A bank of Slow Writing prompts

Slow writing bank 1 Your first sentence will start with the word ‘When’. Your second sentence will start with an adverb (usually ends in ‘ly’). Your third sentence will address the second person, ‘you’. Your fourth sentence will have 17 words in it. Your fifth sentence will start with a word ending in ‘ed’.

Slow writing bank 2 Your first sentence will have three words in it. Your second sentence will include a simile. Your third sentence will have nine words in it. Your fourth sentence must contain a semicolon. Your fifth sentence will start with the word ‘Because’.

Slow writing bank 3 Your first sentence will have nine words in it. Your second sentence will contain alliteration. Your third sentence will have seven words in it. Your fourth sentence must contain a colon. Your fifth sentence will start with the word ‘Despite’.

Slow writing bank 4 Your first sentence will have seven words in it. Your second sentence will include a quotation. Your third sentence must be 23 words long. Your fourth sentence will include a metaphor. Your fifth sentence will start with a word beginning with ‘E’.

Slow writing bank 5 Your first sentence will start with a word beginning with ‘L’. Your second sentence will contain brackets. Your third sentence must include a colour. Your fourth sentence must contain a colon. Your fifth sentence must be a rhetorical question.

Slow writing bank 6 Your first sentence will have 17 words in it. Your second sentence will include a simile. Your third sentence will be only one word. Your fourth sentence must contain a list of three (tricolon). Your fifth sentence must start with the word ‘Below’.

Slow writing bank 7 Your first sentence will begin with a word that starts with ‘R’. Your second sentence must start with a present participle (that’s a verb ending with ‘ing’). Your third sentence will contain 20 words exactly. Your fourth sentence will include speech marks. Your fifth sentence will include a clause that starts with the word ‘although’.

Slow writing bank 8 Your first sentence must be 5 words. Your second sentence must be ten words or more. Your third sentence must start with ‘Although’ Your fourth sentence must be a compound sentence. Your fifth sentence must be a question.

Slow writing bank 9 Your first sentence must be ten words or more. Your second sentence must be a complex sentence. Your third sentence must start with ‘Although’ Your fourth sentence must use alliteration. Your fifth sentence must begin with ‘finally’.

Slow writing bank 10 Your first sentence will be three words long. Your second sentence will start with ‘Despite’. Your third sentence will include a colour. Your fourth sentence will be 15 words exactly. Your fifth sentence will begin with an adverb (usually ‘ly’ words).