[Stylist] writing prompts
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
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Thu Oct 3 18:05:17 UTC 2019
Oh, love Kincaid! Use her a lot for my students, grin.
Bridgit
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I definitely like the idea of doing the prompts. Maybe, Ann, since you sent the original link, you can choose one for us.
I actually think it's interesting that these are "non-fiction" prompts because I feel like many could easily be turned into fiction. I'm in an "authors" English class where we primarily study one author, Jamaica Kincaid. We call her work "autobiographical fiction" because it seems that she writes quite a bit about her own life in her short stories and novels, but changes around some details.
I think that for this prompt idea to work on this list, we should all try our best to comment on one another's, and that these who submit something should comment on at least a few.
Vejas
On 3 Oct 2019, at 08:34, Chris Kuell via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
We could do it anyway, although I’m guessing participation would be minimal. We’ve done prompts in the past, and it doesn’t seem to catch on.
Chris
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Hi Chris,
We could do this on this list if it is okay with our president, 😊. It also might help with content for future writing contests.
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Annie
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Thanks, Ann. There are a number of excellent prompts here. Several years ago I belonged to an active online writing group and we did a number of prompts, and I really enjoyed seeing how different writers approached the same prompt.
Thanks for sharing.
Chris
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Hi all,
Got this list from a blog, good fodder:
Non-Fiction Writing Prompts
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4. “ <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-4/> The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” – Ernest Hemingway
5. Write about <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-5/> a book you loved as a child. Use this as a jumping off point to say something about who you are now.
6. Do <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-6/> something you’ve never done before. Write about the experience.
7. Find <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-7/> a piece of music that reminds you of a time and place from your past.
8. Write about <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-8/> a déjà vu experience, where one incident reminded you of another one from your past.
9. Write a scene of a personal experience that risks <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-9/> making you look bad.
10. Make the <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-10/> familiar unfamiliar.
11. Write about an experience where <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-11/> setting was your main antagonist.
12. Write about a childhood incident, using the “ <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-12/> Voice of Innocence.”
13. Write about a <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-13/> twist of fate.
14. Write about a time you were a <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/01/non-fiction-prompt-14/> fish out of water.
15. Write about a time you or someone you know had a “ <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/02/non-fiction-prompt-15/> status update.”
16. Write your own “ <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/02/non-fiction-prompt-16/> modern love” story.
17. Write about a time <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/02/non-fiction-prompt-17/> your body rebelled.
18. Imagine what the life of a person you know was like <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/03/non-fiction-prompt-18/> before you met them.
19. Begin a creative non-fiction piece with <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/03/non-fiction-prompt-19/> a scene of movement, creating rhythm with your prose.
20. Write a piece about two incidents from your life that <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/03/non-fiction-prompt-20/> occurred in the same setting, finding a thematic link between them.
21. Write a creative non-fiction piece in <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/03/non-fiction-prompt-21/> the form of a list.
22. Write a piece using the <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/04/non-fiction-prompt-22/> 2nd person point of view.
23. Write a <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/04/non-fiction-prompt-23/> 6-word memoir.
24. Write a piece centred <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/04/non-fiction-prompt-24-2/> on your hometown.
25. Tell the <https://www.eventmagazine.ca/2016/04/non-fiction-prompt-25/> other side of the story.
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