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NaBloPoMo January 2012
Writing Prompts

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If you're participating in NaBloPoMo in January -- or even if you're not! -- here are some prompts to get you going. Writing prompts appear here nightly, Monday to Friday (weekends are for free-writing!)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Talk about an ending that made you happy.

Monday, January 30, 2012
What new thing did you begin this past weekend?

Friday, January 27, 2012
How do you feel about unfinished projects?

Thursday, January 26, 2012
What movies have you turned off in the middle, and why?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
How do you feel about not finishing a book once you've read a few chapters?

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
What is something you recently started that you know you won't finish?

Monday, January 23, 2012
What have you recently started that you know you'll finish?

Friday, January 20, 2012
Which do you enjoy more - the start of a book or the end?

Thursday, January 19, 2012
If you miss the first few minutes of a movie, do you still want to watch the rest of it?

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
What is the best first line of a book? Why?

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tell us about your first teacher who was important to you.

Monday, January 16, 2012
Tell us about some of your first toys.

Friday, January 13, 2012
Tell us about the first time you were in love.

Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tell us about your earliest school memories.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Who was your first friend?

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Tell us about the beginning of your life.

Monday, January 9, 2012
What is your earliest memory?

Friday, January 6, 2012
Do you wish the start of the year was in a different season? Which one?

Thursday, January 5, 2012
What is the hardest part about a beginning?

Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Are you superstitious about beginnings? Anything you do to start out on the right foot?

Tuesday, January 3, 2012
What is your favourite start-of-the-year tradition?

Monday, January 2, 2012
What did you do on New Years Day?

Melissa writes Stirrup Queens and Lost and Found. Her novel about blogging is Life from Scratch.

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discoveringliz 5 pts

Since no one has mentioned this yet... Did you know that your current prompts are dated as 2011, not 2012? I was a little confused, but I figured it out. ;)

Melissa Ford 47 pts

discoveringliz I am laughing so hard. I didn't notice that I've been writing 2011 still for weeks. Off to change it. Thank you for pointing that out.

crazedmom 5 pts

So very proud that I am catching up little by little blogherblogging

crazedmom 5 pts

Thank you so much I was looking for them...

Tori Jewell 5 pts

Thank you for the writing prompts!

dragonsluver 6 pts

Thanks for the fun questions. Enjoying the reason to blog.

Cindy Scherwinski 5 pts

Looking forward to sharing the conversation

Eduthusiast 5 pts

Never done this before, but looking forward to it.