How to Prop Up Your Story
In a post on Writing Forward, Melissa Donovan offers some writing exercises that can help you figure out how to integrate physical objects into...
Prompt: Finding Sparks in Randomness
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Joy Cohen suggests a writing prompt popular with her students. First, create a list of...
Prompt: Speak to the Dead
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Peter Stamm suggests you go to a cemetery and see what the stones tell you...
Prompt: Find Poetry in Opposites
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, A.E. Hines suggests writing a poem that explores duality, by comparing and contrasting two topics...
Prompt: The Life of Mary Norman
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Wendy Sanford suggests reading about the life of Mary Norman, a woman who lead the...
Find the Red Herring
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Jonah Lehrer suggests you read a detective story and look for the false clues planted...
Prompt: Who Were Your Grandparents?
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Anne Lamott suggests writing a memory of one or more of your grandparents, or about...
Writing Prompt: Describing Music
During her interview with the Write the Book podcast, writer Melissa Perley suggests a musical writing prompt: listen to a piece of music and...
What Happens When You Hunt Where You Eat
The Carter G. Woodson Houses in New York became famous for a tragic reason: a serial killer stalked the housing project's residents and the...
Prompt, Spark, Idea, Inspiration
During his interview with the Write the Book podcast, Donald Antrim suggests a writing exercise based on an excerpt from his book, One Friday...
