Writing Prompt – Forgetfulness

I was halfway home from work today when I realized I’d not scheduled the writing prompt for today.

Whoops!

I’ve had so much on my mind that I forgot.

So… in honor of forgetting, today’s prompt is about forgetfulness.

Here’s Your Prompt:

• Your character forgets something very important. What happens?
   
• One of your characters forgets something she thinks is no big deal, but her best friend/ significant other/ spouse completely disagrees. Write the argument that ensues.
   
• If you journal, use either of the two above prompts, only from your point of view.
   
• Write an acrostic poem using the word Forget or Forgetful.
   
• Here are some famous quotations about forgetfulness to spark you:
   
  • It is the lot of man to suffer, it is also his fortune to forget. – Benjamin Disraeli
     
  • Though the past haunt me as a spirit, I do not ask to forget. – Felicia Dorothea Browne Hermans
     
  • There is a noble forgetfulness–that which does not remember injuries. – Charles Simmons
     
  • When out of sight, quickly also out of mind. – Thomas a Kempis