darren r hill

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  • Alive — Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    A Fiction and Journal Writing Prompt exploring life and being alive to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore.

    Movement, just a flicker, but movement. Almost imperceptible, but movement. It means one thing, life. - Friday Fiction Writing Prompt

    Movement, just a flicker, but movement. Almost imperceptible, but movement. It means one thing, life.

    Writing Prompt Expanded

    Easter has just passed and in the Northern Hemisphere, the buds are beginning to bloom, the lambs are being born and the trees are becoming greener. It was this time of year that decided Alive as my creative prompt for the week. Now it is time to turn that into a writing prompt and have a little fiction or journal fun.

    This prompt is all about life and being alive. Movement often defines life, and certainly intelligent life. This prompt explores that, although what is moving is entirely up to you.

    • What is beginning to move?
    • How do you describe the movement?
    • Is the movement hoped for, wanted or not?

    Depending on your setting and perspective, who the narrator is, will always determine what you write. One area to explore in fiction is the emotional response. Both hoped for life and feared life will bring out strong emotions. Depending on what is alive will bring relief or fear.

    In a journal setting, you might want to explore how to give life to your dreams and hopes. How can your ideal future become a reality and be alive?

    Put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard and let the words come alive.

    As always these writing prompts are optional and entirely open to your interpretation. Use them as a starting point for a short story, something a little more grandiose or for your journal. If you do write something, please share it or a link, in the comments, use the hashtag #ffwp or tag me. I’d love to read what you create. Write and enjoy the learning process.

    Original moss image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay

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  • Alive — Weekly Creative Prompt

    It’s time for another weekly creative prompt word. These weekly words, or prompts, are to give me, and anyone else who wants to join in, some focus to our creative work.

    The sun is currently shining. We are in astronomical spring. At this time of Easter, Christianity and other religious traditions, talk of new life, resurrection, and rebirth. It is a time of hope for the future and a time to move on from the past. And with the year many of us have had, that is no bad thought to carry. Therefore…

    This week’s creative prompt word is:

    Alive — continuing in existence or use

    this isn’t the only definition of the word, it can be used in a variety of ways, however, I liked the continued aspect of this

    Let the prompt inspire you in any area of creativity that you are interested:

    • writing fiction
    • art journaling
    • songwriting
    • journaling
    • photography
    • painting
    • composing
    • blog posts
    • art therapy
    • anything that could use a little nudge to begin

    I now have ‘alive’ written on the board above my computer. I am confident it will inspire me on my creative journey this week. And, I know it will remind me of how grateful I am that the sun is shining, new life and opportunities are growing, and I am here to be part of it all.

    As mentioned before, this isn’t a ‘challenge’ but the prompts can be used that way if you want. If you do create anything using them, I would love to see or hear about it. Leave a link in the comments below or tag me #thecreativeminimalist on any social platform.

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    d
    xox

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