Curriculum
— Take a photograph that captures a mundane domestic scene, but with one detail amiss. Maybe it’s the inside of your refrigerator, but with a book in it. Whatever you can...
— What song have you had on repeat lately? Write a poem that incorporates the song.
— Brew some tea or coffee and splatter it on a piece of paper. Draw something using the stains as your guide.
— Write about what would happen to novel or fairytale characters if they existed in real life. Think about practical conventions that might surprise them. For example, Prince Charming (Sleeping Beauty)...
— Rewrite an exciting episode from a favorite novel as a Ballad at least 30 lines long.
— Write a story backwards. In other words, start with the conclusion, then explain what happened that led up to the action or event.
— It’s the last day of July! Write a sonnet (a 14-line poem) in celebration of Summer. For some fun hints about the form of a “sonnet”, read this one by...
— Write about your future. What will a typical day be like for your adult self? Will you still live near where you live now? Will you have the same friends?...
— What do you think are the worst poems ever written? They could be by other poets, adults or children, or your own. Study them, then write a bad poem.
— An update from our seventeenth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all...