writing activity
— Sometimes a plot turns on a mistake or a miscommunication. What if the crucial email, letter, text or phone message never arrived? It could be a disaster, or it might...
— Write a story about a change in someone’s life. This could be small (a new class or teacher) or large (moving house). Ask yourself these questions: what is the change...
— Take your favorite character from a book you’ve read and place them in this coronavirus situation. What would they do? How would they act? How might they feel? Consider submitting...
— 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?...
— What is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you? What is the meanest thing anyone has ever done to you? Spend a few minutes meditating on these two...
— Be a time traveler in reverse! What would happen if a character from the past arrived in the present? Choose a time period you like and know a little bit...
— Write 5 phrases about things you see around you (e.g. “a bird chirping in a tree”) and use them in a poem, or turn them into a piece of art.
— Write a poem or create a piece of art about a family tradition.
— 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.