2021 Prompts in NoJoMo 2021

Here they are! Again, these are just ideas. You don’t have to actually do these if you don’t want to.

1. Write an account of how you spend an average day in the life. Start with the moment you wake up.

2. If you had to reinvent yourself, what would the new version be like, what would be the improvements?

3. What do you consider betrayal and how do you handle it?

4. Describe how you faced a fear, or fears?

5. Do you believe happiness can be created?

6. How have the past 2 dark years of the pandemic era changed you?

-From The Abbie

7. What was a moment that made you feel an unexpected emotion? (Can be happy, sad, angry, etc.)

8. Tell us about your most unusual skill. Where or why did you learn it?

9. Make a compliment to someone you hate/dislike.

-From Darkest Days, Brightest Nights

10. What is a skill or activity you’ve tried during the restrictions and NEVER want to do again. Why?

-thesunnyabyss and Lis

11. Hold old were you when you got your first job? What was it? Did you like it?

12. What has someone else taught you that you never would’ve learned otherwise? Aside from the basics, like walking and dressing/feeding/cleaning yourself?

13. What book/movie do you recommend to others and why?

14. What would you do during “The Purge”? Or who are you going after? (I don’t know if these movies are in other countries. If not, it’s basically a “what if” where all crime is legal for 24 hours once a year.)

15. What holiday holds your fondest memory?

16. What is one taboo thing you don’t think should be taboo?

17. What song can make you cry and why does it make you cry?

18. What is an opinion you have that a majority of people would find upsetting.

19.  What can you remember as your first adult achievement?

20.  What is a news story (other than Covid) that surprised you this year?

21.  What is something you miss doing that you can’t do now?

22.  How do you feel about mental health?

23.  Give 3 song LYRICS that speak to you. Bonus points for any backstory about why they are meaningful.
-Darkest Days, Brightest Nights

24.  What is the greatest compliment anyone ever paid you? What made their words so meaningful to you?
-Manon

25.  Tell us about your pet or pets.
-Manon

26.  What was a difficult decision you once had to make? What did you consider when deciding?
-Manon

27.  Favorite simple pleasure?

28.  Who is your favorite character (book/movie/etc) and why?

29.  What is a nervous tic you have and how did you acquire it?

30. Whatever you want to write about.