Welcome to the new year! Now it’s time for January writing prompts.
New beginnings are a great time to refresh your writing practice and establish or continue a consistent writing schedule.
We use a calendar to define some of our beginnings such as a new year, a birthday, or a wedding.
Nature provides us with a sense of new beginnings as the moon waxes and wanes, the seasons change, and babies are born. I always think of lambs in the spring!
- Do you believe in making New Year’s Resolutions? Why or why not?
- Reflect on the last year. What was the best moment? Write about it in minute detail and include all the senses: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste.
- If you were the month of January, describe your viewpoint of time and season.
- Cast your mind forward 10 years. Describe your life in 5 sentences.
- January is the best month of the year because…
Here’s to a fabulous writing year for all of us!
Melody Jones
