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Wordsmiths' Weekly: 500 Writing Prompts

Wordsmiths' Weekly: 500 Writing Prompts

Wordsmiths Weekly: 500 Writing Prompts is different. Every prompt in this collection has been workshop-tested with real writers

2025

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Jan 14

The Grandmother Who Refused to Baby-Proof Her Life

Why I Let My Son Hate Me Rather Than Hide My Scissors

The Grandmother Who Refused to Baby-Proof Her Life

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MuddyUm

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Jun 24

All I Wanted Was a Bowl of Ramen

Fast, gosh darn it

Bowl of delicious ramen noodles with vegetables and egg

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Apr 11

Literary Works Are Only For The Young

Upon receipt of the softest Rorschach

Literary Works Are Only For The Young

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Nov 4, 2025

Good Night Mom

Reflections on a life

Good Night Mom

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Mar 4

I Pitched a Magazine on Wednesday — They Hired Me Thursday

Here’s What Made That Possible

Food to Table in the Hudson Valley New York

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Yayoi Kusama and Tim Curry Died in Dolly Parton’s Shadow

Two originals who spent their careers watching somebody else take the bow

Yayoi Kusama and Tim Curry Died in Dolly Parton’s Shadow

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IT Chronicles

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The Human Computer Who Learned to Code

How Dorothy Vaughan watched the machines arrive, learned to run them before they arrived, and taught every woman she supervised to do the…

The Human Computer Who Learned to Code

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The Queen’s Path — A Narrative Journey for Women

The antithesis of the Hero’s Journey

The Queen’s Path — A Narrative Journey for Women

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I Pitched an Agent at the Writers Digest Conference in July

Pitching seems to be a strength of mine

I Pitched an Agent at the Writers Digest Conference in July

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4d ago

Gloria Steinem, Dead at 92

She spent fifty years telling people they had her story wrong

Gloria Steinem, Dead at 92

Susan Brearley

Susan Brearley

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MSc, EIC, HSDP, 2024 Top NGO, Garden of Neuro Institute Exec Director/Founder. Developmental Editor. https://susan-brearley.com/ and gardenofneuro.com

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