Saturday, June 14, 2008
Dog story!
simple writing prompt: a story about a dog. Any kind of dog, any age--but non-fiction!
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Monday, June 9, 2008
a prompt for writers, artists, and all: En-Title-ment
A title draws us in by the curiosity to see what a story or perhaps a work of art is all about. Sometimes, the title is enough to start a world of thought and epiphany, without even opening the book itself. One that I reacted to in such a way was a little volume called, "Behaving As If The God In...
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
A new photo prompt...
If you want to know, this was taken from inside a lava tube cave. Where can you go with it? ___________________________________ Here is Straightforward's response: http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Straightforward7672/
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
image prompt: Fog and Lights
If this is your first visit to the PRR blog, a visit to the first post, first page--which this still is--will make it all clear... unlike this foggy night scene. (edit May 30): Straightforward wrote a most intriguing poem in response to this prompt. You can find it at...
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prompt: Disregard Previous Fortune Cookie
I keep the little fortunes out of the little cookies and leave them here and there to surprise and remind and prompt at odd moments of my life... going through a pocket, cleaning out a purse, rifling a drawer... These are all, I swear, actual real fortune cookie fortunes I have gotten! Where does...
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Friday, May 23, 2008
image prompt: Street of Yellow Houses
This prompt is just this photo. I don't want to influence you with more facts than you want, but if you post questions here in comments, or email me, I will be glad to give you more information about it. If you have not yet read the intro post to this blog, please take a look at it--it explains...
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THE COMPASS HOUSE
No one remembered a time when the little house had not been there. No story or song held reference to a time when the house was not there. No one knew when it was built, nor remembered who built it there at the crest of the hill, nor why. The foundation had been laid in a perfect circle, some ten...
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Your Creative Stimulus Package
I find in my mind an image, or maybe a character, or a fragment of conversation, a setting, a scene...and no clear idea where to go with it. This happens from time to time... I am offering these as prompts to you, the most creative people I know, to see if it moves you to develop something. If it...
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