Category: Plinky Prompts

Think of a topic or issue about which you’ve switched your opinion. Why the change?

The next time you’re in a public place – a coffeehouse, a park, a store – observe the people around you. Pick a person, a couple, or a group, and imagine what their lives might be like.

The New York Times is going to feature your blog on its home page, and you’ve been asked to publish a new post – it’ll be the first thing tens of thousands of new readers see. Write it.

The internet is full of rants. Help tip the balance: today, simply be thankful for something (or someone).

The language of the future: what will it be like? Write an experimental post using some imagined vocabulary – abbreviations, slang, new terms.

Tell us about your hero.

Tell us something most people probably don’t know about you.

Tell us how your week went by putting together a playlist of five songs that represent it.

Tell us about your first day at something – your first day of school, first day of work, first day living on your own, first day blogging, first day as a parent, whatever.

Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.