Tuesday, July 27, 2014 • Prompt #86 Write a poem or flash fiction piece inspired by a vintage illustration of an animal. Click here for illustrations or look for prints at a used book shop or library. Suggestions Use specific, concrete details. Capture a moment in time. As (almost) always, use sensoryContinue reading “Animal Tendencies”
Category Archives: Object Prompts
Button Holed
Sunday, July 27, 2014 • Prompt #84 Today’s Prompt Write about buttons. Instructions Find two or three buttons. Hold them in your hand. Describe their weight, color, texture and material. What is your response seeing or touching these buttons? Write for 20 minutes. Options and Springboards Write about aContinue reading “Button Holed”
Roadside Attraction
Saturday, July 26, 2014 • Prompt #83 Today’s Prompt: Write about a visit to a roadside attraction. If you’ve never visited one, write fiction. Write for 20 minutes. Option and Springboards Describe the land that surrounded you. With whom were you traveling? How old were you? How were you traveling? What didContinue reading “Roadside Attraction”
A Giant Leap
Sunday, July 20, 2014 • Prompt #77 Today marks the 45th anniversary of the moon landing. Today’s Prompt: If you are old enough to remember, write about where you were when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. Describe where you watched or listened to the landing. Who was with you? WhatContinue reading “A Giant Leap”
Breakable
For Monday, July 14, 2014 Prompt #71 Write about something fragile, either literal or metaphoric. Instructions Find something fragile in your home or someone else’s home (with their permission of course). Hold it (carefully!). Put it down, describe it, using a variety of sensory details. Is it heavy in your hands?Continue reading “Breakable”
Sunday Shape-Up: Spiral
July 6, 2014 Prompt #63 For this, the final Sunday Shape-Up prompt, I turn to the spiral. As this long holiday weekend included for me both an unexpected funeral and an unexpected wedding, the spiral, with its nod toward the cyclical nature of life seems appropriate. Instructions On a blank piece ofContinue reading “Sunday Shape-Up: Spiral”
Symbols
prompt for July 5, 2014 Prompt #64 It’s (still) the 4th of July Weekend here in the U.S. and I’ve been thinking of patriotic symbols, what they mean to us, and how that differs from person to person. Instructions Choose one of these words or phrases and write it at the topContinue reading “Symbols”
Super Star
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”
Sunday Shape Up: Star
June 29, 2014 Prompt #58 This week’s Sunday Shape-Up lets you shine like the star you are. Instructions For 10 minutes, jot down phrases, dialogue and images that come to mind when you hear the word star. Re-read what you’ve written and circle a phrase or sentence that stands out. Next, underline a phrase thatContinue reading “Sunday Shape Up: Star”
Sunday Shape Up: Oval
June 22, 2014 Prompt #51 For this week’s Sunday Shape-Up, we will carefully press a circle into an oval and give it a spin. Instructions Quick Tip: The word oval originates from the Latin ov or egg. Hence, oval means egg-shaped. For five minutes, jot down phrases and images that come to mind when youContinue reading “Sunday Shape Up: Oval”
Ellen Orleans 