Photo by Joe Lanman, via Flickr

I’ve got three different kinds of writing prompts I’ll be offering up. Here’s the schedule as it stands now:

• Visual Writing Prompts will be offered up on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. These prompts are based on photos or artwork from around the web.
• SPAM Writing Prompts will be offered up on Tuesdays. These are based on the subjects of actual SPAM messages that my SPAM filter catches (and they’ll be kept PG-13 for the most part).
• Musical Writing Prompts will be offered up on Thursdays. These are based on song lyrics from all musical genres and all kinds of artists.

If you’re feeling particularly proud of some writing you’ve done based on a prompt, I’d like to encourage you to post an excerpt (or the whole thing) in the comments for that post. As participation increases, I may start offering prizes to the ones I think are best each week. I’ve preloaded a week’s worth of writing prompts here, to give you an idea of what they’ll be like and to get those creative gears turning!