by Bryn Donovan
Feeling silly? Share a list of your favorite dumb jokes.
Tell readers about your top ten proudest accomplishments. Invite them to share their own!
List your regrets, big and small. (But remember…we all make mistakes.)
List all the worst pieces of advice you’ve ever received.
List ways to improve your backyard.
List ways to improve your bedroom.
List ways to decorate your cubicle at work.
List ten things you should have in your cubicle at work.
List ten things you should have in an “emergency bag” at home in case of a fire or natural disaster.
List ways to tell if someone is a good person.
List ways to tell if you should stay clear of a person.
List ways to deal with stress.
List ways to become more politically active.
List ways to get more people to read a blog.
List ways to be more persuasive.
List ways to be more romantic.
List ways to feel more confident.
Share a list of ideas for spring, summer, fall, or winter dates.
Share a list of ideas for “family night.”
Your readers might be looking for a new passion in life! Share a big list of hobbies.
For writers or for people focused on self-esteem or self-improvement, share a list of positive traits or positive adjectives describing people. Maybe ask readers to share which five of the words describe them best.
Share a list of things to never, ever say to people. (This is almost guaranteed to prompt a lively comments section.)
This is kind of a list: put together your own thirty-day writing challenge…
Or a thirty-day photography challenge…
Or a thirty-day fitness challenge…
Or a thirty-day cleaning challenge.
Post a list of ten things you simply cannot live without. You can actually do this for every season or every month.
Make a list of specific things that you’re done worrying about.
Share a list of things that can help you study.
Share a big list of ideas for Instagram pictures.
List the absolute best Christmas albums…
Or the absolute worst Christmas songs.
Help your readers celebrate life more! List your favorite weird or obscure holidays. There are several sites online where you can find more than one holiday for every single day of the year.
List things you miss from a certain decade.
List people you miss.
List the best times of your life…so far.
List the worst times of your life…and congratulate yourself for being a survivor.
List the seven kinds of friends every person should have.
List the eight reasons why everyone should own a cat.
Share a list of questions for family members at the dinner table at Thanksgiving. (Avoid things that are likely to start a fight!)
List great themes for children’s birthday parties.
List great themes for grownups’ parties.
List other great ways for adults to celebrate their birthdays. No more of this “oh, it’s no big deal”!
List ways to be even more awesome.
Everyone could use more gratitude in their lives! Share a long list of things you’re grateful for to encourage your readers to count their own blessings.
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With creativity, the possibilities are truly limitless. In all your projects and endeavors, I wish you joy and success.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bryn Donovan writes romance novels both as Bryn and as Stacey Donovan, and she blogs about writing and positivity at bryndonovan.com. Her favorite things include French roast coffee, hot sauce, rescue dogs, bubble baths, and adventures. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and she works in publishing. A writer, optimist, and geek, she believes in being your true self, expressing yourself creatively, and not letting anyone else set limits for you. She lives in Los Angeles.