creativity
— Who is your reader? And how do you want that reader to feel? Pick a news topic that you feel passionate about. Choose your reader (an adult, a younger child,...
— Take a look at these photographs of houses from the Library of Congress. Choose one house that speaks to you and write a short story or play that takes place...
— Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation: Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished. Question mark: a few things are left open – whatever will happen next?...
— Make 5 sketches of things outside your window, and/or write a 5-line poem about what you see outside your window.
— Draw or paint a scene from a book you are reading, or have read. This is a Monday prompt, so if you are writing your response in the week it...
— Write a collaborative story with a family member or a friend (digitally, if you don’t live together!). Each person participating writes one sentence, then it’s the next person’s turn.
— Write a short story inspired by one of these funny newspaper headlines. Visit the Bestlifeonline.com webpage, and read their selection of the “25 Funniest Newspaper Headlines of All Time.” Write...
— It’s Thursday, a day for thinking about theme. Your theme is the underlying meaning of your story, or the main idea that it explores, or the message it is trying...
— In cubist paintings, it isn’t always immediately obvious what all the shapes represent. Look at Still Life with Checked Tablecloth by Juan Gris (1887-1927). What objects can you see in...
— 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...