Today is your birthday! (ok, even if it’s not, pretend that it is.)
Peek through an almanac and find out some things that about your birthday — find out who else what born on this day in history, what happened on this day a century ago, take notes about anything you find interesting.

Now, write the story of the day before your birthday, from the point of view of the weather.

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Natural Environment

Take note of the typical fall colors — browns, reds, oranges, yellows, ochres, grays, etc, in your neighborhood.
Make sure the the piece you write includes this palette, but also some other colors that you see — like bright blue signs on the buses, or neon greens of grocery bags….

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Here’s the beginning of your story/poem.

You receive a phone call from your cousin, with whom you are not particularly close. The cousin asks you for a favor: to come take care of him/her while he/she is recuperating from a fall off the roof of his/her house that resulted in 10 broken bones.

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RIP: Tony Curtis, famous Hollywood Actor. Married to Janet Leigh, actress (of _Psycho_ fame), father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis.

FROM MEMORY outline the plot of one or more movies in which Tony Curtis starred. Do it quickly.

Don’t know any Tony Curtis movies? No problem; start writing your own screenplay.

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High-School Do-Over

What goes great this time and changes your life forever forward?

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Word list. Have fun!

fortune
graft
net
scarf
blower
earring
envelope
button

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All you need to do is respond to the accompanying photograph in any way that you choose.

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There are lots of cool fall festivals and fairs that are happening all over the state of Virginia this weekend, and in your state too, I imagine.

If you go to one, enjoy it, and when you get home, write down every detail that you can remember about what you saw. 20 minutes of detailing ought to do it.

If you’re not going out today, sit down for 20 minutes and detail what you remember from a past event.

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It’s a tall order, but maybe it’s just what you need today:

Start writing the book you want to read.

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Write a story about a pastime that used to be fun but is no longer enjoyable.

Questions to think about:
What was the pastime?
When was it done — and under what conditions?
Who did it?

What changed?

Is there a substitute, now?

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