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Daily Creativity #45: Write About a Miscommunication

Post Published May 22, 2020 by Jane Levi

Sometimes a plot turns on a mistake or a miscommunication. What if the crucial email, letter, text or phone message never arrived? It could be a disaster, or it might mean a lucky escape. Write a story where an important message never got through, and that changes the outcome for the better.

Daily Creativity #44: Write about a Change in Someone’s Life

Post Published May 21, 2020 by Molly Torinus

Write a story about a change in someone's life. This could be small (a new class or teacher) or large (moving house). Ask yourself these questions: what is the change like for my character? how do they feel? who else does it affect?

Daily Creativity #43: Imagine Your Favorite Character in the Time of Coronavirus

Post Published May 20, 2020 by Anna Rowell

Take your favorite character from a book you’ve read and place them in this coronavirus situation. What would they do? How would they act? How might they feel? Consider submitting your story to our COVID-19 blog submissions category! If you do, make sure you tell us in your covering letter what book and character you are writing about.

Daily Creativity #42: Write a Story Inspired by a House

Post Published May 19, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Take a look at these photographs of houses from the Library of Congress. Choose one house that speaks to you and write a short story or play that takes place there. Think about what kind of mood the house in your photograph conveys and how you can express that in words.

Daily Creativity #41 | Flash Contest: Write about what Superheroes do in their Spare Time

Post Published May 18, 2020 by Molly Torinus

Write about what super-heroes and super-villains do in their spare time or on their days off. Feel free to make it funny: maybe Voldemort enjoys yoga, or Wonder Woman writes a blog.

Daily Creativity #40: Think about Endings and Try Writing a Different One

Post Published May 15, 2020 by Jane Levi

Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation: Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished. Question mark: a few things are left open - whatever will happen next? Exclamation point - no one expected that, SURPRISE!!!!! Take a look at one of the stories you have written recently–or, you can do this as a collaborative exercise using someone else’s story (swap with ...

Daily Creativity #39: Write a Poem Inspired by a Breugel Painting

Post Published May 14, 2020 by

Study this painting for at least five minutes (set a timer!), zooming in to get a better look and taking notes on what you notice. Then write a 16-line poem about it. The artwork we are referring you to for this exercise is called The Procession to Calvary, painted by Pieter Breugel the Elder in 1564.

Daily Creativity #38: Invent a New Technology

Post Published May 13, 2020 by Jane Levi

Technology is great. But what other incredible things do you wish it could do? Let your imagination roam free and write a story about a world where your amazing invention is as normal as a toaster or a mobile phone.

Daily Creativity #37: Write about the Kindest and Meanest Someone Has Been to You

Post Published May 12, 2020 by

What is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you? What is the meanest thing anyone has ever done to you? Spend a few minutes meditating on these two experiences, then create something—a poem, personal narrative, story, song, or drawing—in response.

Daily Creativity #36 | Flash Contest: Write about a Time Traveler

Post Published May 11, 2020 by Jane Levi

Be a time traveler in reverse! What would happen if a character from the past arrived in the present? Choose a time period you like and know a little bit about, and write down at least 3 things that make it really different to now (like the clothes, the transport, the bathroom arrangements…). Now imagine that someone your age and your gender has arrived in your house from that time in the past.

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