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Daily Creativity #16 | Flash Contest: Write from the Point of View of an Animal

Post Published April 13, 2020 by Molly Torinus

Editor's note: For this week's Daily Creativity prompts, we've got a special takeover! Molly Torinus, Stone Soup reader and contributor, has written the five prompts we'll be posting for the week.
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Daily Creativity #12: Write a Story in the Second Person

Post Published April 7, 2020

More often than not, we write stories in the first person (I) or the third (she or he). Today we have a new challenge: write a short story narrated in the second person—i.e. “You open the door.
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Daily Creativity #8: Write a Story with a Twist Ending

Post Published April 1, 2020

It's April Fool's Day! Write a story with a twist ending that will totally surprise your reader.
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Daily Creativity #6 | Flash Contest: Write a Story in Dialogue

Post Published March 30, 2020

Write a story told completely through dialogue. How do you communicate the differences between characters? How can you make sure that the reader knows what is going on?
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Writing Activity: Using Framing to Add Depth and Power

Post Published October 18, 2019 by William Rubel

Emma McKinny's story "Windsong," is about going to a performance of Dr. Atomic, an opera by John Adams with libretto by Peter Sellers. Her father is the lead singer.
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Writing Activity: challenging prejudice and developing empathy through storytelling

Post Published August 23, 2019 by William Rubel

The story by 11-year-old Nate Sheehan, "Conrad and Fate" is about prejudice based on a student's ethnicity. This story, set in the late 1950s is about prejudice against Japanese people, something that...
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Writing Activity: inspiration from science-based common expressions

Post Published June 19, 2019 by Stone Soup Editors

There are a lot of science-based ideas expressed in everyday speech. This activity challenges you to identify some of those expressions, think about what they mean, research them to find out the scien...
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Writing Activity: Using the power of “show, don’t tell”

Post Published May 25, 2019 by Jane Levi

Writers often hear the advice: “show, don’t tell.” But what does it mean? Read and study a story from the Stone Soup archives to see the power of this technique, and then try it for yourself.
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Taking Flight with Soman Chainani

Post Published November 2, 2018 by Sabrina Guo

Since I was small, I have been a passionate reader, instantly drawn into stories that could be painted in words. When I discovered chapter books, I remember eagerly awaiting the moment when I could op...
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Writing Activity: working with dialogue

Post Published October 4, 2018 by Stone Soup Editors

This activity is built around a story by 11-year-old Lena Boesser-Koschmann, first published in the November/December 1992 issue of Stone Soup, and more recently in the Stone Soup Book of Animal Stori...
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