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Daily Creativity #65: Write a Story about Animals Wandering into the World of Humans

Post Published June 19, 2020 by Anna Rowell

Now that people are staying indoors because of strict quarantining, animals all around the world are beginning to wander out of their homes and into the world of humans, from dolphins in the Venice ca...
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Daily Creativity #64: Use an Art Technique You’ve Never Used Before

Post Published June 18, 2020 by Anna Rowell

Look to your immediate left or right and draw what you see using an art technique you’ve never used before. Could be stippling, cross-hatching, sgraffito, cross counter, etc. Get creative!
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Daily Creativity #63: Imagine a World Where Everyone has the Same Superpower

Post Published June 17, 2020 by Anna Rowell

What is your favorite superpower? Now imagine everyone in the world has that one power. What would happen? Would we work together to regulate the usage of the superpower, or would the world descend in...
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Weekly Writing Workshop #11, Friday June 12, 2020: Interweaving Voices & Narratives

Post Published June 16, 2020 by Jane Levi

An update from our eleventh 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 ...
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Daily Creativity #62: Draw Shadows and Imagine Them as New Objects

Post Published June 16, 2020 by Anna Rowell

Put some objects in front of a sunny window and draw the shadows they make (if it’s not a sunny day, put your objects in front of a wall and use a bright light instead).
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Daily Creativity #60: Create an Art Piece of Your Ideal Living Space

Post Published June 12, 2020 by Jane Levi

If you could live in any kind of habitation, with everything exactly the way you wanted it, what would it be like? Where would it be? Maybe it’s a cave, or a space station, or just where you already...
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Daily Creativity #59: Write a Profile About a New Character

Post Published June 11, 2020 by Jane Levi

Write a detailed character profile of a new main character for a story. Ask yourself as many questions as you can about your character, and really get to know them. Who are they?
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Daily Creativity #56 | Flash Contest: Draw a “Blind Contour” Self-Portrait

Post Published June 8, 2020 by Jane Levi

Make a “blind contour” self portrait. A blind contour is a drawing where you do not look at the paper while you are drawing, and once you have put your pencil or pen on the paper, you don’t lift...
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Daily Creativity #54: Write the Same Story From Different Perspectives

Post Published June 4, 2020 by Jane Levi

Who is telling the story? Try playing around with point of view. Write an outline for a short scene with two characters in conflict (it doesn’t have to be too serious, they could just be disagreeing...
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Daily Creativity #50: Change a Key Word in Your Story

Post Published May 29, 2020 by Jane Levi

What if a misplaced letter in a word changes everything? A story about someone who wins a million dollars would be very different if they actually won a million collars; a painting of a world under th...
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