Category: Prompts

Writing Prompt 7/2/12

This is kind of a pre-prompt. It involves you making some notes, or paragraphs, or pages, about previous 4th of July holidays. What do you remember most?
Make a run down of all the sensations/impressions. On a second pass, try and root them in the physical senses. What the air hot and humid, or just hot? What flavors do you remember most? Smells? What sounds? And special sensations on your skin you remember?
Write a list of these to start.

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Writing Prompt July 1, 2012

Wow, what a weekend! Because of the storm, all of the residents of a local assisted living place were relocated to a local high school gymnasium. Mr. R., on his way into dementia became even more confused. Write about Mr. R’s experience from his point of view. Here are a few things we know about him. You fill in the rest.

— Married (widowed 15 years)
— Ran a dry cleaning company after coming home from Korean War
— Loves beer
— 6 grandkids, one great grandchild
— one of his many hobbies: tinkering with British motorcycle and car engines.
— favored expression: “You might be right.”
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Prompt 6/29/12

Write about the time you first had an opinion about politics. Here are some questions to get you going. You can write your story or poem or journal from any point of view.

How old were you?
What was the issue? How were you convinced the issue was personally important to you or your family and friends?
Did you take any actions to make your opinion known?
What were the media sources giving you information at that time (includes word of mouth, rallies, discussions)?
What, if any, was the outcome of the issue?
Would you do something different today?

Have fun!

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