DEAR READER: I believe this letter will be much more profound and thought provoking if I give you just a few words of wisdom that I have learned within my nineteen years of life: When it comes to food, try everything once. When it comes to making sacrifices, never should it be your happiness, and …
Write down 20 details of your neighborhood
1. The majority of houses have two front doors, the first being glass. 2. More people own dogs than cats. 3. Only two families have in-ground pools. 4. There's a pothole at the beginning of the street that is really fun to ride your bike over. 5 There are a group of families who have …
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Write a story based on the title of your favorite song.
Mr. Brightside by The Killers James wears a white button down to work everyday. He works in an office. At 19, he swore he wasn’t the type, but ten years later, James sits at his desk staring at the keyboard. Five obituaries have to be sent to his editor before the noon hour. It’s 10:00 …
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Write about a song
Songs are like smells. They can bring back the most specific memories. The smell of chlorine reminds me of nothing else but staying at hotels during soccer tournaments. The smell of car exhaust reminds me going on auditions in the city as a child. The smell of Phoenix Axe Body Spray reminds of school dances …
Write for ten minutes about what is running through a husband-to-be’s head while his wife-to-be is walking down the aisle to the alter where he stands.
Am I not the luckiest guy in the world? I can’t believe this is even real. That smile. It’s her smile. That’s my girl. God, I love her so damn much. I feel like I can’t even breathe. Everyone is staring at her. She looks breathtaking. Absolutely stunning. I just want to kiss her. I …
A useless love- a connection or affinity that doesn’t fit into the plans of anyone concerned.
I sat by myself in the chapel at my school looking out the window as a duck floated along the pond while the Rabbi read through the prayers of Yom Kippur. I had very little energy having already started my fast the night before, but a voice in the back of my head (my mother’s …
The time you were the most terrified- your knees were knocking, your heart was racing, you could barely stand to be in your own skin
It’s a Friday night and I’m driving up the highway with my two friends on our way to a party. We got the music on and we’re letting go of the stressful week and getting ourselves pumped up. My one friend and I had already started drinking so the other one drove. We’re about twenty …
Write a short story in which you are the villain.
I hear their boots shuffling on the thin carpet. I inhale through my nose and out my mouth trying to settle my heart rate. It’s dark in here except for the thin strip of light streaming in through the bottom of the door. The boots are louder now. Inhale. Exhale. It’s now or never. I …
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Describe exultation.
Exultation is 30 minute erg workouts on a Saturday morning. It's running 7 miles with snow on the ground. It's rowing in the pouring rain at 6 in the morning with the coxswain screaming at you, all for a race lasting less than 7 minutes. But there is no better way to describe exultation than …
Do a detailed character sketch for a fictional character about whom you would never, ever want to write. Work to avoid making up anything that would capture your interest.
She has an awful twitch that takes over her left eye and half her cheek. Her blackish gray hair frizzes up at the bottom and jumps out away from her face. She lost a few teeth from all those years battling an addiction to candy bars. The remnants of this battle still remain on her …
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