Enthuse your muse with this writing prompt

Let the following random sentence chosen from a book on my bookshelf inspire you. Don’t think; just write.

“Only too well did Meggie know what sheep were. Idiots, incapable of understanding even the rudiments of survival.”
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough

Enthuse your muse with this writing prompt

Let the following random sentence chosen from a book on my bookshelf inspire you. Don’t think; just write.

“He sat there on a straw-bottomed chair in the centre of the stage with his legs crossed, smoking a fresh cigarette out of his cheap packet; obviously it tasted the better for the cognac he had indulged in while the yokels were stumping up the steps.”
Mario and the Magician, Thomas Mann

Enthuse your muse with this writing prompt

Let the following random sentence chosen from a book on my bookshelf inspire you. Don’t think; just write.

“‘Of course it’s absurd. But we mustn’t dismiss any hypothesis, no matter how farfetched. Now let’s return to the poisonous substance.’”
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco

Enthuse your muse with this writing prompt

Let the following random sentence chosen from a book on my bookshelf inspire you. Don’t think; just write.

“Sweetheart, do not love too long:
I loved long and long,
And grew to be out of fashion
Like an old song.”

Selected Poetry, W.B. Yeats