Hot Ink Summer 7/6/25
An event or moment or experience that changed you
Welcome to the July 6th installment of our weekly Hot Ink Summer writing prompt series! Each Sunday morning we will send you a writing prompt to help you set your intention for the busy week ahead. Check out our introduction post for more information and writing process tips!
An Event That Changed You
This one is a thinker because, over a lifetime, it can be tough to pin down an exact event or moment that changed everything. But let’s give it a try! Is there a moment in your life that changed everything—your perspective, your life trajectory, your connection to the world?
Was it a summer fling in your youth that turned into something more? Was it a summer heatwave or some wildfire smoke that stoked a sense of foreboding and change? Was it something you saw on television that led you down a rabbit hole of investigation into the topic that would become your writing obsession? Was it a moment of loss, love, or discovery?
Write from the body, from memory, or from imagination. Explore what was before, what happened, and how it still lives in you now.
And if you’re writing fiction—put that experience into a moment for a fictional character.
As always, share with us the sparks of writing that come from this prompt!
Until next week!