Take this picture and write the thought-bubbles above each person’s head. Picture is attached as a .jpg of 94 kb.
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Have fun!
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Here are your first lines:
On the last day of August she had finally decided that she just did not like the light pink flowers on the crepe myrtles in her neighborhood. She liked the deep reds and when she was on the side of town where she had seen them in another neighborhood, she took a detour and drove their streets.
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Happy Monday writing friends!
The majority of the prompts that you receive come right from my head. Anything that doesn’t come from me will be sourced.
Write about a library that runs out of books, [or] a school that runs out of children, [or] a circus that runs out of animals. What on earth happened?
from The Pocket Muse 2, p.112 ( I added the “or”s)
Enjoy,
H
Happy Sunday!
1) choose an issue/situation that has been disturbing to you.
2) record on paper a conversation in which you and the disturbance figure out how to live with each other.
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Morning!
Use all of the following 8 words in a poem or story that has no more than 70 words, and no fewer than 50 words total. You can use the 8 words in any order.
You will see that they can be used as nouns, verbs, or adjectives. You may add suffixes like –ed, –ing.
chimney
forest
candlelight
fish
glass
honey
letter
tomato
PS: This is one of my favorite warm -up exercises. You will see this again. H
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Practice prompt before the prompt proper:
Write your life story in 6 words. Here is a famous example by Ernest Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Next, along the lines of the fictional town, Grover’s Corners created by Thornton Wilder in his play “Our Town,” write the 6 word life stories of 25 or 30 members residing in your fictional town. Name your town.
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(Prompt history: I actually made this up the other day when I was leading a resume workshop at a local career fair. The participants chose a rock from a bag I brought, and looked at it, wrote down some characteristics about it and chose a career for it from one of the list I provided: museum curator, quarry equipment operator, forest ranger, e.g.)
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The Charlottesville Writing Center was founded in September 1996. The organization received its 501(c)3 status right off that bat and has remained in good standing with the state and federal government since the beginning. Why lead with this information? Because it shows that the CWC is a dependable and reliable and law abiding enterprise. You can trust that we will give you a fair price for services, donate our time and talents pro-bono as is fair, and be grateful for your volunteer and financial support in turn. The profits the CWC makes are primarily given to the instructors and tutors, phone bill and rent, and supplies. The CWC also maintains annual membership dues to support other local non-profit arts and education organizations.
This being said, while the CWC has always been fiscally responsible and fiscally sound, there are only so many projects that it can generate without having access to greater funding, which I envision to be along the lines of several thousand dollars (projects to be outlined in another post). Over the years, individuals have donated small amounts and some businesses have donated goods and services. I strongly believe in collaborative programs with community businesses, so whether your organization is a dot-com or a dot-org, or a dot-net, let’s plan something. If you believe that a community of trust is sacred, then get in touch with me.
All the best to you on this day,
H. Burns
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