It has been a long time since I posted a writing prompt on the Hysteria website; in fact, the last one was ‘Whatever Happened to Kim‘ in February 2023. Between then and now, I published a writing prompt most weeks on the Substack I closed earlier this year. I now ask myself why I did…
Seeing as this month is all about getting started, I thought I’d mix it up a little and suggest you try something a little perverse! No, not that! What I mean is starting with the end in mind. It’s a phrase or belief often used in coaching and it’s designed to help you know where…
It’s December and almost time for my favourite festival of the year, Christmas. I love the lights, the colour, the spectacle, the camaraderie and the “Merry Christmas’s” said to all and sundry in the final week before the big day itself. I’ll happily trot around the neighbourhood looking at the lights in people’s homes, and…
This week I thought I’d play a little fast and loose with the Bonfire night them by choosing a song from the band Bonfire – see how I did that! Nice one Linda :-)
October 31st is the first of the Winter festivals once celebrating the dying of the light and the coming cold season. In the West it is typically known as Halloween, a contraction from All Hallows’ Eve, which is itself a Christianised version of the Celtic festival Samhain.
This month’s prompts are all inspired by the autumn season when everything comes to fruition in the natural world and we begin to think of shutting down for the Winter.
Inspiration can strike anytime, anywhere. It can be overhearing something in a cafe, a well written paragraph in a novel or a line from a poem. For me, I’m often struck by ideas when listening to music.