Category Archives: Sensory Prompts

City Sidewalks

For Wednesday, July 16, 2014  Prompt #73     Write about an encounter on a city street. Writing Tips: This can be an encounter between two people, a person and a sign,  an older person and a toddler, three dogs, or some other combination. Balance observation, description, and dialogue. Write for 15 minutes. Book Suggestion:Continue reading “City Sidewalks”

Roar!

Tuesday, July 15, 2014  Prompt #72 Yesterday afternoon, I wandered through Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, the inspiration for today’s writing prompt.   Write about zoos.       Writing Tips: You can focus on a particular zoo, animal, visit, or a opinion about zoos. Or you can write in a more abstract, mixed-up, or interwovenContinue reading “Roar!”

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”

I Don’t Remember

May 20, 2014  Prompt #20 Today’s prompt turns yesterday’s “I Remember” exercise on its head.  “I Don’t Remember” motivates you to write about loss,  failure of memory, and what we repress. Use it to remember, connect, and observe.  When I’ve taught this exercise in my workshops, there’s often a lightheartedness about what our mind choosesContinue reading “I Don’t Remember”

Sensory Weekend: Rolling Up Your Sleeves

May 18, 2014  Prompt #17   Today features a short prompt: less background, no further writing or writing group variations. Enjoy getting your hands dirty.     Instructions Describe an action below. Include at least four different senses.  Write for 15 minutes. Digging a hole. Shucking six ears of corn. Plastering cracks in a wall.Continue reading “Sensory Weekend: Rolling Up Your Sleeves”

Sensory Weekend: Smokin’

May 17, 2014  Prompt #16       Today and tomorrow feature short prompts: less background, no writing group variations. Have a good weekend!   Surgeon General’s Warning If you are not a smoker, don’t light up to complete this exercise. Work from memory or sit near smokers and take notes. Instructions Write for 10Continue reading “Sensory Weekend: Smokin’”

Sensory Week: Taste

May 16, 2014  Prompt #15 To wrap up Sensory Week, it’s our long-awaited taste prompt. To enrich this exercise, I’ve included other senses as well.  Tuck a napkin under your chin and let’s get started.   Instructions Choose a fruit that you enjoy (or dislike) for this exercise. Other foods can work too; you mayContinue reading “Sensory Week: Taste”

Sensory Week: Smell

May 15, 2014  Prompt #14   This is among my favorite prompts, since smell brings up specific associations and memories. Plus, it’s fun to smell stuff.     Instructions Find something in your house with a specific scent or odor. Looking for ideas? Consider one of these: a lemon, garlic bulb, crayons, chalk, perfume orContinue reading “Sensory Week: Smell”