Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Short Story Ideas
11.
A babysitter is snooping
around her employer's house and finds a disturbing photograph...
12.
At a Chinese restaurant,
your character opens his fortune cookie and reads the following message:
"Your life is in danger. Say nothing to anyone. You must leave the city
immediately and never return. Repeat: say nothing."...
13.
Your character's boss
invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character wants to make a good
impression, but her husband has a tendency to drink too much and say exactly
what's on his mind...
14.
It's your character's
first day at a new school. He or she wants to get a fresh start, develop a new
identity. But in his or her homeroom, your character encounters a kid he or she
knows from summer camp...
15.
Your character has to
tell his parents that he's getting a divorce. He knows his parents will take
his wife's side, and he is right...
16.
At the airport, a
stranger offers your character money to carry a mysterious package onto the
plane. The stranger assures your character that it's nothing illegal and points
out that it has already been through the security check. Your character has
serious doubts, but needs the money, and therefore agrees...
17.
Your character suspects
her husband is having an affair and decides to spy on him. What she discovers
is not what she was expecting...
18.
A man elbows your
character in a crowd. After he is gone, she discovers her cell phone is too.
She calls her own number, and the man answers. She explains that the cell phone
has personal information on it and asks the man to send it back to her. He
hangs up. Instead of going to the police, your character decides to take
matters into her own hands...
19.
After your character
loses his job, he is home during the day. That's how he discovers that his
teenage son has a small marijuana plantation behind the garage. Your character
confronts his son, who, instead of acting repentant, explains to your character
exactly how much money he is making from the marijuana and tries to persuade
your character to join in the business...
20.
At a garage sale, your
character buys an antique urn which she thinks will look nice decorating her
bookcase. But when she gets home, she realizes there are someone's ashes in
it....
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
My First Conk
Do you agree or disagree with the statement that Malcolm X's message of racial self-degradation still applies today? Use your personal experience--and make sure to quote the essay as well.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Quiz: Araby
Names of places, names of people, can be important when creating your piece of fiction. Why do you think the name "Araby" is used in the short story. What are its implications in the story?
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Friday, October 13, 2017
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Creative Writing Prompts
What if Harry Potter came to your house for dinner? Write this scene as if you were a teenager, he’s new to your school and you’re introducing him to your parents. Also, after dinner, he makes a request of you. What is it?
They are creating an episode of The Game of Thrones centered around you--how would it play out?
They are creating an episode of The Game of Thrones centered around you--how would it play out?
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Friday, October 6, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Black Elk
In the essay “Black Elk Speaks: The Offering of the Pipe,"
by shaman Black Elk, this Native American spiritual leader expresses a great
deal of humility for a person of his stature. Throughout the essay Black Elk is
open about his failings as a leader and makes it clear that he is just a man
like others.
One way his humbleness
is exposed is by the way in which he introduces his talk with John
Neihardt, an oral historian who recorded their discussion. Black Elk states, “ My friend, I am going to
tell you the story of my life…and if it were only the story of my I would not
tell it…So many other men have lived and
shall live that story, to be grass upon the hills.”(1). It is obvious that Black
Elk does not separate himself from the common man.
Black Elk-- when reviewing his life-- admitted his failures in a very frank and humble way. In this passage Black Elk reflects, "........................" (2).
Respect for the common man, for nature, and the small role man plays in the scheme of things is indication of the humbleness of this man. When Black Elk tells his story of the Bison God he reveals, "............................" (3.) This certainly speaks to the fact that Black Elk does not consider himself a man who controls nature, but he is a man who is in sync with nature.
In conclusion......
Black Elk-- when reviewing his life-- admitted his failures in a very frank and humble way. In this passage Black Elk reflects, "........................" (2).
Respect for the common man, for nature, and the small role man plays in the scheme of things is indication of the humbleness of this man. When Black Elk tells his story of the Bison God he reveals, "............................" (3.) This certainly speaks to the fact that Black Elk does not consider himself a man who controls nature, but he is a man who is in sync with nature.
In conclusion......
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