9:00 AM Friday morning, March 14th, 2008, on the U.S. west coast, is quickly approaching — so… here I am with a new Prompt! This week’s, and the twenty sixth Writer’s Island prompt is: “Spellbound”.
As always, I don’t want to sway your take on this week’s prompt. What inner chord might “Spellbound” strike? Please share with us what resonates for you!
••> This week we turn to the new movie release, Sleepwalking, as the source of our fourth Matinee Muse prompt — “Awakening”. See if that stirs your creative juices.
The Matinee Muse prompts are now a regular weekly offering. So please enjoy! <••
Feel free to use either, or both, of this week’s prompts — or use neither if you so choose. Whatever moves your soul this week is what we all want to read.
So, create your poem, prose, short story, essay, commentary, or whatever — and post it on your blog. Feel free to include recordings of you reading your work — and any photo, artwork, or graphic representation you feel is relevant.
When you have finished your piece, please return here to this post and place your link to your work as a comment — and as you know, just the link, not the piece.
Please realize there is no need to rush, this post will be open to receive your links for the entire week, leading up to the next prompt.
May your muse, this week and every week, fully awaken the writer in you! We can’t wait to see what you write…
64 Comments
March 14, 2008 at 9:16 am
I chose Awakening.
March 14, 2008 at 9:20 am
Have you ever been held spellbound by fish? I have, especially those with pretty colors that swim within coral reefs….
One from the archives that certainly fits (and funny and true). In the meantime, I will begin working the mouse upstairs for a new one….
A Trip to the Aquarium
March 14, 2008 at 10:17 am
Two old ones while I work on a new one. Both feature Pam.
First one.
Second one.
Definite new stuff, too, this week. Stay tuned!
March 14, 2008 at 10:29 am
A short short story today, folks. Enjoy.
Spellbound
March 14, 2008 at 10:34 am
“Awakening”. I wrote this the day my grandfather passed away.
Nov 26, 2007
March 14, 2008 at 11:21 am
Can one be spellbound in such a case?
Find it out:
dried piece of toast
March 14, 2008 at 11:22 am
“When did the world start smelling so good?”
Rose
xo
http://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/struck/
March 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm
The Greek myth-makers had a great need to understand and explain, and so gave flesh and blood, (or at least “ichor,”) to the phenomena surrounding them.
Combining prompts from Cafe Writing and “Awakening: from our own Island:
early spring
March 14, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Hmmm. sorry. Did something wrong there. Let’s try again:
early spring
March 14, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Here’s mine for “Spellbound”:
http://islandeditions.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/writers-island-spellbound/
March 14, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I was inspired by both prompts, although it went in an unexpected direction:
Fallen
March 14, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Here we are…would be somewhat of a stretch to fit into the category of spellbound or awakening (though not impossible), but worth sharing all the same.
god face-to-face
March 14, 2008 at 3:34 pm
i used awakening for this one.
http://wordsfromanauthor.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-prompt.html
March 14, 2008 at 4:26 pm
This is a response to Spellbound.
http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/03/spellbound-dark-landscapes-for-writers.html
Gemma
March 14, 2008 at 6:52 pm
There is nothing more spellbinding than love and no better understanding of the strength of that spell than when it is lost: Alliterative Loss
March 14, 2008 at 6:52 pm
went to this place and was left spellbound.
http://distillingthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/09/nongnooch.html
March 14, 2008 at 7:48 pm
For “Spellbound”:
Spell Chain
March 14, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I combined both the prompts here.
http://bemusedthoughts.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/my-little-mentors/
March 14, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Wakey wakey!
http://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-awakening.html
March 14, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Hi – found you through some other folks that I see here, and couldn’t resist. I chose “Spellbound”.
http://texasblu3.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-spellbound.html
March 14, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Here is my response to Awakening. I think I’m on a roll today!
http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2008/03/awakening-for-writers-island.html
March 15, 2008 at 1:22 am
Both prompts in one poem: Thrall’s End
March 15, 2008 at 5:09 am
Greetings! My contribution.
http://presentrat.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/writers-island-spellbound/
March 15, 2008 at 6:08 am
Good morning islanders,
I’m way early with my submission. It’s my first and perhaps only political post in nearly 2 years of blogging. But Rob picked the prompt and I woke up Spellbound and my hand raced to the page before coffee to have it’s way.
I’ll warn you here that it may well be my longest piece (663) words. I think you’ll enjoy it.
Thanks,
rel
http://pciyrtpy.blogspot.com/2008/03/spellbound.html
March 15, 2008 at 10:26 am
Here’s mine for the week
http://virtualrambling.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/the-first-rain/
P.S I would like to thank all the islanders for the support you guys gave me last week.. thank you people
March 15, 2008 at 11:50 am
What a great idea! I will be back next week to participate in your writing prompt project.
I have added you to my blogroll. Hope you will stop by to visit my poetry blog soon:
http://www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com
Geraldine
March 15, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Hello
I was reminded of a spellbinding article about the mind reading through words that had their spellings jumbled up !!
Read the poem about spellings and how their letters are bound..
http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/spellbound-writers-island-prompt.html
March 15, 2008 at 3:30 pm
May you find time to view and enjoy the raptures of colors of life…
May you find bliss in the spellbinding Transitions
And reach a certain awakening.
For life is a series of dapartures and arrivals.
What have we done in between?
I wish you well.
~ Jeques
March 15, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Spellbound. I am.
Spellbound
Thanks for the prompt!
March 15, 2008 at 6:52 pm
oh this was fun…
spellbound
March 16, 2008 at 12:45 am
I used the prompt Spellbound to recall an event that I had a burning desire to share.
http://myrtlebeachramblings.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-spellbound-31508.html
March 16, 2008 at 8:25 am
Spellbound about the whole deal
http://over-it.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-spellbound.html
March 16, 2008 at 9:56 am
a flash fiction this time…
http://ontheprompt.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-fine-day.html
March 16, 2008 at 10:40 am
Awakening
March 16, 2008 at 11:09 am
Spellbound over the awakening here
March 16, 2008 at 11:29 am
Spellbound
March 16, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Here is my submission…
http://aaartzmuses.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-she-stares.html
March 16, 2008 at 1:52 pm
For the prompt “Awakening” I submit a poem I had posted only a couple of days earlier , about our harried present day lifestyle …
http://la-muse07.blogspot.com/2008/03/dream-state.html
March 16, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Here is an Awakening.
March 16, 2008 at 4:46 pm
We were spellbound as we watched history unfold before our eyes.
b
March 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Hello – Here is my contribution…
http://1poet4man.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/oh-noh-spellbound/
March 16, 2008 at 7:55 pm
To all my friends who visit my blog I just want to say thanks for the continuing visits. I have been sick but I am better now and Awakened is up.
March 16, 2008 at 11:38 pm
The Last Time We Spoke I was Spellbound
March 17, 2008 at 5:34 am
Very late to the party, Rob – but I did finally get here! http://parisparfait.typepad.com/paris_parfait/2008/03/spellbound.html
March 17, 2008 at 10:23 am
Awakening nostalgia- if anyone is still out there.
http://sidesteppingreal.blogspot.com/2008/03/awakening-nostalgia.html
March 17, 2008 at 12:34 pm
SPELLBOUND by Gray, Mouse, Candle
http://myunclepepeksjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/wi-spellbound.html
March 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I had no ideas until BAM , I was spellbound just yesterday!
http://luluspetals.blogspot.com/2008/03/jersey-boys.html
March 18, 2008 at 2:28 am
My Spellbound, complete with photos is here.
March 18, 2008 at 3:09 am
Spellbound worked for me this week!
http://www.mixedmetaphor.net/2008/03/18/the-letter-16/
March 18, 2008 at 4:26 am
Hi there. I’m going to be posting a blogroll of writing prompt sites on my blogs and was wondering if you minded if I added you to my list.
Thanks
Jane Doe
March 18, 2008 at 8:46 am
I am very late. Will be visiting you all tomorrow to read your wonderful stories.
http://selmainthecity.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/spellbound/
March 18, 2008 at 9:04 am
I am back after a few weeks away from the Island. I chose to do both: htpp://creativekarina.blogspot.com
March 18, 2008 at 9:06 am
Hmm…that last link didn’t work and I signed in with my other blog…if this one doesn’t work, clicking my name will now take you to the right blog.
http://creativekarina.blogspot.com
March 18, 2008 at 11:37 am
As always, late but here is mine.
my poem
Good prompt.
-bd
March 18, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Awakening:
http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/awakening.html
March 18, 2008 at 12:19 pm
SpellBound
http://beansthought.blogspot.com/2008/03/spellbound.html
March 18, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Better late than never – Spring.
March 18, 2008 at 3:32 pm
For Awakenings….
A Mother’s Love
March 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm
http://rainbowsreflectraysofthesun.blogspot.com/2008/03/awakening.html
March 18, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I wanna feel spellbound again..
and here is mine this week
http://myimaginationinthisworld.blogspot.com/2008/03/forget-me.html
March 19, 2008 at 9:40 am
I wrote this a while ago but it fits both prompts
http://fenny-sblablapoetryblog.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/05/20/the-peach-or-a-short-midday-reverie.html
March 19, 2008 at 10:03 am
http://happytiler.blogspot.com/2008/03/writers-island-spellbound.html
March 20, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Captivated
March 29, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I’m behind…but…
http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/spellbound.html
http://marilyn.typepad.com/moojo_cafe/2008/03/awakening.html