Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This was the prompt for my first official week as club leader. It was supposed to be the week of the Haikus but the weather made us cancel. This prompt was to write a story from the point of view of an NPC from a book, movie, or game; pretty much any piece of media.
The first week that I was supposed to lead Writing Club the Texas weather decided to ensured that it wasn’t safe to drive. So to still get those creative juices flowing we all sent each other Haiku poems while staying safe at home. Haiku: unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5,
So this was an odd and fun prompt. The prompt was to write about an obscure topic that we enjoyed. Yes, my topic of choice is weird but history and nature are weird. This is as much history lesson as it is writing prompt. I hope you enjoy it and I would love to know
Life throws us interesting curve balls. A little over two years ago Keltin and I joined the Denton Writing Club on a whim as a chance to explore creative writing with like-mined people. We have made some amazing friends being part of this community. That being said: I never thought that I would end up
The prompt that sparked this poem was we were given a random adjective and to write prose, story, or poem that came to mind when that adjective was said. Enjoy my thoughts on what it means to be loving. Love well, write what makes you happy, and read everything. Loving: adjective – warmly affectionate; fond
This week we all drew different descriptions of houses, homes. Some were creepy, some were sad, some were normal. My Prompt: Red Brick – This home is made of sturdy red brick and has seen better days. It has several large trees sitting on the overgrown lawn. Who lives here? The tire swing swayed in
The writing prompt for this week was to write about an alien planet. This could be a real planet, a fictional planet, or one based off planets in media. Whatever we wanted. This started out as a Firefly reference and turned into something that kind of Avatar-ish with some To Sleep in a Sea of
This week for writing group we gave each other a line from a song. This lyric started our poem. No, it did not have to be the first line of a song. I was given a line from Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin. I did not know the song title until after writing the
The prompt this week was to change an element in a scene from a piece of media. I selected the ROUS scene from the Fire Swamp in the Princess Bride. Despite my overall love of this movie, and understanding that certain directorial choices were made, it always bothered me that Buttercup just watched in this
The prompt this week was monster as symbols. I went with one of my favorites, of course: the werewolf. Honesty, I’m not sure why I love them so much. I think it has to do with this idea of a monster inside but I also like the more modern notions that when the person shifts
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