Category: Prompts

Writing Prompt 1/17/13

Make a list of some really yummy foods that you like to eat. Assign those dishes/snacks to characters in a story or poem as part of their personality. Outline a few reasons why this character eats this or that. EG: the bland diet fits the person with poor digestion, eaten out of physiological necessity, but the character has always been kind of boring, one never to make decisions in relationships, or never to take vacations.

Play with it, and eat up!

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Writing Prompt 1/16/13

A recent Facebook status update read: “You could probably never even tell, but I am a closet ______.” Friends of the poster used the comment box to fill in the blank with some delightfully funny and off the wall possibilities for their friend, ranging from music-lover, to professional, to strange behavioral quirks. In this prompt, think about a character who is a “closet_____” and use that as the groundwork to build your character, or use this idea to add more dimension to your character.

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Writing Prompt 1/9/13

The Bible is a incredible repository for story/poem ideas. Each story is a metaphor with limitless ideas for retelling.

Place Lot’s wife at a school board meeting in Kansas.

Tempt Eve with a diamond ring rather than an apple.

Turn Job into a bus driver and give him a new set of tests to undergo.

 

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Writing Prompt 1/7/13

Look over a piece in which a part or parts (scene or stanza) have not been working very well and see if adding any of the following will help:

a ringing phone, a sealed envelope, an unidentifiable sound, two men in orange sneakers, a rare bird, a broken clock.

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DON’T FORGET: Beginner poetry class is scheduled to start tomorrow. So far, no sign ups. Frowny face. I’ll be out shaking the trees for sign ups and will postpone the class for as many weeks as necessary. I have a Blackberry type site so online classes are a possibility. How do you want to do this, people? — January 8 or ?, 2013. 6:30-8:30 pm. Write for details: cvillewriter@mac.com. Call 293-3702 (writing is better).

Writing Prompt 1/6/13

Wow, I can’t believe it’s 2013. Seems odd.

Write about an Epiphany — one that you’ve had, or the one that is in the Bible. Link them if you are game.

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DON’T FORGET: Beginner poetry class starts on — January 8, 2013. 6:30-8:30 pm. Write for details: cvillewriter@mac.com. Call 293-3702 (writing is better).