First 50 Words – Prompts for Writing Practice
Write the first 50 words of YOUR story in a comment.
It was so wet, even the frogs had to look for higher ground. Right now they were clinging to the siding on the south wall outside my house. The ground was soaked and flooded, the rain was still coming, and the weather map showed a bright red extreme weather spot right over us. I might have to make like a frog soon, and climb up to the top of my house.
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I put this question to the group of co-workers sharing lunch in the cafeteria.
Quick! Best getaway for someone who lives in the desert? It has to involve green plants in abundance and lots of water.
The coast of France came up, Florida was suggested, one person thought Oregon was a good idea. Nearby mountain lakes made the list. It all sounded wonderful. And expensive. So I spent my weekend in a lawn chair fishing under some cottonwoods near the river.
Great getaway!
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Have you been to Santa Fe, NM, to visit Meow Wolf yet? If you go, be sure to get the 3D glasses. The displays and objects inside the exhibition are visually exciting anyway, but some of them are amazing in 3D. Eye popping is no exaggeration!
Please use the open space below to share your first 50 words on the topic “In 3D” or on some topic suggested by the image.
The cloud passed over the mountain, creating a dark shadow among the trees below. It reformed itself constantly as it glided silently toward the foothills. I could see it dropping rain in the arroyos for several minutes. Finally it drifted off in my direction and faded to nothing. No rain for me.
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“Let’s take a road trip,” he said. He clunked his coffee cup down on the table and dropped the newspaper.
“Where?” I asked.
“There’s an article in here about a bed and breakfast in the mountains north of Taos. You can see a million stars at night!”
“Do we need to drive to Taos to see a million stars?”
“The food there is 4 stars. Quiet, beautiful, great food. 4 stars . . .”
He looked at me, waiting.
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He knocked on my door and introduced himself. He had some strange sounding foreign name and I told him to go away. He was pretty scary looking with dark skin and odd robes instead of a normal person’s clothes. I saw him knocking on the neighbor’s door. She let him in! I thought about calling the police, but I got out my pistol instead. I hid it under my shirt and went over to see if my neighbor needed help. . . .
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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. The iris are blooming in nearly every yard. The flowering shrubs like forsythia are bright. It’s lovely to stroll around and look at the houses with everything colorful and beautiful. Okay, so maybe there’s a lot of wild mustard sprouting in the rocks and the dandelions are blooming along with everything else. But let’s not be negative. Winter is finally over.
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When Richard was a boy we called him Little Richard because his dad was Richard, too. After a while we just called him Little. He’s a grown man now, over 6 feet tall and big as an outhouse, but everyone in the family still calls him Little. He gets angry and wants us to use his name. The name he wants us to use is Stella. He wants us to use different pronouns, too. It’s very hard to change after all these years.
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It’s a party outside! Everything is waking up, coming alive. New shoots, new blooms, leaves bursting from buds. Spring is not just a season, it’s a metaphor for burgeoning life and hope. The longer days, the sun, the daffodils! Let’s all party.
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There was no internet at this lake. Her parents were crazy if they thought this trip was a vacation. She was on the highway to hell and she knew it. She clapped earphones over her ears and refused to talk to anyone. Her little brother bounced up and down in the seat and chattered about deer and squirrels – she hated him! What a jerk!
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