Writing Prompt - 6-Word Memior

Have you ever heard of the 6-word memoir? (read more here) This week, choose either your past self, present self, or future self and write a memoir for that stage of your life in only 6 words. Share yours with us! What's your mini memoir.

A Quote ... Mystery

Writing Prompt - Write a Letter to Your Future Self

Photo by Darren Molon

Let's celebrate this last week of National Poetry Month with one more writing prompt. This week write a letter to your future self in the form of a poem (choose any form you like: free verse, Haiku, or perhaps even a sestina!) And as always, feel free to share your creations with us - post a comment below.

Visual Journaling - Tearing it Up!

This weather is a bummer. It's hard to not let the grays and browns and overall dreariness of the season sink into your bones. What helps - getting together with some great, creative folks in a bright and warm room to talk art, creativity, writing, travel and visual journaling. Molly brought some of her beautiful, handmade journals to share with us and provided enough materials to get us going. The crinkle of paper and the scratching of pencils would overtake the quite of the room. Then someone would ask a question and soon paper mixed with pencils mixed with stories.

Though the weather outside was (and still is) frightful, I think it's safe to say we all left that afternoon a bit more cheery than when we woke up. I apologize for wee amount of photos ... I was a little tied up tearing pages out of an old thesaurus and playing with glue sticks!

If you missed our Visual Journaling afternoon, never fear ... more will be on the horizon!

Writing Prompt - Tell the Weather ...

Photo from Robert Donovan

I think it's pretty safe to say that we're all sick of winter and we're ready for spring to finally arrive. This week, write a letter to the weather and let it know how you feel (or perhaps you'd rather address it to your favorite weather person). What frustrates you? What are you looking forward to? What smells do you miss the most? Describe the way newborn grass feels on your feet. In the spirit of National Poetry Month, try working some of these lines into a poem. Or, if you'd like to try something different, use one or more of your lines as a starting off point for a piece of flash fiction. So, what do you want to tell the weather?

Writing Prompt - Two Truths and One Lie

Have you ever played the game two truths and a lie? This week, write a poem inspired by that game in which you tell two things about yourself that are true and one that is made up. If you really feel daring, share your poems with us in the comments below. Think we can find the lie?

Writing Prompt - Spring Haiku

photo by bengt nyman

Happy National Poetry Month! To kick off the month, let's write a haiku about spring. A haiku is a Japanese poem that consists of three lines and traditionally has a seasonal reference. The first line has five sounds, the middle line has seven sounds and the last line has five sounds (these "sounds" have been translated to English as syllables). So grab a coat and a notebook and let this chilly spring day awaken your poetic spirit!