"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug."
~ Mark Twain
~ Mark Twain
Creative Writing Daily Prompts
Writing Prompt #1: Complete the Description of Me... (Complete Description of Me handout and staple inside marble notebook.)
Writing Prompt #2: Respond to the lyrics of "Unwritten"...
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Writing Prompt #3: Description of Me Elaboration... Choose ONE statement from the Description of Me handout and expand on it.
Writing Prompt #4: Description of Me Elaboration... Choose ANOTHER statement from the Description of Me handout and expand on it.
Writer’s Prompt#5: “Think” of five images that represent who you are and elaborate upon how these images represent you…
Writing Prompt #6: What makes you REALLY laugh and why...
Writing Prompt #7: Free Write Friday / My writing territories...
Writing Prompt #8: What makes you REALLY cry and why...
Writing Prompt #9 : The creation of imagery is important to writers because...
Writing Prompt #10: My bucket list...
Writing Prompt #11: My most prized possession...
Writing Prompt #12: Free Write...
Writing Prompt #13: Where do you see yourself in five years? Be clear, naming and describing a specific place. In other words: Have you finished college, or are you entering college? Where do you live? What is your occupation? Who is a part of your life? Are you married?
Writing Prompt #14: Five years from now, what is the biggest physical change in you from your high school self? What is the biggest intellectual change? In other words, at a high school reunion, what will people notice first about you in connection to physical and intellectual changes?
Writing Prompt #15: Five years from now, what is your general attitude towards life? In other words, are you happy depressed? confused? dissatisfied? Be sure to elaborate on these attitudes. What do you miss most about your high school self and/or your high school life?
Writing Prompt #16: Free Write...
Writing Prompt #17: Describe your dream job in detail.
Writing Prompt #18: Are there things that even your closest friend does not know? Why?...
Writing Prompt #19: Something important I have learned about myself...
Writing Prompt #20: Response to memoir quotation: read the Nancie Atwell quotation below and discuss its meaning as you understand it…
Memoir Quotation:
Memoir is how writers look for the past and make sense of it. We figure out who we are, who we have become, and what it means to us and to the lives of others: a memoir puts the events of a life in perspective for the writer and for those who read it. It is a way to validate to others the events of our lives our choices, perspectives, decisions, responses. ~Nancie Atwell
Writing Prompt #21: My motto/credo is... (A motto/credo is a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person. For example, "Carpe Diem", which is Latin for "Seize the day.")
Writing Prompt #22: Some say that childhood experiences and memories forever alter our futures. Do you believe this to be true? Why? or Why not? ...
Writing Prompt #23: An event, a moment, or a person that significantly changed my life...
Memoir Quotation:
Memoir is how writers look for the past and make sense of it. We figure out who we are, who we have become, and what it means to us and to the lives of others: a memoir puts the events of a life in perspective for the writer and for those who read it. It is a way to validate to others the events of our lives our choices, perspectives, decisions, responses. ~Nancie Atwell
Writing Prompt #21: My motto/credo is... (A motto/credo is a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person. For example, "Carpe Diem", which is Latin for "Seize the day.")
Writing Prompt #22: Some say that childhood experiences and memories forever alter our futures. Do you believe this to be true? Why? or Why not? ...
Writing Prompt #23: An event, a moment, or a person that significantly changed my life...
Writing Prompt #24: Based on your knowledge of the video, what have you come to understand about monologue writing.
Here is the link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRuiavPvS5o
Here is the link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRuiavPvS5o
Writer's Prompt #25: Write a monologue in which you persuade the person you are in love with why he/she should leave his/her current partner for you...
Writing Prompt #26: Choose any animal and write its monologue from its point of view (1st Person Point of View)...
Writing Prompt #27: Specifically explain to your enemy why you despise him or her...
Writing Prompt #28: Write a diary entry from the opposite gender's perspective...
Writing Prompt #29: You are an inventor explaining your latest creation...
Writing Prompt #26: Choose any animal and write its monologue from its point of view (1st Person Point of View)...
Writing Prompt #27: Specifically explain to your enemy why you despise him or her...
Writing Prompt #28: Write a diary entry from the opposite gender's perspective...
Writing Prompt #29: You are an inventor explaining your latest creation...
Writing Prompt #30: Choose any stereotypical monster and explain how the general public misunderstands you …
Writer’s Prompt #31: Deliver a PSA (Public Service Announcement) on the topic of your choice …
Writer’s Prompt #31: Deliver a PSA (Public Service Announcement) on the topic of your choice …
Writing Prompt #32: Complete What is poetry? handout...
Writing Prompt #33: Using your five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, make a list of things you love and ONE image for each of the items on your list...
Writing Prompt #33: Using your five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, make a list of things you love and ONE image for each of the items on your list...
Writing Prompt #34: A list of twenty actions you do on any given day...
Writing Prompt #35: Choose ONE of the quotations below and respond either making observations or using personal connections…
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purke
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purke
Writing Prompt #36: Do something today that your future self will thank you for…
Please do not go beyond this point as prompts are subject to change.
Writing Prompt #18: My motto/credo is... (A motto/credo is a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person. For example, "Carpe Diem", which is Latin for "Seize the day.")
Writing Prompt #20: Description of Me Elaboration... Choose ONE statement from the Description of Me handout and expand on it.
Writing Prompt #23: Free Write...
Writing Prompt #28: Free Write...
Writing Prompt #29: It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else...
Writing Prompt #30: Don’t compare your life to others; you have no idea what their journey is all about...
Writing Prompt #31: Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful, or joyful
Writing Prompt #32: Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’
Writing Prompt #33: Free Write...
Writing Prompt #34: Memoir isn’t the summary of a life; it’s a window into a life, very much like a photograph in its selective composition. It may look like a casual and even random calling up of bygone events. It’s not; it’s a deliberate construction. William Zinsser, in On Writing Well (2006; 30th Anniversary Edition)
Writing Prompt #35: “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory
11/1/17: I will begin collecting Writer's Notebook on Mon., 11/6/17 for assessment. Look over rubric for guidelines and choose four prompts you wish me to grade.
I am collecting Writer's Notebooks upon return from break, so be sure you have ALL 45 PROMPTS. You will earmark (indicate) which FOUR prompts you wish me to read and assess, BUT I AM ALSO CHECKING to see that you have all 45 prompts for the course.
Writing Prompt #26: Make a list of all the elements of fiction. In other words, what are the parts that make up a story?
Writing Prompt #29: You are telling your significant other why you can never see him or her again ...
Writing Prompt #33: Free Write...
Writing Prompt #18: Choose one Rules to Live By and expand upon it... (click on to bring you to list of rules)
Writing Prompt #34: Make a list of everything you expect to see and/or read in a fairy tale...
Writing Prompt #35: Express your HONEST opinion about people's obsession with sport, music, and/or celebrity figures ...
Writing Prompt #35: Express your HONEST opinion about people's obsession with sport, music, and/or celebrity figures ...
Please do not go beyond this point as prompts are subject to change.
Imagist Poetry
Writing Prompt #44: Complete What is poetry? handout...
Writing Prompt #45: Using your five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, make a list of things you love and ONE image for each of the items on your list...
Writing Prompt #44: Complete What is poetry? handout...
Writing Prompt #45: Using your five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, make a list of things you love and ONE image for each of the items on your list...
Miscellaneous
Writing Prompt #: If I had one wish today ...
Writing About Ourselves / Memoir
Writing Prompt #: Some say that childhood experiences and memories forever alter our futures. Do you believe this to be true? Why? or Why not? ...
Writing Prompt #: An event, a moment, or a person that significantly changed my life...
Writing Prompt #: My earliest childhood memory... If you struggle to remember one, attempt to explore why you believe this is the case...
Writing Prompt #: The thing(s) I value most in the world is...
Writing Prompt #: Write my own obituary (write it in the third person)...
Fiction/Short Story
Writing Prompt #: Make a list of everything you expect to see and/or read in a fairy tale...
Writing Prompt #: Make a list of all the elements of fiction. In other words, what are the parts that make up a story?
Writing Prompt #: Looking at the photograph, complete the Main Character Questionnaire of the woman pictured...
Writing Prompt #: Using your Main Character Questionnaire responses as a framework, create a and expand on a conflict for the woman pictured...
Writing Prompt #: Using the living room pictured, describe the person who lives there...
Writing Prompt #: Using the name you have chosen, tell your story...
Writing Prompt #: A piercing scream broke the stillness of the night...
Writing Prompt #: He/She only remembered leaving the party and getting into the car...
Writing Prompt #: The note under the pillow stated...
Writing Prompt #: Choose a prop from the "Treasure Chest" and compose a writing prompt in any genre...
Writing Prompt #: Use the writing prompt dice to compose a story...
Monologue
Writing Prompt #: Tell the person you are in love with why they should leave their current partner for you...
Writing Prompt #: Specifically explain to your enemy why you despise them...
Writing Prompt #: Choose any animal and write its monologue from its point of view...
Writing Prompt #: Write a diary entry from the opposite gender's perspective...
Writing Prompt #: You are an inventor explaining your latest creation...
Writing Prompt #: You were arrested over winter break. Explain your story to the person have been
assigned: 1. your mother; 2. your father; 3. your ten-year-old brother/sister; 4. your grandmother/father; your significant other
Writing Prompt #: Explain to your teacher why you did not do your homework...
Satire/Parody
Writing Prompt #: Satirize our society's obsession with celebrities...
Writing Prompt #: Make a list of everything you expect to see and/or read in a fairy tale...
Writing Prompt #: Express your HONEST opinion about people's obsession with sport, music, and/or celebrity figures ...
Poetry
Writing Prompt #: What is poetry?
Writing Prompt #: Using your five senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing), make a list of things you love...
Writing Prompt #: The best song, movie, poem, work of art, or piece of literature that I have experienced and why...
Writing Prompt #: Compose a poem using the following metaphors: a pitcher of bitterness, a taste of sacrifice, and a house of delight......
Writing Prompt #: Compose a poem using the following opening line: I love...
Op/Ed
Writing Prompt #: If you could reach everyone on Long Island, what would you say and how would you use your opinion to convince people?...
Writing Prompt #: What do you think about having set rules?...
Multi Genre and/or Portfolio
Work on Reflective, Creative Writing, or Visual portion of the multi-genre paper...
The one thing I fear most about leaving high school and why?...
If I could dine alone with any one person from any era I would choose (fill in the blank) because ...
If I ruled the world...
Writing Prompt #: If I had one wish today ...
Writing About Ourselves / Memoir
Writing Prompt #: Some say that childhood experiences and memories forever alter our futures. Do you believe this to be true? Why? or Why not? ...
Writing Prompt #: An event, a moment, or a person that significantly changed my life...
Writing Prompt #: My earliest childhood memory... If you struggle to remember one, attempt to explore why you believe this is the case...
Writing Prompt #: The thing(s) I value most in the world is...
Writing Prompt #: Write my own obituary (write it in the third person)...
Fiction/Short Story
Writing Prompt #: Make a list of everything you expect to see and/or read in a fairy tale...
Writing Prompt #: Make a list of all the elements of fiction. In other words, what are the parts that make up a story?
Writing Prompt #: Looking at the photograph, complete the Main Character Questionnaire of the woman pictured...
Writing Prompt #: Using your Main Character Questionnaire responses as a framework, create a and expand on a conflict for the woman pictured...
Writing Prompt #: Using the living room pictured, describe the person who lives there...
Writing Prompt #: Using the name you have chosen, tell your story...
Writing Prompt #: A piercing scream broke the stillness of the night...
Writing Prompt #: He/She only remembered leaving the party and getting into the car...
Writing Prompt #: The note under the pillow stated...
Writing Prompt #: Choose a prop from the "Treasure Chest" and compose a writing prompt in any genre...
Writing Prompt #: Use the writing prompt dice to compose a story...
Monologue
Writing Prompt #: Tell the person you are in love with why they should leave their current partner for you...
Writing Prompt #: Specifically explain to your enemy why you despise them...
Writing Prompt #: Choose any animal and write its monologue from its point of view...
Writing Prompt #: Write a diary entry from the opposite gender's perspective...
Writing Prompt #: You are an inventor explaining your latest creation...
Writing Prompt #: You were arrested over winter break. Explain your story to the person have been
assigned: 1. your mother; 2. your father; 3. your ten-year-old brother/sister; 4. your grandmother/father; your significant other
Writing Prompt #: Explain to your teacher why you did not do your homework...
Satire/Parody
Writing Prompt #: Satirize our society's obsession with celebrities...
Writing Prompt #: Make a list of everything you expect to see and/or read in a fairy tale...
Writing Prompt #: Express your HONEST opinion about people's obsession with sport, music, and/or celebrity figures ...
Poetry
Writing Prompt #: What is poetry?
Writing Prompt #: Using your five senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing), make a list of things you love...
Writing Prompt #: The best song, movie, poem, work of art, or piece of literature that I have experienced and why...
Writing Prompt #: Compose a poem using the following metaphors: a pitcher of bitterness, a taste of sacrifice, and a house of delight......
Writing Prompt #: Compose a poem using the following opening line: I love...
Op/Ed
Writing Prompt #: If you could reach everyone on Long Island, what would you say and how would you use your opinion to convince people?...
Writing Prompt #: What do you think about having set rules?...
Multi Genre and/or Portfolio
Work on Reflective, Creative Writing, or Visual portion of the multi-genre paper...
The one thing I fear most about leaving high school and why?...
If I could dine alone with any one person from any era I would choose (fill in the blank) because ...
If I ruled the world...