Accepting Submissions: {I’M NOT STUPID, I’M JUST FORGETFUL} Writing Prompt

Each week, we issue a writing prompt to our own staff, guest contributors, and readers like you. We welcome guest submissions, so if you’re interested in being featured or regularly contributing to the site, email your responses to kelaine.conochan [at] thepromptmag.com.

Wallet, phone, keys. Wallet, phone, keys, mask. Wallet, phone, keys, mask, and.. fuck. There was another thing. What was the other thing? Wasn’t there another thing?

It happens to the best of us. We think we’re on top of things. We’re smart, we’re educated, we’re independent. And then we’re confronted with the fact that we forgot the ONE GODDAMN THING WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO TODAY.

Are we that stupid? No! Of course not. We’ve just got too much stuff going on. We’re pulled in too many directions at once. We are overstimulated and overburdened and… what is that burning smell? Is that burnout? Nope. It’s just that we left something on the stove. Fuuuuuck.

Okay, so anyway, I know you’ve got a lot going on, but you shouldn’t forget that you have a responsibility to yourself. You shouldn’t that you always feel accomplished when you spend time writing. You won’t forget what it feels like when you get published. So why not unplug, unwind, and take some time to yourself to write a thing this week? Here, we’ll even get you started with a sentence:

This Week’s Writing Prompt: I’M NOT STUPID, I’M JUST FORGETFUL.

This week, we’re looking for new original pieces, including the following sentence:

I’M NOT STUPID, I’M JUST FORGETFUL.

If you’ve got an inspired ideas about how to respond to this week’s prompt, send us your submission of 400-700 words. Write us anything that comes to mind, when you start a story with I’M NOT STUPID, I’M JUST FORGETFUL. It can be a personal essay, a poem, short story, script, or anything else original and fresh. Ironic or sincere, real or imagined—just make it worth our while and we’ll publish it, include it in our newsletter, and give you the chance to join the creative, talented staff writers here at The Prompt.

Email your responses to kelaine.conochan@thepromptmag.com by Sunday April 30th at midnight EST.