Past Prompts

Tech products are perennial holiday gifts—but what are the stories behind them? Think back ... How has technology changed the world? How has it changed your world? What has it replaced that you miss? What technology have you embraced? What technology do you abhor? And where are our flying cars? Share your technology stories forward. Start Writing Read Stories

Top 40 or oldies rock? Smooth jazz or avant garde? Baroque or modern? Think back ... What is the playlist of your life? How has it changed from decade to decade? What concerts or music festivals stick in your mind? Do you and your partner have "our song?" How did music affect your life? Share your music stories forward. Start Writing Read Stories

In a world that rewards conformity and condemns deviance, it's not easy being green. Think back ... Were you LGBTQ in a straight world? A woman in a man's world? A racial, ethnic, or religious minority? Atheist or evangelical, geek or jock, liberal or conservative? Have a physical or mental disability? Did you come out as who you are? Who has come out to you? Did your children or grandchildren struggle to fit in? Share your nonconformity stories forward. Start Writing Read Stories

Thanksgiving is a popular time for family reunions, but you've got plenty of leeway on this prompt. Think back ... to a memorable family, high school, college, or work reunion. Was it a chance to renew old bonds? Catch up with long-lost friends? Hook up with that old flame or hot cousin? Or was it, as one TV writer put it, "all the people you never wanted to see again in one place?" Share your reunion stories forward. Start Writing Read Stories

Sensible car or chick-magnet? Chevy Corvette or VW Beetle? Dad's T-Bird or Mom's station wagon? Think back ... keys in your hand, new license in your pocket. What did you drive and where did you go? What did it mean to have a vehicle of your own? Share your first car stories forward. Start Writing Read Stories