What exactly are the dog days of summer?
Define and then depart.
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Writing Prompt 6/28/2011
Today started out like any other day. You woke up, took care of toilet things and dressed.
Then you went to the refrigerator to start making your breakfast and that’s when you noticed that all of the wallpaper was missing. It had been ripped off in the night by a band of mice.
What do you do?
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Writing Prompt 6/21/11
Two topics. See if you can combine them.
1) Summer. How will this one be the best ever?
2) Found this quote. Do something with it.
“This life is collected in things we put in our pockets, and people we could have married.”
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Writing Prompt 6/1/2011
Identify your most unloved possession.
How did you acquire this item?
Why did you think you needed it?
How did it disappoint you?
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Writing Prompt 5/31/2011
Imagine just one reader, someone who will read your words with enthusiasm and good will. Write for that reader today.
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Writing Prompt 5/19/2011
For Heaven’s sake, just write it!
1) That thing you don’t want anyone to know about;
2) That letter, note, email, card, check, invoice;
3) That thing you Really Want to Write.
Good luck!
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Writing Prompt 4/28/2011 – Act of Nature
Write the story of a natural disaster from the point of view of the “Act of Nature.”
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Writing Prompt 4/4/2011
Is it looking like spring from your office window?
If so, what do you see? Is there something in the picture that doesn’t look like it belongs? What is it doing there?
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Writing Prompt 4/2/2011
Word list time! A favorite exercise among the CWC blog followers.
The rules again:
Write a short piece with a total of no more than 80 words, using all of the following eight words. You may use the eight words in any order, and as any part of speech you deem best for your composition.
Chimney
Forest
Candlelight
Fish
Glass
Honey
Letter
Tomato
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Writing Prompt 4/1/2011
Tell the story of an April Fool’s joke in which one of the consequences is world peace.
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