Allyson Whipple

Tag: prose

  • Writing Prompt: Summer Lovin’

    Note: Apologies for late and/or absent mailings of these prompts. With the summer weather, I’m more inclined to spend my time out and about than at my computer.

    In light of the fact that I’ve been away so much enjoying the weather, I thought a summer prompt would be in order.

    Not everyone loves summer the way I do. Some people in Texas outright hate it. For today’s prompt, make a list of all the things you hate about summer. Circle the thing you hate the most. Then write an ode to what you despise about the season.

  • Weekly Writing Prompt: How to Fail

    Pinterest Fail is a site where you can see photos of Pinterest tutorials gone horribly awry. Browse through the site to see all the ways in which the projects can go horribly wrong. Then find a Pinterest tutorial that looks fairly complex. Write an alternate version of the tutorial describing how to fail at whatever it is the tutorial is telling you to do.

  • Weekly Writing Prompt: Misbehaving

    Create a piece about breaking rules. Which rules were broken, and why? What was the outcome? Did your character/speaker (or you) get away with it, or get caught? Was there punishment involved? Guilt? What was the fallout, both short-term and long-term?

  • Free Weekly Writing Prompt #1

    I’ve decided to post a free weekly writing prompt on this blog. My goal is to post a new prompt every Sunday. (I might miss some weeks, but I’ll really try.) If you post the result online, I would love to see the result, but no pressure! 

    This week’s prompt:

    Retell a familiar/famous story, in which a secondary character is actually the protagonist. How does this person perceive the actions that happen in the story? How do they perceive themselves?

  • Caught Between Sea and Shore [IndieInk Challenge]

    For the IndieInk Writing Challenge this week, SAM challenged me with “Use this image for inspiration: http://www.josephinewall.co.uk/discovery.html (Josephine Wall “The Discovery”)” and I challenged Carrie with “Write a haibun (http://raysweb.net/haiku/pages/haibun-definition.html) about summer camp. ”

    The image in question

    I’ve been rowing all night, watching the pearled moon move across the water, enjoying the way the stars traverse their velvet canvas. It’s not until dawn begins to form that I consider heading back home. As the waves go gold with first light, I come upon the cove. There are infinite new days waiting for me, each one brighter and greener than the last. Each one is temping, but the darkness at my back is still illuminating. Different futures dance for me, but soon my present will shine. How can I possibly choose? For even the present has promise.

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