Got some downtime over the holidays? Don’t succumb to burning good writing hours watching TV or snoozing . . . start a new poem or story with these writing prompts.

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Ploughshares shared their favorite writing prompts of all-time in this article posted in December. Lots of great prompts in this list, including one I hope to take advantage of: “Write a dialog between your eyes and feet,” from Anastacia Tolbert.