Welcome to another week and another Muse on Monday! Today’s prompt is what I call a one-piece prompt, in that it gives you one piece of a story premise but leaves enough room for you to fill in the details about setting, genre and plot. Story Prompt: June 16, 2025 Write a story about a…
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Muse on Monday – June 9, 2025
Story Prompt: June 9, 2025 Write a story based on the picture below: This is a picture of the county courthouse in Erie, PA. I’m not sure why it’s lit up blue, but it makes a cool effect. If you write a story with this prompt, send me a link to your story on your…
Muse on Monday – September 16, 2024
It’s getting into the fall when I usually start traveling for work again. This week, I thought I would look back and take a picture from one of my trips to Mongolia a few years ago. This is from the Chinggis Khan museum near his birthplace. Story Prompt: September 16, 2024 Write a story based…
Muse on Monday – April 29, 2024
It’s almost May, which means it’s almost summer. Where did the spring go, right? As the students start to finish up the school year and go on summer vacation, it is a time of relaxation. The Green-Walled Treehouse will still be here and this is a good chance to do some summer writing. Story Prompt:…
Muse on Monday – March 11, 2024
Welcome to the beginning of a brand new week. I don’t know what the weather there is like, but here it is sometimes cold and snowy and sometimes warm. That is the normal craziness of March in this area. Story Prompt: March 11, 2024 Write a story based on the picture below. This is a…
Muse on Monday – January 8, 2024
Happy Monday everyone. It’s a cold, wet sort of day here, so it’s a good day to be inside, hopefully with a warm drink wrapped up with a blanket. If possible. Story Prompt: January 8, 2024 Write a story based on the picture below This picture is one I took in Bogota, Colombia when I…
Muse on Monday – May 29, 2023
Happy Monday and Happy Memorial Day if you’re in the United States. I’m back from my trip now, so this is the last photo prompt from my trip. This is an elevator button from a hostel where I stayed. It seems like it has a lot of possibilities for a story. Let me know if…
Muse on Monday – May 22, 2023
I hope you’re having a good week. Below is the photo prompt for this week, which is from Sorrento, Italy. Sorrento is a city of different levels, with different ways to get between them, although only at limited points. A good inspiration for a story. Story Prompt: May 22, 2023 Write a story based on…
Muse on Monday – May 15, 2023
I’ll be traveling for the next few weeks, so the story prompts will be interesting photos that I take along the way. For this week, here is one from my last trip, in Vietnam. Story Prompt: May 15, 2023 Write a story based on this picture. If you want to share your story, you can…
Muse on Monday – May 1, 2023
Happy May 1 and happy Labor Day if you’re in a country that celebrates it today. For everyone else, just welcome to a brand-new month. I’ll be traveling this month for the first time in a while, so I decided to use a picture I took on my last trip for the photo prompt this…
The Green-Walled Treehouse 