212. Font-tastic: Choose a unique font and type out a poem, story or journal entry using that font. This prompt doesn’t quite work for a blog entry where fonts are determined by a css style sheet and I don’t feel like installing a new font just for this. When I started my love affair with […]
211: Star-crossed: Write a short modern version of the story of Romeo and Juliet or think of real-life examples of lovers who are not allowed to be together to use as inspiration for your writing. “& Juliet” is a 2019 coming-of-age jukebox musical featuring the music of Swedish pop songwriter Max Martin, with a book
210. Footsteps on the Moon: Write about the possibility of life in outer-space. I liked the movie “Contact” with Jodie Foster but loved the book it was based on by Carl Sagen. In the movie, Foster says: Oh, look at all those stars. If only one in a million of those stars had planets, and if
209. Sneeze: Write about things that make you sneeze. When I was thirteen, a GF told me that if I was on the verge of sneezing but it would not come out, that if I looked at the sun, the sneeze would be encouraged to be completed. I found out through the years that it
208. Video Inspiration: Go to Vimeo.com or YouTube.com and watch one of the videos featured on the homepage. Write something based on what you watch. In preparation for the Taylor Swift concert, I wanted to memorize the bridge from “Cruel Summer” since it was a known audience participation opportunity. I searched for the lyrics and started
