Monday, November 2, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Begin with someone refusing an invitation.Write this promptCalendar
Meet monthly. Write weekly.
Meetings are planned for the first Thursday each month at 6:00 p.m. A weekly writing prompt appears every Monday, with holiday-aware prompts when the week calls for it.
Upcoming
Meeting dates, weekly prompts, and notes.
Thursday, November 5, 2026: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsMonday, November 9, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Veterans Day prompt: write about service, silence, return, duty, or a story someone only tells halfway.Write this promptMonday, November 16, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Give a character a harmless secret that becomes costly.Write this promptMonday, November 23, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Thanksgiving week prompt: write about a table where gratitude and tension are both present.Write this promptMonday, November 30, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Describe a place using only sound and touch.Write this promptThursday, December 3, 2026: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsMonday, December 7, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write the same moment as comedy, then as tragedy.Write this promptMonday, December 14, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Take a paragraph you like and cut it by one-third.Write this promptMonday, December 21, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Christmas week prompt: write about a gift, song, absence, tradition, or light that changes meaning over time.Write this promptMonday, December 28, 2026: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
New Year prompt: write about the moment before someone decides to begin again.Write this promptMonday, January 4, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write about a road everyone knows but nobody talks about.Write this promptThursday, January 7, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsMonday, January 11, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Begin one page with weather that changes what people can say.Write this promptMonday, January 18, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day prompt: write about courage, public voice, justice, or the cost of speaking plainly.Write this promptMonday, January 25, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Describe a church, classroom, store, field, porch, or library after everyone has left.Write this promptMonday, February 1, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write about leaving eastern North Carolina, returning to it, or choosing to stay.Write this promptThursday, February 4, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsMonday, February 8, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Valentine week prompt: write about love through an object, errand, argument, recipe, or ordinary act.Write this promptMonday, February 15, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Presidents Day prompt: write about leadership in a small place: who carries responsibility without a title?Write this promptMonday, February 22, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write a letter you will never send.Write this promptMonday, March 1, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write about work people depend on but rarely notice.Write this promptThursday, March 4, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsMonday, March 8, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Describe a place from the point of view of someone seeing it for the last time.Write this promptMonday, March 15, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write a paragraph that begins with a fact and ends with a feeling.Write this promptMonday, March 22, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Create a scene around an overheard sentence.Write this promptMonday, March 29, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write about a local sign, nickname, phrase, or sound that belongs to a place.Write this promptThursday, April 1, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsMonday, April 5, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write a memory using only concrete details, then add one sentence of reflection.Write this promptMonday, April 12, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Put a character in a waiting room and give them something urgent to hide.Write this promptMonday, April 19, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Write about an ordinary errand that turns into a story.Write this promptMonday, April 26, 2027: Weekly writing prompt
Monday
Begin with the sentence: Nobody remembered it the same way.Write this promptThursday, May 6, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, June 3, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, July 1, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, August 5, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, September 2, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, October 7, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, November 4, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open detailsThursday, December 2, 2027: Monthly writing group meeting
6 p.m. at Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library
First Thursday monthly meeting.Open details