creative writing
— 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...
— Think about your favorite fictional character, and imagine what will happen to them ten or twenty years after the story they are part of is over. Feel free to think...
— Write about what super-heroes and super-villains do in their spare time or on their days off. Feel free to make it funny: maybe Voldemort enjoys yoga, or Wonder Woman writes...
— Study this painting for at least five minutes (set a timer!), zooming in to get a better look and taking notes on what you notice. Then write a 16-line poem...
— Technology is great. But what other incredible things do you wish it could do? Let your imagination roam free and write a story about a world where your amazing invention...
— Watch this movie scene with the sound off, writing your own dialogue. Use that imagined dialogue as the basis for a short story or play.
— Write a romance. You can make it anything between rom-coms and Romeo and Juliet, but make sure there are two characters in love, and at least one obstacle (internal or...
— Write about the first day of school (can be elementary school, middle school, high school, college, or anything else). You can make this a shining moment for your character, or...
— Find an everyday object that you don’t usually give much thought to, and write down every detail you can about it. What does it look, sound, taste, smell, and feel...
— Editor’s note: For this week’s Daily Creativity prompts, we’ve got a special takeover! Molly Torinus, Stone Soup reader and contributor, has written the five prompts we’ll be posting for the...