Writing Prompt: What Does Memorial Day Mean to You?
Memorial Day serves two roles in American culture: the intended one and the unintended one. Today, let’s take some time to write about what makes Memorial Day significant and special.
This Story Game Will Train Your Imagination (and a prize!)
Once upon a time there was a…? There was a…? What was there? This is not a rhetorical question.
I really, really, really, want you to answer me. Once upon a time there was a…? You can’t think of anything? Okay then, lets play a story game to train our imagination, have fun, and maybe win a prize!
![The Affair [writing prompt]](https://thewritepractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/The-Other-Woman.jpg)
The Affair [writing prompt]
Have you seen The Affair on Showtime? One of the most aspects of the show is it’s format. It’s a great device that will make a wonderful practice!
Join the Wacky Writing Prompt Scavenger Hunt (and win silly prizes)
The world needs more silly. That’s why we want to invite you to please join us for The First Annual Wacky Writing Prompt Scavenger Hunt. We will randomly choose three participants to win a new Moleskine notebook, a brown paper bag, or a wooden hanger.
10 Writing Prompts—Written by Cats and a Dog
Your writing brain has turned into a lump of frozen hamburger meat. The only way to thaw out your creativity is to write, and if you don't know what to write, here is a list of writing prompts. A gentle nudge towards getting words on the page. Writing prompts are...
There’s oil on your computer screen (writing prompt)
No, not that kind of oil. Not cooking oil, although the man in this photo is using plenty of it. I refer to the Rembrandt-like quality of this photograph. I’ve been looking at this image for ten years. It is one of the most stunning naturally lit, completely undoctored, photographs I have seen in those ten years.
This photograph carries with it profound and poignant meaning beyond the simple act of making poori, beyond its composition, light, and saturated colors, beyond its timelessness. It carries the stories of a quarter million people who perished ten years ago in a violent natural cataclysm that devastated the shores of eleven countries. No doubt you know which event I’m referring to. Its tenth anniversary is coming up this December 26.
Today I’m sharing this image with you because I’d like you to write a story about it.