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Weekly Creativity #146: Challenge Yourself to Make a Self-Portrait Every Day this Week

Post Published March 29, 2021 by Jane Levi

Challenge yourself to make a self-portrait every day this week, using a different medium each time (pencil, paint, pastel, ketchup…). Sometimes you might just do it in 5 minutes; other days, you will spend longer. The important thing is to do it every day!

Weekly Creativity #139: Write a Story to Evoke an Emotion

Post Published February 8, 2021 by Molly Torinus

Write a story designed to evoke an emotion. Maybe it’s a feel-good story, or a calming one.

Weekly Creativity #126: Write a Story Within a Story

Post Published November 9, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Write a story within a story. Maybe one of your characters reads a book, watches a movie or sees a play that informs the overarching plot.

Weekly Creativity #123: Write a Story Set in Medieval Times

Post Published October 19, 2020 by Anya Geist

Write a story set in medieval times.

Weekly Creativity #122: Write about the Concept of Heaviness

Post Published October 12, 2020 by Jane Levi

Spend 15 minutes thinking about HEAVINESS, and write down every word you associate with it–different nouns, verbs and adjectives; colors, sounds, weather, moods, places, people–as many as you can. Read through your word list, and use the images and ideas that most appeal to you to write a one-page story or 10-line poem that really conveys the feeling of heaviness to your readers.

Weekly Creativity #120: Write about Someone You Know as a Superhero

Post Published September 28, 2020 by Anya Geist

Write a story about yourself, or someone you know, as a superhero

Weekly Creativity #119: Draw a Bicycle from Memory

Post Published September 21, 2020 by Jane Levi

Make a detailed drawing of a bicycle–from memory.

Weekly Creativity #118: Write a Poem Inspired by a Miró Painting

Post Published September 14, 2020 by Anya Geist

Write a poem inspired by a Miró painting. (Hint: it can be as silly as you want it to be, and probably won’t make sense.)

Weekly Creativity #117 | Flash Contest: Write flash fiction from the perspective of an object

Post Published September 7, 2020 by Jane Levi

Create a piece of flash fiction written from the perspective of the first object you saw when you woke up this morning. Your narrative should be no longer than 250 words. This is the first weekly prompt of September, so it is also the topic for our monthly flash contest: entries due by midday Pacific time on Sunday September 13!

Weekly Creativity #116: Write a Story about Aliens

Post Published August 31, 2020 by Anya Geist

Write a short story about someone discovering aliens.

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