On the bus

Pretend you are riding on a bus and overhear one person say to another person, “I’ll never forgive you as long as I live.” Write a story that tells who these people are and what happened before their conversation.

Life lessons

What lessons have you learned from life? write nonstop on your life lessons for 10 minutes.

A Writer's Workbook

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Kindness

Define kindness...

From the mouths of babes

What might come from the mouths of babes? Write a humorous piece of fiction where a baby's first word is a little surprising.

Scene Specification Exercise

Think of two characters in a particular setting. Write some notes about the two characters (name, age, etc) and their setting (time of day, outside/inside). Then write one sentence in response to each prompt. The piece should read as a continuous whole:

1. A sentence with a wall or boundary in it.
2.A sentence with weather in it (air, temp)
3. A sentence with a sound in it
4. A sentence with a gesture in it
5.A line of dialogue of six words or less
6. A sentence with light in it
7. A line of dialogue of ten words or more
8. A sentence with a ceiling or floor in it
9. A sentence with texture in it
10. A sentence with an object smaller than a hand in it
11. A sentence with an allusion to literature or art in it.
12. A sentence fragment.
13. A sentence with a piece of furniture in it
14. A line of dialogue that is a question.
16. A sentence with a hand or fingers in it
17. A sentence with a dash in it
18. A sentence with an allusion to a current event in it
19. A sentence with a metaphor in it
20. A line of dialogue that is whispered

Scene Specification Exercise

Think of two characters in a particular setting. Write some notes about the two characters (name, age, etc) and their setting (time of day, outside/inside). Then write one sentence in response to each prompt. The piece should read as a continuous whole:

1. A sentence with a wall or boundary in it.
2.A sentence with weather in it (air, temp)
3. A sentence with a sound in it
4. A sentence with a gesture in it
5.A line of dialogue of six words or less
6. A sentence with light in it
7. A line of dialogue of ten words or more
8. A sentence with a ceiling or floor in it
9. A sentence with texture in it
10. A sentence with an object smaller than a hand in it
11. A sentence with an allusion to literature or art in it.
12. A sentence fragment.
13. A sentence with a piece of furniture in it
14. A line of dialogue that is a question.
16. A sentence with a hand or fingers in it
17. A sentence with a dash in it
18. A sentence with an allusion to a current event in it
19. A sentence with a metaphor in it
20. A line of dialogue that is whispered