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”
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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!”
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”
Caught!
For Sunday, July 13, 2014 Prompt #70 Today is another quick prompt: Write about your experiences fishing or watching others fish. Writing Tips Include sensory details, including sense of smell, about place, time, weather conditions, or what you were wearing. Include specifics about the kind of fishing you were doingContinue reading “Caught!”
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 