This site offers creative writing prompts that I hope will inspire writers of all genres.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
We Didn't Start the Fire Writing Prompts
I love this song by Billy Joel. It is a long list of people and things that show our country's history and culture over the span of quite a few years.
For today's creative writing prompts, here are choices. But first, enjoy the video.
1. For Poetry:
Try making a new verse for this song using a list of things from the last year. Make it rhyme.
OR put a verse together that is simply things from your own life.
For example, if it were me, some images that are in my surroundings that I might use are:
The 7 Dwarfs on the coffee table
bubble gum machine on my desk
the dead squirrel in my son's pool
Lemon Queen Sunflowers
Turtle ice-cream
So, first just make the list. Then shape it and play with it to make it rhyme. It's just a fun exercise, and as always, I would love to read whatever you come up with, so please comment.
2. For everything: Pick one of the images from the video and use the subject in a story, essay or poem.
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I really love your prompts, they're very imaginative and interesting. I wrote a little story for this one over on my blog
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