Writing Prompts - The Busy Writer's Notebook

Do You Need Ideas For Your Fantasy Short Story?

April 18, 2020April 15, 2020 by Erica

Do you need some ideas for a short fantasy story? Perhaps you’re filling in time, doing some creative writing work while at home, completing an assignment, or just looking for a new idea to spark your next big or flash fiction short story? Today, I have 30 new fantasy writing ideas, just waiting for your … Read more

30 Epic Fantasy Story Ideas to Spark Your Imagination

April 18, 2020March 1, 2020 by Erica

This month I wanted to focus on the fantasy theme to support the release of my 500 Fantasy Writing Prompt book. So, here are 30 Epic Fantasy Story Ideas to get you started 🙂 As always, there are no rules in writing with writing prompts, but if you’d like some guidelines, here are … Read more

30 Eerie Halloween Writing Prompts

October 6, 2019October 3, 2019 by Erica

For the month of October here are 30 Halloween Writing Prompts! Finally, I’m bringing back our 30 Day Writing Challenge… I’m going to be writing to one each day – just a page in my notebook – I hope you’ll join me. These Halloween writing prompts have been written for adults, but they will … Read more

30 New Mystery Suspense Story Ideas To Get You Writing

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 by Erica

This week I wanted to go in a different direction and felt in the mood for some mystery and suspense story ideas. So this is for you, my suspense, mystery, and thriller readers and writers:) If you are just getting started in writing mystery and suspense, I recommend checking out the TVTropes website to get a … Read more

20 Historical Fiction Writing Prompts To Spark Your Imagination

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019 by Erica

This week I have 20 brand new historical fiction writing prompts for those of you interested in writing historical fiction. I love reading historical fiction, but am somewhat afraid of writing it. But, I do like the idea of using history as a template or canvas for a story, where you don’t have to stick strictly … Read more

10 New Romantic Writing Prompts with a Suspense Twist

August 26, 2019August 24, 2019 by Erica

10 New Romantic Writing Prompts with a Suspense Feel

I love romance stories where it’s the two love interests against world conflicts. I’ve only just realized that genre is actually called Romantic Suspense. One of my favourite novels is Outlander and it’s following sequels with Claire and Jamie. I love how the romance is just one part of the story, but that it’s … Read more

10 Fresh Fairy Tale Prompts To Spark Your Next Short Story or Novel Idea

March 19, 2020August 10, 2019 by Erica

Well, it turns out my readers love fairy tale prompts as much as I do, so I’ve put together another list of fairy tale prompts to help get started on your next project, be it a short story, a journal entry, if you’re looking for a new novel idea, or just playing around. I … Read more

25 Love Story Ideas For Writers: Make Time to Write Today

August 25, 2019August 1, 2019 by Erica

It’s been way too long since I’ve provided you with a new list of prompts, so here we go: 25 love story ideas for my writers and readers. I hope you like them! If you have any specific requests for prompts, please leave a comment below, and I’ll see what I can come up … Read more

10 Novel Christmas Writing Prompts For Adults This Merry Season

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 by Erica

As we are getting closer to Christmas, I thought you would like a few Christmas Writing Prompts that you can use. Once again I’ve used my freelance writer, Emily to create these prompts for me and I hope you like them This can be a silly time of the year but it’s also a good … Read more

NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts: My Favourite NaNoWriMo Workbook

October 25, 2018October 14, 2018 by Erica

With NaNoWriMo coming up in under a month, I wanted to let you in on a little-known book that you can pick up now to help you get through the NaNoWriMo month a little easier. It’s a book full of perfect NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts.