in any direction you feel. Be inspired. But please follow the guidelines of something you’re thankful for that is not a BIG event. Little things.
Bethany’s Example: The son I’m hopefully going to have. He’ll probably have dark hair, as I’m not typically attracted to blonde guys for whatever reason. If he gets lucky he’ll have my eyes. I have pretty eyes, everyone says so. He’ll be wild, drive me crazy probably, but I’ll secretly love it. He’ll be active, and I’ll hope he settles on hockey but I’ll be happy with whatever he chooses, in respects to sports at least. It’ll be a normal day. I’ll go drop him off at school. And maybe he’ll only be six or seven or eight. But one of his classmates will ask if I’m his mom and he’ll smile, look up at me, and say, “yes. she’s the best!”
and…
Lillian’s Example: The phone rang, and it startled me. It fumbled from my hands, I had been caught up in between the pages of my novel and the warmth of my coffee mug hypnotized me. I leaned down and picked up the phone, the caller id said Mom. The conversation was quick, short and sweet. She said my son had eaten all of his dinner, including his cooked carrots. I cringed, to this day, I still do not like cooked carrots. I thanked her and told her I’d be there in a few hours to pick him up. She told me to take my time. Jacob had just rode his hours in the pouring rain, his gun secretively tucked into his boot, to tell Scarlett the bad news. Sam walked by and refilled my mug and placed a warm muffin in front of me. He winked at me and carried on. I took in my surroundings. It was almost Christmas so the cafe was warm and the windows were filled with light snow flurries. I sat alone at a round table in the middle of a crowded shop, but I felt safe here. Mom babysat Tucker on Thursday evenings so I could have some time alone. It was hard raising him with Ben overseas. I was thankful for these quiet evenings, they kept my sanity in check.
Please tag your pieces with #future appreciation or #futureappreciation! We will only be reblogging pieces for this project from these two tags. We will not be taking submissions for this project. This project will be going on throughout November so feel free to take your time, but don’t wait too long and miss out!
So here we are, introducing yet another tag we want you to track! #TWCP
This tag is a very limited tag. It is to be used solely for projects created by those in the writing community. Spilled Ink and Burning Muse (go follow and support this new blog aiming to help the community!) post a good amount of projects and so this tag will bring all of them together. This is not to say that only these two blogs can use the tag. If you put out a project for the writing community, even if your blog is only a personal blog (like Travis for example and his Obsessed with Words project), then tag it with #TWCP!
The thing about this tag, though, is that it is (yes we’re repeating ourselves, but we want to make this clear) SOLELY for projects. Do not post your poetry and prose pieces and tag them with #TWCP. If you decide you want to use this tag for your own project we ask that you PLEASE have a tag ready for people to use.So, for example: Spilled Ink puts out a project for November. We create a post, fill in all of the details (if there are any deadlines, requirements, requests, etc.), we tag that post with #TWCP but then within the post we’ve already explained that we want anyone who’s decided to participate to use the tag #spilledinknovember. And that second tag, the one that is specific to the title of the project, that is the one we’d be tracking and reblogging from.
Because we really do not want the #TWCP tag to become cluttered we have decided that when we are looking for pieces to reblog concerning any projects that are out, we will go to the project specific tag. If something is tagged with #TWCP as well, we will not reblog it. So basically what we’re asking you to do here is pay attention and follow the directions.
Concerning people who want to use the #TWCP tag for their own projects, we ask that you include as many details as possible. Like we’ve already said, please state any deadlines if they exist, requirements for project participants, a separate tag for the particular project, etcetera.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions (not just about this new tag, but about Spilled Ink in general) please let us know!
- Spilled Ink
Feel free to reblog this to spread the word!
We all know how hard it is to get started in the community. It’s all about sharing your poetry and prose, your ink, but not just that. It’s about getting your words read, making friends, and finding your place. There are many blogs out there aimed to do just that, as well as blogs aiming to inspire writers. Below are only some.
“The main purpose of this blog is to gather all the writers of Tumblr into one big community, to discover and promote new aspiring writers. Also, there will be a lot of rebloging involved and I will be doing interviews with some Tumblr writers. Stay tuned!”
“You In Second Person is all about finding and promoting all of the excellent examples of creative writing on Tumblr which make use of second-person narrative. We want more people to be exposed to this less-used but exciting form of writing. We accept submissions and recommendations.”
“Yeah Write! is a community creative writing blog for aspiring writers. Yeah Write! posts twice daily writing prompts to which followers can submit stories, as well as advice, links, videos, book reviews, articles, ‘bookgasms’, and other reading- and writing-related content. Whether you hope to be a famous author or just want to improve upon a hobby, Yeah Write! is a great place to start!”
“Tumblr Fiction strives to discover and promote the very obscure Fiction writers in our writing community. If enough of us can come together to write more and share and read each others work, then we can achieve the #Fiction tag recognition in Featured tags. Thus our own little nook in the Tumblr community. It’s up to each of us to take the steps to give our writing, and Fiction, a voice.”
“Notetotheeditor is a collaborative blog dedicated to featuring unknown writers. It is not a rag on editors, but rather an opportunity to expand the tumblr writing community by spotlighting writers without a large following yet. There are some amazing writers out there still to be discovered. We strive to give credit where well deserved credit is due.”
- We do not follow ANY writers. We will pull directly from the #Prose and #Poetry tags [using the “show all posts” option]. We want to ensure that everyone has a fair shot.
- Burning muse is dedicated to featuring the work of writers who [we feel] are talented, fresh, add to the community, and/or may have been overlooked. We understand that the Tumblr bots are not always reliable, and the Tumblr Editors—for the #Prose and #Poetry feature tags—are unpaid volunteers [who deserve our thanks!] with a lot on their collective plates.
- Burning muse is not meant to undermine or criticize the editors. It’s simply a nice way to expose the community to some of the fantastic members who may have slipped under the radar.
- We also provide Tiny Reviews and Community Writing Projects.
If you feel that your blog serves the writing community then please do not hesitate to message us and we will be sure to check your site out. Also, if you know of a blog that has personally inspired you or helped you as a writer and do not see it on this list, please send us the link.
Hopefully this list will continuously grow and as it does you can find the links to these great sites on our new page, Promos/Friends.
