WOW! Writing On a Whim

At Write Well University, we are committed to helping everyone write well, and WOW! (Writing On a Whim) is a free, weekly email writing prompt series to help us make good on our commitment.

One of the reasons you may not write as well as you'd like is because you don't have enough practice. If you just wrote more, you'd write better. The WOW! series is designed to keep you writing on a regular basis.

WOW! is a series of writing prompts, delivered to your email inbox, that will exercise your writing skills and help you develop the habit of writing on a regular basis.

Starting the day you sign up, you will receive weekly emails from us containing material designed to inspire and enhance your next free-writing or journaling session. Our WOW! prompts will come in several different formats, including famous quotations, personal questions, writing exercises, unusual words and phrases, and more.

You can, of course, use these prompts in any manner you choose. We recommend that you use them for free-writing. In other words, don't try to censor or edit what comes into your head as you think about the prompt; just write it down. Give yourself 15 to 30 minutes and jot or type out anything and everything that comes to mind. You can then review what you've written, file it away, or toss it, depending on your mood and inspiration.

At the end of the day, metaphorically speaking, you'll be a better writer.

Sign up below to start receiving our weekly WOW! messages today! There's no obligation; WOW! is free. You just get to write well.

Here's what others have to say about Writing with WOW!

Just did a little writing with my first “wow” and it was surprisingly fun and refreshing. I just gave myself 15 minutes to write whatever came to mind from your quote/question. It was a relief to just write…not be thinking that it has to be a blog entry, or some big aha. I could let go of anyone reading it and just let my mind flow wherever it wanted to go. It’s connected me to my love of writing….

Thank you for this unexpected gift today! ~ Laura Howard West, coach and author of the Joyful Business Guide, Norcross, Georgia

I want you to know that I do write when you send these little prompts. They are very helpful to me. They get me thinking. I have not done all of them, but the ones I do, I usually put in a safe place to look at later. Sometimes they go in an unexpected direction. I guess that is what "having new eyes" is all about. ~ Linda Melcher, Vancouver, British Columbia

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