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Writing Prompts #4

© Kelli Brooke Haywood

Here are some more writing prompts to help you stay on your toes! I hope you enjoy them. Also, if anything good comes out of them, share it with us on the message board. We will be interested to see how they turn out.

* Ruby is the grandmother of three girls who are now grown women. Iris and Gina both have children of their own and Vivian does not. Vivian is very close to her grandmother. Ruby has helped Vivian compile a scrapbook of the family history. However, there is one thing that Ruby has not told Vivian. One morning, during breakfast, Ruby decides to tell Vivian her secret. When she does Vivian drops her fork and it lands in her over-easy egg, splattering it all over the oak dining table and Ruby. What was the secret? Describe the telling of it.

* Respond to these quotes: - You don't drown because you fall into the water. You drown because you stay there.

- Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to reform. Author Mark Twain

- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Author Lao Tzu

- Is this a holy thing to see In a rich and fruitful land, Babes reduc'd to misery, Fed with cold and usurous hand? Author William Blake

* Avory Lambert lives on Maxie Flat Rd. He has lived there his entire life. As far as he knows, his family has always lived there. They own half of the land surrounding the road and the Creahan family own the other half. The two families get along well together most of the time. In fact, Avory is married to one of the Creahan girls named Diane. Describe Maxie Flat Road, Avory & Diane, the Lamberts & Creahans. Have fun playing with these characters and the setting.

* Respond to these visual prompts: