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Writing Prompts: Revisions
Writing prompts for seeing things in a whole new way
Writing can help us get closer to understanding the perplexing stuff of life. Writing about a thing (or an event or a feeling or a person) offers a unique opportunity to look at said thing from all different angles, shifting it around and examining it in a way you might not otherwise. Take your lived life, mix in radical empathy and some extreme mental 3D modeling, sprinkle a dash of insight, and voila, you have a meaningful bit of creative nonfiction. Or at least you’re on your way to one.
These prompts are designed to help you see things in a new light. Let us know how it goes!
THIS WEEK’S PROMPTS
Here are some prompt ideas from me and my colleague Harris Sockel. Write whatever these prompts inspire — whether that’s creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or something else — and post it on Medium. Tag it #Writehere so we can all find each others’ work. Remember to have fun with it — and/or, to let yourself dig deep.
Write a classified ad
Create an ad for something you’ve been missing, or something you want but don’t yet have.
Write a voiceover
This could narrate a supercut of your life. (You can describe the action in brackets or italics to break up the voiceover, sort of like a screenplay.) Or it could describe a certain event or interaction. How would a voiceover explain the scene you’re remembering?
Write a letter
Write a thank you letter to someone you despise. What have they given you, despite themselves? What has despising them done for you?
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