Friday, August 17, 2012

Writing Weekend Prompts

Instead of our usual monthly critique session meeting, this month the members of the Stop-Watch Gang are participating in a writing weekend.

To motivate those who might be inspired by writing prompts, I sent along the list below. I was inspired by the letter "W". For all of you writers out there who might wish to spend the weekend writing, feel free to use these prompts.

Using the five senses…
Taste – wasabi, watermelon, waffles
Touch – wool, water, wicker
Smell – wildfire, waste, war
Sight – wilderness, winner, wrench
Sound – waves, wheeze, wreck

Using Words…

A quote by Virginia Woolf: “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
(In other words, speak your truth, fellow writers, and write about what you know.)

A quote by William Wordsworth: “Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.”

A quote by H.G. Wells: “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.”

Using visual prompts, follow the links below…

“Wolf Moon” by Andrew Wyeth

“The Wall” by Brett Whitely

“Wild Raspberries” by Andy Warhol

Using auditory prompts, follow the links below…

The song “Waste” by the band Staind

The song “We Don’t Have to Look Back Now” by Puddle of Mudd

The song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles

The song “Wild Wild West” by Will Smith

Feel free to post your word counts in the comments section below.

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