Weekend Writing Prompt

We’ve talked before about special calendar days (www.daysoftheyear.com). If you were in charge of creating new days for that website, what would you create for 2017 and why?

Weekend Writing Prompt

Finish this poem to reflect what is happening in your life this weekend: ‘Twas the night before Christmas...An alternative this weekend could be "'Twas the night before a snow storm..."

Safe travels and happy holidays to all our RRVWP TC's and friends!

Weeked Writing Prompt

Even in our roughest years, there’s always something to be thankful for. Whether it was a good year or a challenging one, write a list of things you’re thankful for. Or write a letter to someone to show your gratitude.

Bonus Black Friday Weekend Writing Prompt!

Later you'll see our regularly-scheduled weekend writing prompt. Until then, try your hand at our bonus Black Friday writing prompt. It's free and you don't have to stand in long lines or fear being trampled.

You survived Black Friday shopping, but just barely. Using Dave Barry-esque hyperbole, tell the tale.

Weekend Writing Prompt

Have you been participating in NaNoWriMo? Share an excerpt from your novel with us below. If you haven’t been participating, share a novel recommendation with us below (hello, holiday vacation reading!).

Weekend Writing Prompt

This month kicked off a new season of the RRVWP writing group gatherings. To celebrate, our weekend writing prompt is inspired by the October 15th writing exercise, which was inspired by an article called "A Sense of Place" by Donald Maass (Writer's Digest's Writer's Workbook Fall 2013).

Think back to an important setting in your past. Describe the setting using a combination of sensory details and emotions that the scene invokes. If you are currently working on a narrative, this combination of details and emotions could be used to describe the setting of your story.

Weekend Writing: Celebrations

Choose your own writing prompt:

Fiction

Write a story about a celebration where the main character discovers an important detail about life--either his or someone else's.

Challenge: Include dialogue about a red car.

Nonfiction

Write about your most remembered celebration. What made it so memorable? What is the main thing you remembered about it? Why was that important?

Weekend Writing: Advice

What is the best advice someone has given to you? Tell the story of why they told you and how you have used the advice.

Weekend Writing Prompt: Snapshot of Cold

Describe a winter scene without using any words that are typically associated with cold (e.g. snow, freeze, ice, etc.).

Describe a summer scene without using any words that are typically used  with heat.

Weekend Writing Prompts: A Year in One Word

Look back to 2015. Choose one word you associate with 2015 and explain why you associate the word with the year.

Weekend Writing: A Favorite Childhood Holiday Memory

Describe a favorite childhood holiday memory. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a Christmas or New Year holiday.

Weekend Writing: Shopping Roadblocks

Tell the story of a last-minute holiday gift shopper who runs into roadblocks at every shopping turn.

Weekend Writing: A Painted Image

Sit in a different place from where you usually find yourself, whether it’s in your home or outside somewhere. Describe the scene using as much imagery as possible, as though you are painting a picture of the scene with words.

Weekend Writing: Your Life, the Play

Write a one-act play that dramatizes an incident that occurred in your life this past week.

Weekend Writing: A Letter of Gratitude

Write a letter of gratitude to someone you should have thanked long ago. Extra challenge: Actually deliver that letter to its intended recipient.

Weekend Writing: Turkey, Clutch, Frame, Go!

Write a poem with the following words: turkey, clutch, frame. Extra brownie points to the writer who works “cranberry sauce” in there somewhere, too!

Weekend Writing: A Rebuttal

Check out the opinion section of a local newspaper. Pick a letter to the editor or editorial and write a rebuttal. For an extra challenge, choose a piece with which you agree.

Weekend Writing: A Fall Story

Tell a story that takes place in the fall, with a protagonist who detests football and raking leaves.

Weekend Writing: Halloween Costume Memories

Describe your favorite Halloween costume. What memories does that costume hold?

Weekend Writing: National Make a Difference Day

The fourth Saturday in October is National Make a Difference Day. First, generate some ways to make a difference by writing a list. Then, pick an item or two from your list and describe how you could go about taking action to make a difference.