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Weekly Creativity #137: Write a Story with the Same First and Last Sentence

Post Published January 25, 2021 by Sarah Ainsworth

Write a short story that begins and ends with the same sentence.
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Weekly Creativity #129: Create a Story Around a Postcard

Post Published November 30, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Pick a postcard from this digitized historical collection at the New York Public Library. Write a historical fiction short story that involves a character sending this postcard to someone.
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Weekly Creativity #128: Write a Graphic Novel Memoir

Post Published November 23, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Create a short memoir about an event in your life. Only, instead of using just words, add illustrations to tell the story. In other words, make it a graphic novel memoir.
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Weekly Creativity #127: Write about Characters Reuniting

Post Published November 16, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Write about two characters who have reunited after many years apart. How have they changed? Do they still interact with each other the same way?
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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.
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Weekly Creativity #125 | Flash Contest: Write a Story with Traditional Opening and Closing Lines

Post Published November 2, 2020 by Jane Levi

Write a short story that begins with “Once upon a time, in a land far away...” and ends with “...and they all lived happily ever after.” This prompt is our November Flash Contest.
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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.
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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.
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Daily Creativity #114: Write about Attending Your Rival School

Post Published August 27, 2020 by Liam Hancock

Write about what it would be like to attend your rival school or play on your rival sports team. What would your thoughts be on the school you attend now?
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Daily Creativity #112: Consider the Opening Line of Your Favorite Novel

Post Published August 25, 2020 by Liam Hancock

Select a sentence from your favorite novel. Tear out a page of your notebook or use an empty whiteboard to break down this sentence and find a deeper meaning, or possibly theorize what the author is t...
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