Before you write
Set the Muse
A theme for the month, a little music, the sound of rain. Settle in, then write.
This month's theme
Lamplight and Ghost Stories
Pull your chair a little closer to the lamp.
October is for stories told in low voices: the ones that raise the hair on your arms, and the ones that are simply about the people who are no longer with us. Both belong to the dark. ✦ Selene
Three prompts for the month
- Memoir: write about someone who is gone but who you still feel nearby.
- Write a ghost story in which the ghost is the one who's afraid.
- Describe a house you believed was haunted as a child, and why.
Tonight's ritual
Write by lamplight or candlelight tonight. Let the corners of the room stay dark.
This month's song
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
A nocturne, literally a night piece. Lamplit, a little haunting, entirely at home after dark.
Sounds for the quiet hours
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Music for the Quiet Hours
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The soundtrack of your life
A memoir prompt to return to anytime: choose one year of your life and the song that belongs to it. Play it if you can. Then write the memory it holds: where you were, who was there, what you hoped for.
Share it with us
Tell us your song and your year in the Moonlit Scribes Discord. Writing a life story? Begin with the questions in Moonlit Memoir.
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