Would you ever visit a psychic or palm reader?

Describe what it feels like when the season starts to change.

Tell us about a time you couldn’t quite get your words or images to express what you wanted to express. What do you think the barrier was? For bonus points, try again.

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?

List three political issues you feel strongly about.

Take the third line of the last song you heard, make it your post title, and write for a maximum of 15 minutes. GO!

Do you remember your favourite book from childhood?

What was the last lie you told? Why did you tell it?

Write an anonymous letter to someone you’re jealous of.

Who are your all-time favourite authors?

Which New Year’s resolution haven’t you kept? Why? How will you redouble your efforts to achieve your goal?

Tell us about one photograph that means a lot to you.

Tell us about something you think is terribly unfair – and explain how you would rectify it.

Language evolves. The meaning of a word can shift over time as we use it differently – think of “cool,” “heavy,” or even “literally.” Today, give a word an evolutionary push: give a common word a new meaning, explain it to us.

Where do you like to swim?

If you had the attention of the entire world for two minutes, what would you say?

What was the last movie that made you cry?

If you could create a painless, inexpensive cure for a single ailment, what would you cure and why?

What are your must-see TV shows?

What makes you cry?

Describe in great detail the room that you slept in when you were ten years old. What was the light like? What were the furnishings? Leave out no detail!

What’s your middle name? Do you like it?

What place seemed much smaller after coming back to visit again?

Name the last movie you saw at a theatre.

What’s the coolest vehicle you’ve ever driven?

Would you rather go bungee jumping or skydiving?

Take a complicated subject you know more about than most. Now explain it as if you were talking it over to a friend over coffee. Your friend knows nothing about it at all.

Khalil Gibran once said that people will never understand one another unless language is reduced to seven words. What would your seven words be?

Name one thing, big or small, that you could change about your life to be happier.

6:00AM: the best hour of the day, or too close to your 3:00AM bedtime?

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?