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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge, Plus a Photo Prompt

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts and a photo prompt #521 from Mind Love Misery’s Menagerie.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is magnetic.

The Three Things Challenge #736. The three words are finger, digit, and toe.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is neighbor

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is trudge

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is abnormal.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is coupons.

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Ron and his neighbor, Jeremy, trudged up the cellar stairs carrying Grandma’s old reclining lift chair. She was finally out of rehab and, upon arriving home, demanded her old chair to sit in front of the TV. The old leather chair was an eyesore. 

Ron caught his toe on the stairs and stumbled, nearly dropping the chair on his toes. Getting this old chair through the doorway into the kitchen would be quite a challenge as the stairway was narrow. They had trouble getting it down the stairs in the first place. Ron and his dad had wanted to get rid of it, but Grandma insisted she would be back and wanted her chair, and now here they were.

Jeremy put down his end of the chair and waited for Ron to catch up with him. They still had to get the chair in the living room before the TV.

While he waited for Jeremy, Ron played with the magnetic numbers and digits on the refrigerator, rubbing his fingers over each letter and spelling out witch. One of the letters he needed to spell out witch was holding a coupon for a car wash. He could use a car wash and wondered if they would use it before it expired. He would have to ask.

He thought of Ron’s grandmother and this stupid chair she had to have. He thought her fixation on this chair was abnormal, but her son had insisted they humor her and put it in place. What was the chance she would sit in it rather than be forced to spend her last days in bed? He knew Ron and his dad were determined that the chair would be trashed once she was gone.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is paramount.

The Three Things Challenge #735. The three words are settle, argue and remorse.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is inventor.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is rally.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is proof.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is pretty.

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To the inventor, Roslyn Caster, her child’s safety was paramount. The pretty, young inventor kept her house baby-proofed, especially the room where she worked on her projects. She expected her mother-in-law, who watched her child while she worked, to ensure her house was safe. They argued frequently about the possibility that her child would be harmed in her mother-in-law’s home, with the main point of contention being the mother-in-law’s perceived lack of attention to safety measures. Her mother-in-law felt no remorse over telling her daughter-in-law that she was perfectly capable of taking care of a young child. Roslyn wished her husband would rally around and settle the arguments between the two women. Rosly wished her mother was available to babysit for her instead of her husband’s mother, but she was always at work. She had to use what was available to her, unless she wanted to trust a perfect stranger to watch the child.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is desperation.

The Three Things Challenge #734. The three words are hormone, medication and nerve.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is brainstorm.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is ragged.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is symbol.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is trade.

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Renae had a fairly strong constitution. She rarely took medication. However, one of the few medications she did take was Estrogen for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) also known as menopausal hormone therapy or estrogen replacement therapy.

After Renae took her few daily medications, she sat with the newspaper and opened it to the stock market. She owned many stocks and liked tracking what they were doing. They called her a trader since she took risks on long-term investments. She looked for the symbols of the companies she traded in and looked at the day’s numbers, brainstorming what she thought they would do in the future or if she should dump them now and get out before they dropped in value. Desperation set in when she realized several of her stocks weren’t doing well, and she had to decide whether to keep them and hope they started to do better or trade them for something else. Her nerves were on edge daily as she made decisions for the future. She was trying to build a strong portfolio and it kept her running ragged every day.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge, Plus the Weekly Prompt

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts and one Weekly Prompt.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is vary.

The Three Things Challenge #733. The three words are bag, bread, and cake.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is folly.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is tough.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is excavation.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is tender.

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And the weekly prompt which is the word below.

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The archaeology professor, fully aware of the potential significance of her students’ work, gazed below into the excavation where ancient human remains and artifacts were discovered. She had just had a passionate debate with her students, emphasizing the importance of their role in unearthing these treasures and the folly of leaving their findings unattended, where others could potentially steal the credit for their dedicated work.

It was tough working with new students who didn’t quite grasp the full seriousness and importance of their work and how there was always someone looking to take credit for it. It was almost lunchtime, and they would take a break from their work. She picked up the bag and laid out a spread of bread, tender meat, cheese, and cake for dessert.

After lunch, she would vary their subject matter from human remains to the different types of artifacts available from this historical period. She would show them the crucial role of proper labeling in preserving and documenting their finds, emphasizing its significance in the field of archaeology.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango, The Three Things Challenge, and the Unicorn Photo Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts plus the Unicorn Challenge which is a photo prompt.

The Unicorn Challenge. Maximum of 250 words.

© Ayr/Gray

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is candelabra.

The Three Things Challenge #732. The three words are carpet, slay, fibre (fiber).

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is participation.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is sculpture.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is nationalist.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is original.

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The outside of the building had multicolored shutters. They were all closed except for one, which had a candelabra sitting on the windowsill.

This was the building I had been directed to. The realtor had told me that it housed several different businesses. The first floor had been a carpet store. The carpets were made of many different fibers, some man-made. I had been told that the building was originally a restaurant before it sold out to the carpet store. 

The second floor had housed a sculpture store, and if you were interested, many classes had been available for participation.

I turned to the realtor and said, “You slay me. Did you think I would be interested in buying this building? You have to be joking!”

“I slay you? You slay me, thinking that miserable sum you said you had available would buy you a fancy building. This is the only thing I have available in your price range.”

“Surely you have something else available. I just need an office for my nationalist interests. A place where we can plan our protests of the local regime.”

“I told you this is the only thing available.”

“It is much too big. I just need a small office. Surely there is an office available somewhere,”

“Let’s go. I have nothing else to show you, and you don’t seem interested in this building.”

“I’ll take it,” I sighed.

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Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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5 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 5 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is cemetery.

The Three Things Challenge #731. The three words are potent, strong and sturdy.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is relic.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is bite.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is something.

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As Marie sat in the cemetery, a mix of anticipation and unease filled her. The delivery of her mother’s tombstone was imminent, yet a strong, odor, like the smell of liver and onions, hung in the air. It was a potent reminder of her mother, who had always cooked this dish for herself, despite no one else sharing her taste. Was this a sign from her mother, reaching out from the great beyond? Marie couldn’t help but wonder, her feelings a swirl of confusion and intrigue.

Marie, feeling a sense of unease, settled back in the sturdy folding chair she had brought along.  She tried to distract herself by reading her book, but her fingers couldn’t resist tracing the worn edges of the relic from her mother’s past, a cherished rosary hanging around her neck. The old beads, a tangible connection to her mother, brought a sense of warmth and nostalgia, yet couldn’t dispel the unease that lingered in the air. 

She heard a growl behind her. She turned and noticed a dog creeping up on her. Would he bite her? He sounded menacing and continued to growl. She didn’t move. She didn’t want to startle him into attacking her. She relaxed as he sat beside her, happy to sit there and wait with her. She wondered briefly who he belonged to. Perhaps he belonged to the old caretaker who sat at the guardhouse at the opening to the cemetery. She went back to reading and waiting, trying to forget that she was sitting alone in the cemetery except for the dog beside her.

She heard an engine as a truck pulled into the cemetery and headed back to where she was waiting. The driver stopped, got out, and he and his helper started to lift the heavy tombstone out of the back of the truck. They placed it at the top of her mother’s grave. They didn’t say a word to her and left quickly once the stone was placed. 

Something odd was going on here. They seemed almost spooked. Had they also felt her mother’s presence like she did? She was almost certain she was here with her today while she waited for the headstone. Now that it was here, she could leave. 

“Goodbye, Mom!” she said before hopping into her car and speeding out of the cemetery as fast as she could.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is prophesy.

The Three Things Challenge #730. The three words are view, saw, and vision.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is heart.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is yawn.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is huge.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is words.

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I was subject to dreams that involved prophecy. These dreams would sometimes come true. Thankfully, not all dreams were visions of the future, but I saw enough to be worried every night when I fell asleep. Not everyone believed me when I told them I had dreams that came true. Some people viewed me as crazy.

I yawned as I struggled to wake up from a dream. I couldn’t find the words to explain the dream I had woken up from. My heart was pounding as I hoped this was not one of my prophetic dreams because I had dreamed of the death of my child. I couldn’t go back to sleep after that. I stayed awake until morning and found that my child was ok. 

One of my early dreams that night was about a huge spider. That one was scary, but I wasn’t overly worried that I would see one. It was something you would see in a horror story, and I could see it as a dream world rather than reality.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is elevator.

The Three Things Challenge #727. The three words are spy, game and cheat.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is beat.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is blogging.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is illustrate.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is elephants.

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Veronica, with a resolute sense of anticipation, was waiting for the elevator. Her eagerness to use the computer in the school’s library was palpable, and she needed to get up there before other students had taken all of the available computers. She waited a beat before entering the elevator that had just arrived, as she recognized her teacher, and she had past-due homework. She didn’t want to ride up with her teacher, so she held back for the next elevator car to take her up.

With the last computer in sight, Veronica swiftly signed in and settled at her seat. Her textbooks lay on the desk, a reminder of her academic responsibilities. But her first and foremost priority was her blogging. She had new posts to set up and schedule for the upcoming week, a task that she was deeply passionate about and required her immediate attention. 

She also needed to illustrate a children’s book on elephants that she was writing. She could do that at home because she didn’t need a computer, so she put it at the bottom of her list. 

Veronica had promised her younger brother that she would find the cheat sheets for the spy game he was playing. This was no ordinary task. He needed those codes to outsmart his best friend and win the game. Armed with the locations he had given her, she knew this was the second most important task on her list. 

Third, she would work on the past-due homework. She didn’t want to fail that class and have to retake it. With her schedule outlined, she set to work on the blog posts.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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4 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Word of the Day Challenge

Tessa

Today’s post includes 4 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is faceless.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The words from the last two days are lawbreaker.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is consciousness.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is escapade.

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Our community, filled with deep-seated frustration, has finally reached its limit with the faceless bureaucrats who have been dictating our lives. These bureaucrats, who we consider to be lawbreakers, have been acting with impunity, seemingly untouchable by the citizens they are supposed to serve. This is why we have convened a town meeting to address the mistreatment of our local mayor, Marcus Johnson.

Marcus regained consciousness just last week after a car accident that was clearly the fault of one of the local bureaucrats. The bureaucrat was not held accountable for the accident, which was clearly their fault, and no one felt strong enough to confront him for his part in the accident. Instead, the bureaucrats blamed Marcus.Fueled by a collective determination, the town had had enough of being run by what we considered a group of thugs. It was time to reclaim our power, take control of the situation, and run those useless bureaucrats out of town. The escapade with the mayor was the final straw for the town, igniting a fire of action and change.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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FOWC with Fandango — Unfurl, Plus the Story Starter, Plus The Three Things Challenge, Plus The Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt, Plus The Daily Spur, Plus the Word of the Day Challenge

Tessa

Fandango’s Rules For the One Word Challenge

FOWC

Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is unfurl.

Plus I used Fandango’s Story Starter Challenge. Today’s story starter is: #153 With tears in his eyes, Jason turned around and began to walk away.

I am also using the Three Things Challenge for today #M722.

Your three words today are:
ELECT
SUSPECT
REJECT

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I am also using the Word of the Day Challenge which is breakdown.

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I am also using the Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt which is rugged.

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I am also using The Daily Spur prompt which is medicine.

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And last is the “My Vivid Blog” daily prompt which is refreshments.

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Eyeing all the medicine on the bedside table along with the untouched refreshments, Jason suspected that his dad wasn’t telling him everything about his condition. He used to be a rugged man, able to get around on his own and climb mountains for fun, but now he was confined to a bed and a wheelchair if he needed to leave his bed for something. He wanted to reject his suspicions, but the rows of medicine made him realize something was up.

He unfurled his long frame from the chair beside the bed and elected to see his father’s doctor, who was downstairs conferring with his dad’s nurse for the day shift. He now had 24-hour nursing care.After he talked to the doctor, who told him his Dad had cancer and only had a few weeks left to live, Jason was stunned and started to breakdown. With tears in his eyes, Jason turned around and began to walk away.

Tessa – 

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing –  http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life –  http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com