How it works

Who's got the time to journal daily? You do.

1. Read the daily writing prompt.
2. Push "Play" on the timer on the right side of the screen.
3. Spend 60 seconds or less writing a response to the daily prompt.

You may respond in the "Comments" section of each post, if your response is family-friendly. Or you can write in your own journal or blog. If you respond in a public blog post, please use Mister Linky to share it with us. (See this post for more details.) Also feel free to use the "Comments" section for informal discussion about the responses that are posted.

Today, take a minute to write!

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Redo

Write about a time you redid something. Was it worth it to start over?

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Return

When have you dreaded returning somewhere?

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Used

Write about something you purchased used.


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Weekly Mister Linky: 11/27-12/3

If you respond to a prompt on your own website/blog this week, feel free to link here! And you're also welcome to use this week's Mister Linky if you write a blog post about The One-Minute Writer.

How to use Mister Linky:
  1. Enter your name, and let us know which day's prompt you're responding to (e.g., "Beth Monday").
  2. If your prompt contains adult language or content, please put an "M" after your name and the day (e.g., "Beth Monday M").
  3. Enter the URL of the actual post that you want people to visit--not your blog or website's home page! ("http://cbethblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-minute-writer-response.html" would be correct; "http://cbethblog.blogspot.com" would not.)
  4. You may link multiple times throughout the week if you respond to multiple prompts.
  5. No need to leave a comment after linking (despite what the widget says!)
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Curious

What really piques your curiosity?

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A Note From C. Beth:

You may have noticed I've been distracted lately. I'm behind on naming winners (even more than usual!) and have had some posts missing or going up late. I'd ask for your patience in the coming months. I'm working on what you might call a "big project" that has consumed a lot of my attention and energy...but it will be very worth it in the end!

If you'd like to read about it, feel free to hop on over to my personal blog.
A BIG Announcement at C. Beth Blog

Thank you for your patience and support!

Friday, November 25, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Black Friday

Give "Black Friday" another name.

"Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. On this day, most major retailers open extremely early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many British Commonwealth countries."-From Wikipedia


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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving in America! Whether you live in the U.S. or not, write about something for which you are thankful.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Mountain

Write about a memory you have involving a mountain.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Name

Is there a name that would fit you better than the name you were given? Explain.

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Award

Write about an award you've received.

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Weekly Mister Linky: 11/20-11/26

If you respond to a prompt on your own website/blog this week, feel free to link here! And you're also welcome to use this week's Mister Linky if you write a blog post about The One-Minute Writer.

How to use Mister Linky:
  1. Enter your name, and let us know which day's prompt you're responding to (e.g., "Beth Monday").
  2. If your prompt contains adult language or content, please put an "M" after your name and the day (e.g., "Beth Monday M").
  3. Enter the URL of the actual post that you want people to visit--not your blog or website's home page! ("http://cbethblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-minute-writer-response.html" would be correct; "http://cbethblog.blogspot.com" would not.)
  4. You may link multiple times throughout the week if you respond to multiple prompts.
  5. No need to leave a comment after linking (despite what the widget says!)
Has your link been deleted? This tool is not for sharing links to your blog unless your blog post is related to today's prompt, or you've blogged about The One-Minute Writer. I want the links to stay on-topic. Thanks for understanding!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Available

What do you wish was available where you live?

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Friday Fiction: Yo-yo

Write a brief bit of fiction using the prompt "Yo-yo."

Friday Fiction is your opportunity to write a short (short, short, short) story. Many participants use more than one minute for Friday Fiction prompts, and I don't generally take the length of the post into account when I name a Friday winner.

Click on the "Friday Fiction" tag beneath the post to see more examples of Friday Fiction writings.


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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: News

Write about a piece of good news you recently received.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Color

What color do you feel like today?

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Relate

Write about someone you feel it's impossible to relate to.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Gender

How do you feel about separating children by gender for their education?

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Friend

Complete this thought: A true friend is someone who . . .

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Weekly Mister Linky: 11/13-11/19

If you respond to a prompt on your own website/blog this week, feel free to link here! And you're also welcome to use this week's Mister Linky if you write a blog post about The One-Minute Writer.

How to use Mister Linky:
  1. Enter your name, and let us know which day's prompt you're responding to (e.g., "Beth Monday").
  2. If your prompt contains adult language or content, please put an "M" after your name and the day (e.g., "Beth Monday M").
  3. Enter the URL of the actual post that you want people to visit--not your blog or website's home page! ("http://cbethblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-minute-writer-response.html" would be correct; "http://cbethblog.blogspot.com" would not.)
  4. You may link multiple times throughout the week if you respond to multiple prompts.
  5. No need to leave a comment after linking (despite what the widget says!)
Has your link been deleted? This tool is not for sharing links to your blog unless your blog post is related to today's prompt, or you've blogged about The One-Minute Writer. I want the links to stay on-topic. Thanks for understanding!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Teach

If you were to teach as a career, what would you teach?

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Friday Fiction: Scale

Write a brief bit of fiction using the prompt "Scale."

Friday Fiction is your opportunity to write a short (short, short, short) story. Many participants use more than one minute for Friday Fiction prompts, and I don't generally take the length of the post into account when I name a Friday winner.

Click on the "Friday Fiction" tag beneath the post to see more examples of Friday Fiction writings.


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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Information

With the Internet at our fingertips, is there too much information available? If so, in what way?

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Food

What food are you most like?

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Blink

Write about a time everything changed "in the blink of an eye."

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Battles

You may have heard the phrase, "Choose your battles." Write about a battle that you think is worth fighting, or one that isn't.

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Souvenir

Write about a souvenir you've gotten.

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Weekly Mister Linky: 11/6-11/12

If you respond to a prompt on your own website/blog this week, feel free to link here! And you're also welcome to use this week's Mister Linky if you write a blog post about The One-Minute Writer.

How to use Mister Linky:
  1. Enter your name, and let us know which day's prompt you're responding to (e.g., "Beth Monday").
  2. If your prompt contains adult language or content, please put an "M" after your name and the day (e.g., "Beth Monday M").
  3. Enter the URL of the actual post that you want people to visit--not your blog or website's home page! ("http://cbethblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-minute-writer-response.html" would be correct; "http://cbethblog.blogspot.com" would not.)
  4. You may link multiple times throughout the week if you respond to multiple prompts.
  5. No need to leave a comment after linking (despite what the widget says!)
Has your link been deleted? This tool is not for sharing links to your blog unless your blog post is related to today's prompt, or you've blogged about The One-Minute Writer. I want the links to stay on-topic. Thanks for understanding!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Babysitter

Write about a memorable time someone babysat you when you were a kid, or about a time you babysat someone else's child(ren.)

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Friday, November 4, 2011

One-Minute Writing of the Week: Janet


I choose one of the daily winning response from each week and feature it as the One-Minute Writing of the Week. This is for the week of 10/3-10/9.

One-Minute Writing of the Week:
Writer: Janet (Monday's winner)

Prompt: Twice. Most of us remember when gas was half the price it is now. (It wasn't very long ago!) Write about something you'd still buy if it cost twice as much as it costs today.

ChickfilA sugar free lemonade already costs twice as much as it ought to, but I'd still buy it even if it were twice as much as it is now, which, I guess, would make me willing to pay four times as much as I ought to, which might make me twice as foolish as I should be, but, darn it, I am pretty hooked on that lemonade, so, if you're going, you don't have to tell me twice, just let me grab my wallet!

Congratulations, Janet! You're welcome to put a One-Minute Writing of the Week Winner button on your blog. Click here if you'd like to snag it.

Friday Fiction: Lipstick

Write a brief bit of fiction using the prompt "Lipstick."

Friday Fiction is your opportunity to write a short (short, short, short) story. Many participants use more than one minute for Friday Fiction prompts, and I don't generally take the length of the post into account when I name a Friday winner.

Click on the "Friday Fiction" tag beneath the post to see more examples of Friday Fiction writings.


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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Cautious

Write about a way in which you are extra-cautious.

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Today's Writing Prompt: Gamble

What gamble are you always willing to take?

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

One-Minute Writing of the Week: Ron.


I choose one of the daily winning response from each week and feature it as the One-Minute Writing of the Week. This is for the week of 10/2-10/8.

One-Minute Writing of the Week:
Writer: Ron. (Monday's winner)

Prompt: Mass-Produced. Several months ago, I asked you what is always better homemade.

For today's prompt...what do you prefer when it's mass-produced?

***

All the ads say it’s hot and juicy, and it’s hot alright, but the juicy’s really just grease that congeals pretty quickly back into fat. He’s reasonably sure he can feel it coating his arteries even before he swallows it. None of this, though, keeps him from eating there three or four times a week, nor does it cause him to consider ordering a salad or the lo-cal fruit parfait.
His wife tells him he’s turning into a bacon-wrapped double cheeseburger, but all he hears is how delicious he is, how much she wants to gobble him up. He loves her dearly, but she just doesn’t satisfy him anymore. He’s always at least a little disappointed when her home cooking lacks the same degree of hypercaloric excess, refuses to dribble down his chin, promises neither cardiac arrhythmia nor an ever- expanding waistline.

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Today's Writing Prompt: Out of place

Write about a way you felt out of place when you were growing up.

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