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— Put some objects in front of a sunny window and draw the shadows they make (if it’s not a sunny day, put your objects in front of a wall and...
— What would the world be like without color? What if there were a few select people who could see colors? Write about the effects of not being able to see...
— If you could live in any kind of habitation, with everything exactly the way you wanted it, what would it be like? Where would it be? Maybe it’s a cave,...
— Write a detailed character profile of a new main character for a story. Ask yourself as many questions as you can about your character, and really get to know them....
— Recently Stone Soup blogger and book reviewer Madeline Sornson had the opportunity to read The History Keepers by Damian Dibben, and ask the author some questions about the book, research,...
— An update from our tenth 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...
— Look to your immediate left or right and write a poem about the first object you see.
— Write about what it would be like to be a virus, bacterium, or single-celled organism. (Yes, you can do this from the point of view of a coronavirus! But if...
— Make a “blind contour” self portrait. A blind contour is a drawing where you do not look at the paper while you are drawing, and once you have put your...
— Write about someone you know but don’t know much about–maybe your neighborhood mail carrier, or the checkout clerk at the supermarket. Think about what their life is like–really think about...