June 30, 2014 Prompt #59 Today’s prompt follows up on yesterday’s Sunday Shape-Up which starred stars. Further Writing Use one of these phrases as your prompt: Gold Stars. Hollywood Star. Star struck. Starburst. Star of David. Star of Bethlehem. Star-crossed. Write in response to the painting Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. Imagine you areContinue reading “Super Star”
Category Archives: Inspiration from Nature
By The Sea
June 17, 2014. Prompt #47 I’ve been steadily editing a novel of mine that takes place at a beach. Even while I am typing away here in landlocked Colorado, much of my brain has relocated to a Jersey Shore beach town circa 1993. For today’s prompt, therefore, we’ll work with words associated with oceans, bays,Continue reading “By The Sea”
Plant
June 11, 2014. Prompt #42 For the last six weeks I’ve been working on my flower bed, vegetable garden, and planters. Spring gardening is annual ritual that is sometimes hectic as I work to get soil turned and amended, seeds and seedlings planted, and everything watered in between bouts of rain and sometimes snow. Mostly,Continue reading “Plant”
Precipitation [Part Two]
May 24, 2014 Prompt #24 Twenty-four hours later and, again, it’s raining. Good reason to expand on yesterday’s prompt. If you haven’t read it already, do that first, then try these variations. Further Writing Apply personification (the assignment of human attributes to objects, abstract notions, or, in this case, weather) to aContinue reading “Precipitation [Part Two]”
Precipitation
May 23, 2014 Prompt #23 Last night, I saw Venus in Fur at Denver’s Curious Theater. As an accompaniment to the show’s vigorous, changeable dialogue, the production included a thunderstorm. As I write this, back in Boulder, we’re having real live downpour, complete with rumbling thunder and flashbulb-style lightning. All this to say: Rain isContinue reading “Precipitation”
Interview With A Plant
May 3, 2014 • Exercise #2 15 to 20 minutes Getting Started I just got off the phone with a long-time writing friend who reminded me about this playful writing exercise: “Interview with a Plant.” I first wrote from this prompt on a hike sponsored by Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks. The instructions wereContinue reading “Interview With A Plant”
Ellen Orleans 