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Writing Prompt Friday (fire exit)

Writing Prompt Friday (fire exit)

Hello and welcome back to Writing Prompt Friday! This week is brought to you by my on-the-spot imagination. As in, I saw something, took a picture and thought “Gee, this would make an excellent writing prompt.” I stopped for flowers and went home with so much more.

Ready? On to this week’s writing prompt…

BlockedFireExit

Bonus points for including the phrase, “Holy rusty grills, Batman!”

Remember: Write at least 500 words.

Bonus points are valid only for self-esteem and bragging rights. Not valid for monetary prizes or any tangible goodie here, with any merchant, real or imagined. Non-transferrable. Never expires.

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Yours, Ducky

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Hello,

I’m Erica Wall.

Erica Wall, Rubber Ducky Copywriter

Award-winning copywriter.
Real-world creative writer.
Multi-cup-a-day coffee drinker.

Answers to a cat.

Present and ready to write.

Resolutions for 2026

  • Block off three hours a week to write
  • Delegate more to reduce overwhelm
  • Clean up and clean out home office
  • Practice finishing what I start
  • Practice good habits and let results be whatever they’ll be

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
> Stephen King

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” 
> Ernest Hemingway

“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.” 
> F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
> Douglas Adams

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” 
>Albert Einstein