Writing prompt, July 13. A July birthday

July 12, 2009

Write about a July birthday–consider writing about somebody you don’t know. Or maybe it’s the birthday of one of your characters. Every July, there is a four-day gathering at Walden Pond to celebrate Thoreau’s birthday. The Thoreau Society was founded in 1941, making it the oldest society devoted to an American author. It’s also the […]

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Writing Prompt, July 12:

July 12, 2009

Write about poison ivy, red ants, ticks, bed bugs, mosquitos, chiggers, or . . .

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Writing Prompt, July 11: Is it safe . . .

July 11, 2009

Prompt: “Is it safe to go back in the water?”

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Writing Prompt, July 10: A Favorite Book

July 10, 2009

Prompt: Write about a favorite summer read from childhood. What did you love about the book? Where did you read? In a hammock, on a porch, under the sheet at night with a flashlight?

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Writing Prompt, July 9: Watermelon

July 9, 2009

Prompt: List everything you can think of about watermelon–words, phrases. Don’t think. Just write.

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Writing Prompt, July 8: Warm Weather Rock

July 8, 2009

Prompt: Think about a song that celebrates summer and write. For me, first up is “Hot Town, Summer in the City,” by the Lovin’ Spoonful and that steamy July back in 1966. Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn’t it a pity Doesn’t seem to […]

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Writing Prompt, July 7: Step Onto the Ferry

July 7, 2009

Prompt: Write about taking a summer ferry ride. I love this opening from Step Onto the Ferry, and Summer Begins The piece by Lili Wright appeared in the Sunday “Travel Section,” when the New York Times still offered a back-page travel essay.Without a doubt, ferries are my favorite way to travel. I would take a […]

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Summer Prompt, July 6: Overheard

July 6, 2009

Prompt: Write an overheard dialogue between two people sitting out on a screened porch on a hot July night. Set this up by introducing the reader to who is eavesdropping and why? Where is the listening during this overheard conversation?

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Writing Prompt, July 5 Summer heat

July 5, 2009

Prompt: Pick a line or a word or an idea from this poem and use it as your starting point. A Warm Summer in San Francisco Although I watched and waited for it every day,somehow I missed it, the moment when everything reachedthe peak of ripeness. It wasn’t at the solstice; that was onlythe time […]

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Writing Prompt, July 4:

July 4, 2009

Write about a struggle you’ve had–or are having–with dependency.

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