Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This prompt was just to write about plants: trees, flowers, cactus and in whatever way made you happy. The pieces that people produced for this prompt were a lot of there were other similar to mine about specific species of plants but there were also creative pieces. There was one with definite horror vibes about
So the second part of last week’s screenplay prompt was to add dialogue. I set the prompts up this way so that people could focus on the different elements without feeling completely overwhelmed by a new style of writing. Again, this is a scene from my work-in-progress novel. There context missing but that because I
Social media, the bane of all of our existences and yet our addiction. Well I decided to make it useful as a writing prompt. I’ve talked about this before on here that I like to try and use some prompts as a way to help writers expand their world without just using exposition. I’ve read
The prompt this week was to write a misunderstanding, feel free to intemperate it however you want. I went a bit meta and wrote something that is a bit more of a discussion. Let me know your opinion on misunderstandings in literature in the comments. Happy reading. Something a Bit Meta on the Misunderstandings The
The prompt for this week was to write a poem with sound. I do my best to highlight different literary elements and styles of writing in writing group. Yes, there are open ended prompts but I also like trying to, not teach per se, but to showcase different things that people can include in their
The prompt for this piece was to pick a photo and use it to inspire a written piece. I absolutely loved following the Artemis II mission. It was absolutely incredible and this is not my first Artemis II inspired piece, read the first one. I pulled one of the eclipse photos from the mission because
When you give a nerd a chance to research… The prompt for this piece was dinosaurs or just extinct reptiles or extinct birds. The evolutionary splits are quite fantastic, but that’s a rabbit hole for an other time. This was either a loved or hated prompt because dinosaurs or animals alive during the days of
The prompt for this piece was to write a character description. There were no requirements as to the character and this piece got some really interesting responses. One of my favorites was an inverse and it was the description of someone’s absence – it was a beautifully haunting piece. My piece is based off my
For the last prompt in my newspaper series, the prompt was to choose an element from a newspaper that’s not necessarily a news story. People wrote everything from obituaries to classifieds to advertisements, sports stories, crime, and reviews. I went with an arts story, on a topic that I feel passionate about. I feel like
In my quest to take a deep dive into newspapers with the Denton Writing Club. I decided to do a prompt on opinion pieces, also know as op-eds. The topics could be legitimate or made up. Plenty of people discussed made up issues but many members, including myself wrote about real issues, everything from the
