Summer momentum

Today we've got two things on the agenda:

1) Get your solidified piece (or excerpt) to where you feel good about sharing it with the class. I'll have a page next time for you to share a link to it.

2) In the comments of this page, suggest some writing prompts that you might consider going forward to keep your writing momentum active during the summer. You've all written a lot of really good stuff; keep going! 

Comments

  1. L. MoffittMay 18, 2022 at 6:08 AM

    Take a cliche like YOLO (you only live once) or EHFAR (everything happens for a reason) and put a unique spin on it. Maybe for your main character, everyone else OLOs, but this person's catch phrase is YOLT -- they get a second life, but only one. Or maybe EHFAR is true but that reason is because some really ordinary person is actually controlling what happens and doesn't even realize it. Breathe some fresh life into tired cliches!

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  2. eveMay 18, 2022 at 8:15 AM

    What can you tell about someone just from one item of clothing? Think of or search for either crazy or mundane items or accessories

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  3. Florence LinMay 18, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    Write about a utopian world.

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  4. AlyssaMay 20, 2022 at 8:11 AM

    https://www.pinterest.com/Otulissa_the_Silent/bookstuff/story-prompts/

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  5. Letitia MoffittMay 20, 2022 at 8:22 AM

    1) Write a list of lists of lists of lists.
    2) What is everything that could go wrong while getting ready? Write a list, poem, or scene.
    3) Personify an abstraction. What if time was a being? Death? Nature? The Universe?
    4) Write a series of vignettes about someone who has shaped your life -- but use each scene to describe how they've shaped it.
    5) What is your least favorite genre? Now write a story in that genre that you actually like (funny or serious).

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  6. WilliamMay 20, 2022 at 8:23 AM

    Open up https://earth.google.com/web/ and hit the little dice icon. Write about your character waking up in that location, and see what happens.

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  7. Letitia MoffittMay 20, 2022 at 8:28 AM

    Write a poem (such as a haiku) in a language other that English (or in more than one language).

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  8. Letitia MoffittMay 20, 2022 at 8:34 AM

    Write a scene for a stage or screen play in which 2 or more actors play different sides of the same character.

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  9. Letitia MoffittMay 20, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    Write about a manipulative person. Make them the protagonist of the story AND also likable and/or sympathetic to some degree.

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