PROMPT: First Time

Posted on June 20, 2026 by B Gourley

Daily writing prompt

What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?

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I would not be the same person. It would not be the same book.

PROMPT: Out of a Movie

Posted on June 2, 2026 by B Gourley

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What’s a moment in your life that felt like it was straight out of a movie?

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I once slipped and fell on ice, and it was like an outtake from a Jackie Chan movie.

PROMPT: Perfect Series Finale

Posted on May 28, 2026 by B Gourley

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What’s a show that had the perfect series finale?

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M*A*S*H

PROMPT: Expected to Hate

Posted on May 24, 2026 by B Gourley

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What’s a movie you expected to hate but ended up loving?

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I’ve had it the other way round (i.e. disliked a movie I expected to like,) but I can’t really say I’ve ever watched a movie that I expected to hate. Do people do that? In the very short life one has, are there people who sit around entertaining themselves with movies they expect to not be entertaining? Despite all that I have learned in this life, people perplex me more and more each day.

PROMPT: Erase

Posted on May 18, 2026 by B Gourley

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If you could erase one movie from your memory and watch it again for the first time, which one would it be?

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If Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind taught us anything, it’s that one shouldn’t go around erasing memories. So, I decline to answer. [FYI: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is not my answer because I don’t need the lesson all over again.]