List the differences between children and adults** -Children are short and small, adults are (usually) big and tall. -Children have to go to school, adults have to go to work. -Children can’t vote, drink, smoke cigarettes or drive a car, adults can do all of those things. -Children don’t have to pay bills, adults do. -Depending on their age, children
Read moreWhat’s the slowest thing you’ve ever seen? And the fastest? (Not counting aeroplanes.)** Slowest: A snail crawling along the ground Fastest: A golf ball that is flying through the air (especially as it was flying inches away from my face) **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreWrite a dinner menu for someone who loves yellow. List food and drinks that can be served** Entree: -Garlic Bread -(Slice of) Onion Frittata++ -Tofu Scramble++ -Cheese and Crackers Main: -Chicken and Corn Soup -Lemon-Cashew Rice+ -Pasta with Sun Gold Tomatoes++ -Macaroni and Cheese Dessert: -Lemon Meringue Pie -Lemon Slice (Cake) -Pineapple Carpaccio with Lemon Sorbet and
Read moreHow old or young in heart are you?** I am slightly old at heart at the moment, or at least older at heart than I should be due to becoming fully financially independent for the first time last year. As I’m living on my own, single and have no immediate family around and have to take care of myself and
Read moreDescribe a practical joke you’ve seen or been involved in** I don’t know if I can count this as a practical joke, but I will for this writing topic. I was involved in throwing a surprise morning tea for my friend, Alice’s, birthday during my first year of uni. My friends: Clare, Sean, Simon, Luci and I went to Alice’s
Read moreWhat is the opposite of time and why? The opposite of chocolate? The opposite of camels? The opposite of zero? Of human beings?** The opposite of time is expiration due to the fact that expiration means time has run out. The opposite of chocolate is fruit due to its healthiness and calorie content. The opposite of camels is fish due
Read moreTaking a boring sentence. Start replacing each word with one (or two) new ones** The business man caught the train to work every morning and caught the train home every night. Twelve aliens always rode a space-time travelling shuttle to the moon all day and would take a rocket to back to his home planet at night. **Reference: Marsden,
Read moreDo you usually know when you’re acting in a good way? In a bad way? How?** I think I know when I’m acting in a bad way when I act in a way that pushes people away from my life and they never come back. I think I know when I’m acting in a good way when I make everyone
Read moreFrom Writing Topic #131 until Writing Topic #149 are “based on a book”. The book I have chosen to focus on is Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern. Write a defence for a ‘villain’, e.g. the wolf in The Three Little Pigs, Jack in Lord of the Flies** This writing prompt seemed out of place compared to the other writing
Read moreHow do you react (if at all) to any of these words: Collingwood Magpies/Cricket/Brisbane Broncos?** Collingwood Magpies: I think of my mother who madly supports them. Cricket: I think of boredom and the men in my life who somehow love it and watch it every summer. Brisbane Broncos: I think of how I know nothing about Rugby and the only
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