Here are some writing prompts I’ve used in writing classes (in 10-minute prompted writing sessions at the beginning of class) and as homework “invitations.” The writers in my classes read their work aloud — both the in-class and the more considered pieces from home.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Yearning--Thanks to Robert Olen Butler
Write the first few paragraphs of a story following this recipe:
Your character (in fiction or non-fiction) yearns for something. Show (don’t tell) what it is.
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