Daily Creativity #97: Rewrite a Scene from a Novel as a Ballad
Rewrite an exciting episode from a favorite novel as a Ballad at least 30 lines long.
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Rewrite an exciting episode from a favorite novel as a Ballad at least 30 lines long.
Overwhelming Panic
Samson Brown, 13
Sickness
Darkness
Silence
The muffled tones
Of my friend voices
Words I don’t understand
Sounds I wish not to hear
The Darkness all around me,
Swallowing me
Is this death?
No breath escapes my lips
My chest aches
I know I should breathe
But I can’t
I hear
My friends’ voices
Behind me
They don’t know
They don’t know
I’m being swal...
The Unfair Meal By Peri Gordon, 10
When Chester reported to dinner, he found Ana already eating with their host, Mrs. Ray, and not thinking twice about it. When Mrs. Ray spotted him, she seemed to give him a slight scowl. She served him noticeably smaller portions than Ana was getting, and his soup was cold.
Write a story backwards. In other words, start with the conclusion, then explain what happened that led up to the action or event.
Gas Mask
Madi Frank, 11
One last breath
Take it in
One last moment
Life flashes by
Never going to see the light
Break the silence
Shrieks for their life
Put it down
Never going back
I can’t breathe
Smoke fills the air
You can’t see the light
Will it ever end?
Face full of fog
Can’t see anything
Dizzy
Light headed
One
Two
Three
Gone
Dinner With The Family - Thirteenth Stone Soup Entry- (Topic- Food That Inspires Something)
Ah, dinner with the family. Such a wonderful thing. I set up the table, putting silverware, placemats, and napkins neatly for our spectacular dinner. The smell of pasta sauce and garlic bread fills the air. The spaghetti is already cooked and it is in the strainer ready to be served on a plate.
“I’m sorry.” His whisper comes from immediately behind me yet from a thousand miles away. As far as I’m concerned, all there is in the world are these caves, these spirits, and my leather boots that hike up to my knees. Worn, leather boots. The kind that I’ve casually slipped into since I could first walk and lift them from the ground and into the air and shoot an arrow and bring home a ...
Mia sat down at the kitchen table, but it felt empty with her brother in the hospital. Cancer ruined even the best meals, with lush red tomatoes stuffed with taboule egg salad that took mom two hours to make. Two hours. With Jake there, it would only take one, the two of them bustling around the kitchen, chopping the egg into small pieces, pulling the parsley into small pieces and stirring the sal...
The End of The World
Lucas Lin, 11
When the world ends, what shall I do?
Go to hell? No, thank you.
I have more things to do than think about death
But the topic always comes to my mind
It will happen some time or another
What will I do when I am about to be gone?
Hiding under the bed won't help at all.
When the world ends, what shall I do?
It’s the last day of July! Write a sonnet (a 14-line poem) in celebration of Summer. For some fun hints about the form of a “sonnet”, read this one by Billy Collins.