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writing prompt: origin

Rubber Ducky Copywriter - Writing Prompt Friday

Yes, I realize it’s not Friday and therefore not Writing Prompt Friday but I’m trying to stick to my one-post-a-month goal and therefore ignoring my own rules so I can make my own deadline and feel some small spark of success on maintaining my blog. Yay me!

One of my goals for this year is to refresh this blog. But today I cleaned my kitchen and I’m calling it a day. Blog refresh some other day.

Now, on to the prompt…

Write the origin story of a not-so-gently used toy you see on eBay.

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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