Describe a scene in which there is only a moment of action: a very small activity.** This short story was partially written by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The first part was written by them for the First Friday Fix – November 2022 writing challenge, with that particular challenge focusing on writing the ending of a story. The black, bolded part
Read moreWrite a story for children in which there’s ‘lots of food and lots of fighting’. (Norman Lindsay)** N.B. I chose to write a story about children instead of for them for this prompt. Rehearsal I hate running the school play. All the kids were together on stage, sitting at a dining table set with mostly fake but some real food.
Read moreTake a bath by candlelight then write a poem about it.** Wash Away The day is done, it’s time to rest before I can I need to get things off my chest, relieve my stress, by washing the day away. No romantic, candlelit bath for me a long, hot shower is what I need. The darkness outside my window, balances
Read moreWrite a set of nonsense instructions for…for what?** How to Make Rubber Duck Salad To make rubber duck salad, you obviously need a rubber duck, a lettuce leaf, and a banana. Rinse the lettuce leaf under cold water, peel the banana and slice it. You can either have the rubber duck whole or slice it finely. Mix everything in the
Read moreWrite a story that consists entirely of dialogue.** Rough Landing “Are you a nervous flyer?” “Is it that obvious?” “Only because I used to be like that.” “You? You’re kidding!” “No, every pilot feels like this. Don’t worry it will all be over soon.” “It will?” “Yeah, the plane’s nearly out of fuel. That’s what they get for firing me.”
Read moreWrite about the death of an animal.** Left Behind For fifty days the bushfire raged on, burning away everything in its path. Once an emergency had been declared, everyone started to flee. Not everyone, humans and animals included, made it out. Some had died and others were stuck, slowly trying to make their way by foot, Percy included. Percy, the
Read moreWrite a scene then rewrite it three times with three different emotions.** #I interpreted this topic as writing the same scene with three different emotions. I wrote this scene with three different POV styles as well as emotions. *** FIRST PERSON POV: “Careful, careful, I don’t want to be caught with my hand in it…yes I got the chocolate chip
Read moreThe company forgives a moment of madness (film title)** It Takes Two Yes, I ruined the company Christmas party. No, I didn’t do it on my own. Yes, I broke Keith’s arm, but I did it because he groped me. Yes, Keith got fired, but only after I threatened to call the Fair Work Ombudsman. The company forgave my “madness”
Read moreWrite a piece in which you gradually create a sense of menace.** Menace I had to cover this up. I wiped my prints from the gun I used to shoot him in the chest…and the abdomen for good measure. I also wiped the fork I used to stab him, add a few stab as well as gunshot wounds to throw
Read moreThe Cello To tell you the truth I never wanted to be a cello. When I was wood I had My own song (Lorena Bruff) Write the tree’s song.** The Tree When I was wood, I stood proud and tall. People would search for me to sit under me when it was warm, and watch my leaves fall and change,
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