Tag: Writing Exercise

Writing Club: Fables

The prompt this week was to write a fable. The basics of a fable are that they have a moral and the characters are typically animals. This was surprisingly difficult. I’m not sure mine is a good fable but it follows the basic rules. Have you read a fable since you were a kid? Have

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Writing Group: Music and Emotions

Hello all, the prompt for this week was pick a song and write about the emotions that it evokes. Some of the resulting pieces were sweet, some were relaxing, and there was a bit of trauma. Art is not always bright and happy, sometimes it’s dark and painful, sometimes it is not beautiful but it

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Writing Group: The Ballad

This last prompt was to write a ballad. Ballads are a bit of folk poetry that possibly came from oral story telling traditions. On that note, one of our club members wrote a short ballad, memorized it, deleted it, and then recited it allowed. It was impressive. At its most basic a ballad is a

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