Creative Writing Prompts

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The Six Word Memoir
Hemingway was supposedly challenged to tell his life story in six words. He came up with "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn." Write your own six word memoirs!
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- What Your Father Taught You?
- Taken from the book An Old Friend From Far Away, answer the question "What has your father taught you in life?" Note, this can also be about your mother, brother, friend or anyone in particular.
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- The Eyre Affair
- Think of a book you've read recently or a movie you've seen. Try and find the story within the story. Create the background story for one of the characters or the catalyst for an event that took place in the story.
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- What Are You Waiting For?
- What have you been waiting a long time for? Tell me about it.
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- Capturing Your Dreams
- Why waste your time coming up with a story when your dreams will do it for you? Write a piece in which you attempt to detail a dream you've had.
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- Starting Sentences - Realization
- Begin your piece with the phrase: "It was only at that moment that I realized..."
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