Pictures & Prompts

Pictures & Prompts 135

To whet your appetite and keep your writing fingers limber, take a good look at the photo or let a prompt settle in your mind. Set a timer for some amount of time, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes, and start writing.

photo credit: mazzur/bigstock.com

photo credit: mazzur/bigstock.com

FICTION

Tell the story of someone who visits a far away land and immediately feels at home.

MEMOIR

Write about a time when you visited a monument that moved or inspired you.

NONFICTION

Write a guide directing visitors to the overlooked but must-see sites in and around your hometown.

 

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Pictures & Prompts 134

To whet your appetite and keep your writing fingers limber, take a good look at the photo or let a prompt settle in your mind. Set a timer for some amount of time, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes, and start writing.

photo credit: Julie_Berlin/bigstock.com

photo credit: Julie_Berlin/bigstock.com

FICTION

Rewrite Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, but let him escape the assassins.

MEMOIR

What’s your experience with Shakespeare? Did you read a lot of plays and sonnets? Have you revisited as an adult any of Shakespeare’s works you read while in school? What impact have those stories had on your life and work?

NONFICTION

Write an insider’s guide for people who want to visit Rome with a focus on sites related to Julius Caesar.