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- Write a poem or short story about something that disappears so gradually that its loss isn’t noticed until too late.
- Write a climatic scene from the perspective of a side character who has no idea what is going on.
- Imagine a secret era in history that isn’t recorded in the geology books. What was the world like in this forgotten time?
- Write a short story or a poem in an elegant setting that includes: something that you ate for dinner last night, a randomly-chosen word from the dictionary, and an adjective that you would use to describe your best friend.
- You look out the window and see the silver glint of something metallic eating at your birdfeeder …
- Write a poem about something that moves slowly yet steadily on.
- You’re erasing a question from your homework. But to your surprise, the paper you were writing on, the table underneath, and even the surrounding light and air have been erased from existence!
- Write a dramatic story that includes as many clichés condensed together as possible.
- While hiking on a familiar trail in the woods, you discover a brambly path that you could have sworn wasn’t there before…
- “Huit” means eight in French, so it follows that the French huitain form follows a pattern of eight. Try your hand at this fun yet simple poetic form!
- It consists of a single 8-line stanza
- Each line has 8-10 syllables.
- The rhyme scheme is: ABABBCBC
