Writing prompts to not use

responsibilities vivid

to move persuade dissect

to taste adverse winds

buttressed, unbunkered

what a pedant impresses on students

will echo a century

maxims are expounded at the podium of a stone colosseum

with no comfy seats

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Describe your attitude if you were still working after thirty years at the first job you ever took.

Explain to a four-year-old why their parents are getting a divorce.

Imagine that a different person was born in your place. How would they handle your bad situation?

Write a letter demanding that your instructor be banned.

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cause to arouse

in spiked swirling air

windpipe indeterminates

with spotlit intentions

the most favored unconscious

hefted by a golden retriever

innocence rejuvenated

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Imagine what life is like now for the popular girls in your high school.

Pretend you’re holding a press conference to explain why you’ve been sued for creating a hostile work environment.

Craft a notification to health care plan members describing a change in its notification policy.

Write a critique of a popular literary trend in the style of an artificial intelligence chatbot. Cite your sources.

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i gather we inquire stumble

stop here turn

with no import what cargo

parry

desist

Andy Oram
May 28, 2026