creative writing
— Write a story set somewhere you’ve never been. It could be set in outer space, Antarctica, or even an alternate reality!
— Write about a common metaphor, and what it would be like if it were both literally and figuratively true. For example, you might use the expression “let the cat out...
— Stone Soup contributor and 20-21 intern Anya Geist (14) interviews Stone Soup contributor Lena Aloise (11). They talk about artistic freedom, writers as composers, the online community of the Stone...
— Zoom sagas Stella, 11 “I ain’t never used this alien program!” —Darlene I The only thing my sister could see of her second grade teacher for the whole first week...
— An update from our twenty-fourth Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Saturday October 10, plus some of the output published below This week our founder William Rubel...
— The Writer, Artist of Words Michaela Frey, 12 A fog has fallen over the people, a devastating, colorless, mist of despair hanging over the humans. Those consumed in the fog...
— An update from our twelfth 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...
— Some of the earliest novels were written in the form of letters between characters. Try writing a story as a series of text messages, group chats, emails, letters or postcards...
— 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....
— Look to your immediate left or right and write a poem about the first object you see.