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prompts for writers to share about themselves and their work, to build connections, and to grow community.

Fall leaves in the woods
I have asked myself that many times, as I have struggled to be more human. Until I realized, it is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are, Lal. It does not matter that we will never reach our ultimate goal. The effort yields its own rewards. Quite from Data on Star Trek
Walkway through tall boxwood hedges with plants and buildings further down the path.
Picture looking up through scaffolding Source: Steel Scaffolding Structure Power - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/am6iKpalTcygCu5m3
Headphones sitting on a laptop Source: Headphones Keyboard Apple - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/6OG7QuNb5DkRnCi3q
2 photos showing sour gummy worms and gummy bears.
Junk food pictures. Gummy bears. Chips. Popcorn. M&ms or smarties
People around a table with papers, drinks, and a computer Source: Meeting Brainstorming Business - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/rEvT83BvRupBdakhk
Repost of text that says, "Hey writers, up for a little fun? Prose Challenge. Using the image below as inspiration write something. It can be poetry, narrative, or a description. Just keep to one post, so limit 300 characters." Image shows a foggy sce e with a man walking up to a large alien-like figure.
Picture shows a large being thats human like in the fog with a small human approaching. Source: Fantasy Spirit Nightmare - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/xkgsa7qgDZ41Tl0qt
Collage of writing resources.
Human typing on laptop with open notebook a d teacup Source: Laptop Workstaion Office - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/xC1kpj8s1TQb58ZNR
Quote: “There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.” ―Beatrix Potter Source: 10 Beatrix Potter quotes full of wonder and wisdom https://share.google/LssUSf5OOmSspPcdx
Turtle stuffed animal stuck on a pole Source: Tortoise Stuffed Animal Close Up - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/ynkLWtRVABaTudJJX
Photo of a wasp on an astilbe in my garden
Man researching in a library Source https://images.app.goo.gl/C6ARzKsvT4ZEJpFp8
Quote that reads, “Just know that everyone’s writing is terrible. Until it’s not. No one’s stuff is right immediately. You gotta work it. Refine it. Shape it. Spend time with it. It’s a relationship. Between you and what comes from you. Not easy. Gonna be terrible before it’s not. And that’s okay.” From Ava DuVernay.
Picture of Toni Morrison with a quote that reads "Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind." Source: Quote by Toni Morrison: “Books are a form of political action. Books are...” https://share.google/sKGQ6lFKf23mHSnzz
Same pic at OP. Figure atop large dune alone, but 2 sets of footprints.
Image of a humanoid figure standing at the peak of a stay path. 2 sets of footprints on path, but only one figure in view. Sparce grasses growing in sand dunes on either side of the center path. Mostly cloudy sky. Photo is light and a little blurry
Ben Franklin thinking about doing some edits Source: Benjamin Franklin Writer Natural - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/XQtfqTIp7Km7xikkf
Table with a lamp, typewriter, book, and a sunflower. Source: Desk Typewriter Office - Free photo on Pixabay https://share.google/vqETLi5nm4Ub85EAf
Carmen Maria Machado quote Write the book that burns inside of you Source: “Write the book that burns inside of you”: Carmen Maria Machado on finding inspiration in writing | Interlochen Arts Academy https://share.google/5jq482pXujhk5KugB
Cover of hyperbole and a half with extra illustration screaming.
Picture of an open book on a bed with a mug and a camera. Fairy lights in the background. Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/camera-book-candle-read-cozy-bed-4597415/
Blank book on a bed of flowers Source: Download Book, Book Cover, Book Template. Royalty-Free Stock Illustration Image - Pixabay https://share.google/NvwCpvlfIDN3gVwQR
Illustration of a dragon's hoarded gold in a cave. Source https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragons/images/a/a2/Adam-paquette-405585-f.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20250401012746
Quote that says: Love who you want to love, and do it unapologetically, including that face you see every day in the mirror. —George M. Johnson Source: https://www.thesaurus.com/e/ways-to-say/quotes-from-lgbtqia-authors/
Sunlight filtering through trees' leaves
Sun shining behind canopy of green leaves.
Potted succulent name tags from TheKnot.com https://www.theknot.com/real-weddings/potted-succulent-favors-and-butterfly-escort-cards-photo?context=alternative-wedding-escort-place-cards-photos
Toni Morrison quote, "This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair no place for self pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
Picture of William Faulkner with a quote "Our danger is the forces in the world today which are trying to use man’s fear to rob him of his individuality...to reduce him to an unthinking mass...the tyrants and the politicians... would reduce man to one obedient mass for their own aggrandizement and power...That is what we must resist...Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world... would do this, it would change the earth.” https://www.openculture.com/2020/05/never-be-afraid-william-faulkners-speech-to-his-daughters-graduating-class-in-1951.html
Spiderman meme with 3 spidermen. Text boxes read: 1) story/vision/inspo board 2) detailed outline 3) dive in and write
Photo of James Baldwin with his quote saying "The bottom line is this: You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world. In some way, your aspirations and concern for a single man, in fact do begin to change the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks or people look at reality, then you can change it." From the NYT. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1979/09/23/archives/james-baldwin-writing-and-talking-baldwin-baldwin-authors-query.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Wild roses with white petals, yellow centers, and green leaves
Wild white roses with yellow centers
Cover of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Illustration of a man writing in a library https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-books-bookshelves-7847758/
Quote from RuPaul that says, "Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn’t embraced by anyone else." Source: https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/all-the-rage/story/2010-03-12/q-a-rupaul-on-eyelash-curlers-shapewear-his-tv-show-and-new-book
Picture of a sky at sunset with a question that reads, "What inspired your current work in progress?"
QUOTE "I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something." Samwise Gamgee
Collage of five pictures showing a woman's eye, an explosion, a wolf's jaw, forest, and a factory.
Says everything's fine over a picture from big hero 6 where hiro hamada has his head on a desk.
Picture shows open notebook on a desk with a cup of tea and tablet Image by Edar from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/diary-ipad-write-blog-workplace-968592/