“Love has earth to which she clingsWith hills and circling arms aboutWall within wall to shut fear out.But Thought has need of no such things,For Thought has a pair of dauntless wings."― Robert Frost, Mountain Interval Today's writing prompt is to pay attention to the things around you. As you go about your day today, write down …
Category: Quick Exercise
Dandelion
“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia Write from the perspective of a dandelion being blown into a wish. What does the dandelion see before it is picked and after it is blown away? …
New Year Check List
“Know what you want in life and go after it. I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities.”― Ayn Rand, Anthem As the new year is rolling in, it's a good time to reflect on what you want to accomplish. I'm not usually …
How Far will your OC go?
“White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.”― Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Persistence of Memory Create a scenario where one of your OC's is forced to take a pill. There are four pills, a white one, a blue one, a yellow one, and a purple one. Decide what each pill will do …
Ceremony
“She flipped through a book her mother was reading about native people in a distant country, how everyday they would take pieces of white silk and draw on them in wax, then dip the silks in dye, then draw on them more in wax and dye them some more, then boil the wax out in …
Daydream
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora Do you find yourself losing focus? Falling back into a reverie, bored at work? When did you last daydream, and what was it about? Take a moment now to jot down what you remember, or …
Prompt: What is a Poem?
“A poet's work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.”― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses A poem is the ultimate portrayal of human emotion. A poem is the most concise, compact organization of thought. What is a poem …
Prompt: Messy Witch
“Yes, you are nosy. You're a dreadfully nosy, horribly bossy, appallingly clean old woman. Control yourself. You're victimizing us all.”― Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle How does a witch clean up her messes? Describe a magical being tidying up after a day of potion making (or magic making, spell casting, whatever). What kind of ingredients did …
Prompt: Duct Tape
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”― Andy Weir, The Martian What can you fix with duct tape? Make a list of all the things you would attempt to fix with duct tape. It can make sense, like a cardboard box, or it …
Prompt: Oppression
“They are afraid, Tayo. They feel something happening, they can see something happening around them, and it scares them. Indians or Mexicans or whites—most people are afraid of change. They think that if their children have the same color of skin, the same color of eyes, that nothing is changing.” She laughed softly. “They are …
