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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Edgar Allan Poe (writing prompts!) (opens the original)

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    Your Daily Writing PromptToday’s writing prompts were inspired by The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="970" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qYE0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Heated Rivalry (writing prompts!) (opens the original)

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    Your Daily Writing PromptToday’s writing prompts were inspired by Heated Rivalry.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="970" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rfX-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/htt

  3. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Clue (writing prompts!) (opens the original)

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    Your Daily Writing PromptToday’s writing prompts were inspired by the movie Clue.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a-2y!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/htt

  4. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Hocus Pocus (writing prompts!) (opens the original)

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    I have to confess that when I started writing today’s writing prompts, I chose Hocus Pocus because I thought there was a new Hocus Pocus in theaters, but I mixed up my old witch movies. Anyway, that’s why today’s prompts were inspired by Hocus Pocus and not Practical Magic. Oh, but before we get to today’s writing prompts, if you’re in Los Angeles, come to this developmental workshop of my new play Oakwood High School Presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. This is a developmental staged reading (m

  5. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    Pride and Prejudice (writing prompts!) (opens the original)

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    Your Daily Writing PromptToday’s writing prompts were inspired by Pride and Prejudice.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1075" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oHyn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:ste

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