Pictures & Prompts 234

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 a reasonable amount of time, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes. Then start writing.

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FICTION

Imagine that your character visits an art gallery where she can enter new worlds through the paintings. Where would she go? Would be able or want to return?

MEMOIR

Look at an old portrait of a family member for a few minutes. Seek to see the person in a new way. Then record what you notice.

NONFICTION

Write about how amateur photographers can take great pictures with their phones. Or write about how someone interested in drawing might get started.

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Pictures & Prompts 233

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 a reasonable amount of time, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes. Then start writing.

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FICTION

Your character looks through a magical pair of binoculars and sees something other than his own world. What does he find? How might he travel there?

MEMOIR

Write about a time when you could see a great distance with binoculars or not. How can you take that perspective and look back on your life?

NONFICTION

Write about the invention of telescopes and how they work.

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