Daily Creativity #96 | Flash Contest: Write a Backwards Story
Write a story backwards. In other words, start with the conclusion, then explain what happened that led up to the action or event.
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Write a story backwards. In other words, start with the conclusion, then explain what happened that led up to the action or event.
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.
Write about your future. What will a typical day be like for your adult self? Will you still live near where you live now? Will you have the same friends? What will your family be like? What will you be doing?
What do you think are the worst poems ever written? They could be by other poets, adults or children, or your own. Study them, then write a bad poem.
An update from our seventeenth Weekly Writing Workshop!
A summary of the workshop, plus some of the output published below
The Stone Soup Weekly Writing Workshop is open to all Stone Soup contributors and subscribers. Every Friday, we meet for an hour-and-a-half via Zoom to respond to a new writing challenge, write together in our virtual room, and then share what we have written with one anot...
One morning, you wake up, and the only thing in the world that is the same is you. What has changed, and how? Write a one-page story about happens that day.
Choose one of these opening lines from classic novels, and use it as the starting point for your own short story.
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (1938)
“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.” I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (1949)
Pick a color and draw a person that you believe best personifies the color.
Write about the first time you tried a food, whether you liked it or didn’t like it. What did it smell like? What did you expect it to taste like? Did it remind you of anything? Did the texture surprise you?
Pick a favorite fictional character of yours and place them in a very precarious situation, such as being trapped inside of an elevator. Write about how they would react and what problem-solving strategies would they employ, or how they don’t do anything.