You wake up one morning to find that you cast not one shadow, but three.
You’re raking leaves in the front yard only to find something buried beneath the leaf litter—something that shouldn’t be there…
Simplify your favorite book or movie into the broadest terms possible, removing all possible details while retaining the basic form. Now, recreate the story and watch it unfold in a completely new way!
Create a poem that starts and ends with the same line—but the line has greater significance and a new meaning the second time. Challenge yourself to write as concisely as possible.
You’re inside a black hole, a swirling, dark void that not even light can escape. In the moments before your death, what do you experience?
November 15 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. You’re reaching back into your fridge’s forbidden depths when you uncover something unexpected…
In a startled flurry, a flock of 100 crows takes flight. But there was nothing to provoke them—at least not to the untrained eye…
Listen to a piece of non-vocal music and create a story that exists behind the notes. Alternatively, listen to vocal music in a language that you don’t speak and imagine what is being said. For best results, choose music that you are familiar with and/or music that has a strong emotional atmosphere.
Poetry form of the month: paradelle: Although originally invented as a joke, this challenging poetic form can be a lot of fun!
There are four stanzas with six lines each.
In the first three stanzas, the first and second lines are the same, and the third and fourth lines are the same. The fifth and sixth lines of each stanza contain only the words from the first and third lines and must contain all of these words.
Lastly, the final stanza contains only and all of the words from the fifth and sixth lines from the first three stanzas.
Write a story or poem using the following image as inspiration:
Photo Writing Prompt (Literary): Photo by Adowyn Ernste
