Notes from the Inkpot

Writing, teaching, creating - one ink-stained idea at a time.

Save Hours Planning Creative Writing Units with Daily Prompts

Save Hours Planning Creative Writing Units with Daily Prompts

Tired of reinventing the wheel for every creative writing lesson? Daily prompts offer a flexible, low-prep way to boost engagement, sharpen skills, and save you hours of planning. Here's how to build an entire unit around them, and where to grab your first month of prompts for free.

Read More
How to Use Picture Prompts to Inspire Powerful Creative Writing

How to Use Picture Prompts to Inspire Powerful Creative Writing

If you’ve ever felt like “describe the picture” prompts were falling flat, this is for you. In this post, I break down how I use picture prompts in the classroom to move beyond surface-level writing, and into rich, imaginative storytelling that students actually want to create.

Read More