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Prompts:
1. Not all beaches are made of tan sand and blue(ish) water. From beaches of multi-colored pebbles to pink waves, beaches come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Write a few pages about a character who travels to an especially unique one!
2. Write a few pages about a therapist who is told a shocking admission by a patient and grapples with how to proceed.
3. Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer. Write a few pages in which a character uses that day to develop a bucket list of ten activities they want to do before the summer is out. Then, have them start with one.
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Tips:
1. Style may seem difficult to nail down, but think of it as what sets a writer’s work apart. It goes beyond the content: it is the way a particular person tells the story. It’s comprised of everything from tone and figurative language to sentence structure. When you read, think about how you would describe the writer’s style. What elements in their work contribute to it?
2. You may remember learning in elementary or middle school that writing has three primary purposes: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. When you read, ask yourself what the author’s purpose is.
3. Whenever there are fantastical elements, such as magic, present in the story, it is useful to consider their purpose. Why did the author choose those specific elements of magic? Ask yourself what they bring to the story and imagine how the story would differ without them. If it wouldn’t change significantly, then they are not essential to the story.
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TO DO LIST:
Add tasks to your sortable list, then revel in checking them off.
SCRATCHPAD:
Cache your gems as they fall in this always accessible place.
PRIVATE JOURNAL:
Reflect on your process — good, bad and ugly — in your dated diary.
TRACKING:
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