2022

Well, it sure has been a long time away from this website! I apologize for the delay. In the meantime, I hope you have been well. In no more than 100 words total, please write a letter to a beloved relative in which you say how you have been for the past 4 years. Oh, and please include these 8 words for full credit: bargain, seedling, saint, watercolor, razor, spinster, recruit, varnish.
— CWC 2022

Writing Prompt 7/25/15

Write a poem or prose piece about the color blue. You might start by making a list of the different kinds of blues you can think of, from shades of blue in the Crayloa crayon box to the blue of a bruise. What color blue is the mood blue?

Writing Prompt 7/24/15

Please begin your story or poem with this line:
Her mistake was in assuming that the dog was smarter than it was or ever could be.

©CWC 2015

Writing Prompt 7/23/15

Please use the following 8 words in any order and in any declension you choose in a story or poem of any length:
analysis, discipline, sandcastle, heaven, cactus, gospel, CPU, crocodile

Writing Prompt 7/22/15

Use the following 8 words in a poem or story of no more than 80 words total:
magenta, printer, statement, sober, highlight, liturgy, drill bit, bandaid.

Writing Prompt 7/21/15

Use the following 8 groups of words in a story or poem of any length:
crepe myrtle, home town, vacuum cleaner, stainless steel, space travel, gas grill, luggage rack, migraine headache.

Post your finished pieces on the CWC FB page if you like.

Writing Prompt 7/20/15

In exactly three words, please describe your relationship with authority.

Writing Prompt 8/13/14

Here are 8 words to use in any declension in your poem or story of no more than 80 words:
hipster, peony, redemption, cheese, crate, transformer, boulevard, dollar

Writing Prompt 8/12/14

Here are 8 words to use in any declension in your poem or story of no more than 80 words:

vision, perspiration, kitty, telephone, sinner, granite, coach, grammarian.

Writing Prompt 3/21/14

First day of spring. We will now sprint into warmer weather and be dazzled by the colors the season brings. And sneeze from its pollen. Oh spring, how you love us and thrill us and make us love you even more. Or maybe it’s the winter that really makes us love you. What or who didn’t survive this winter? Shall we dedicate this spring to those who cannot join us?

Here are 8 words to add into your story or poem about spring:
fumble, silver, cap, gibberish, leather, meditation, flop, element.

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