Category: Plinky Prompts

November 1st is officially declared “Person X Day” – and you get to pick Person X. Tell us about someone who deserves to be commemorated.

On a weekend road trip, far away from home, you stumble upon a garage sale in a neighbourhood you’re passing through. Astonished, you find an object among the belongings for sale that you recognize. Tell us about it.

Often, our blogs have taglines. But what if humans did, too? What would your tagline be?

NASA is building a new Voyager spacecraft that will carry the best of modern human culture. What belongs onboard?

Language evolves. The meaning of a word can shift over time as we use it differently – think of “cool,” “heavy,” or even “literally.” Today, give a word an evolutionary push: give a common word a new meaning, explain it to us.

Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Write about a time everything did – fiction encouraged here, too!

Is there a painting or sculpture you’re drawn to? What does it say to you? Describe the experience. (Or, if art doesn’t speak to you, tell us why.)

Khalil Gibran once said that people will never understand one another unless language is reduced to seven words. What would your seven words be?

It’s the year 2113. A major museum is running an exhibition on life and culture as it was in 2013. You’re asked to write an introduction for the show’s brochure. What will it say?

Is there “junk” in your life? What kind? How do you get rid of it?