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December Writing Challenges
Monthly
You go to the doctor for a regular
checkup and she gives you some life-changing news. Write this scene.
Or
December is the month commonly
associated with Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa and, in the northern
hemisphere, the Winter Solstice, known by some ancient peoples as Yule. Write a
story or poem about someone forever excluded from any of these festivities
Or
Write a short story or poem about
someone finding a Santa suit in a box in the top shelf of your closet - when
the person puts it, something happens...but it can't be Christmas related
Or
Write a short story or poem about
getting an invitation to a fancy party thrown by someone you've never met. What
happens at the party, and who is this mysterious person?
Weekly Challenges
12/1/07
Write a poem or short story with the
title, “Shadows with the light”
Write a poem or short story about love
rests
Write a poem with the title inside the
darkness
Write a short story with a title,
Dream of me
Write a story or poem that includes a
dictionary, a broken down automobile, and a pair of comfortable socks
Write about an intense game of chess
Free write
12/8/07
Write a story that includes a baby,
mouse and a magazine
Write a poem or short story based on
this prompt: If it weren’t for Santa Clause
Write a poem with the title, life is
where love is
Write a short story with the title, Save my soul
Write a story or poem about small
favors
Write a poem with the title or based
on the phrase, reflections of the soul
Free write
12/15/07
Write a story with the title or based
on the phrase Voodoo Moon
Write a poem with the title or based
on the phrase Dark as night
Write a story or poem with the title
or based on the phrase travels of a fruitcake
Write a poem with the title, Strange love
Write a story with the title or based
on the phrase Light in the window
Write a poem or short story with the
title or based on the phrase, What dreams remains
12/22/07
Write a story about a man with a
nervous head twitch
Write a story about an evil cat that
attacks everyone but his owner
What would happen if you were visited
by the ghosts of Christmas? Who would they be? Where would they take you?
Write your version of the 12 days of
Christmas
Write a poem with the title or based
on the phrase Slow and Secretive
Write a poem or short story with 55
words
Write a poem or short story based on
the phrase my angel wings taint me
Free write
12/29/07
Write a story or poem based on your
favorite Christmas
character
Write a story or poem reflecting on
the year 2007
Write a story with the title or based
on the phrase I never knew it would do that…
Write a story or poem based on the
phrase A valley of dreams
Write a story with the title or based
on the phrase stress fractures
Write a story with the title or based
on the phrase the best of me
Free write
Lyrical Monday
Write a poem or short story inspired
by this quote. Write about whatever the quote sparks, even if it means
something completely different than the quote.
12/3/07
"... Do you even care or am I
some little game you play ..." -- Jimmy
12/10/07
“… I can't waste another minute, after
all that I’ve put in it, I’ve given you my best , why does she get the best of
you, so the next time you find, you wanna leave her
bed for mine…” Sugarland Stay
12/17/07
"... it's been years since they
told her about it, the darkness her body possessed, and the scars are still
there in the mirror, everyday that she gets herself dressed, though the pain is
miles and miles behind her, and the fear is now a docile beast, if you ask why
she is still running, she'll tell her it makes her complete ..." -- Melissa Etheridge "I Run For Life"
12/24/07
“…You said something stupid like, Love
steals us from loneliness…” Idlewild “Love steals us
from loneliness”
12/31/07
“…Baby, baby when you’re looking deep
in my eyes, I know you’re seeing past my make-up
Into the little girl that used to hide out and cry, When her parents fought, Tryin’ to be strong” Fergie “All
that I got”
Tuesday Temptations
Write either a poem or short story
using the prompts below
12/4/07
Like Drifting Snow
Shadows Streaming Down
12/11/07
Knotted Riddles
At the Edge of the Wood
12/18/07
Bound by a Rubber band
Fleeting Beauty
12/25/07
Merry Christmas
Secret Sisterhood
Soul's Reprieve
Wednesday Sparks
Write either a poem or short story
using the prompts below
12/5/07
Unraveling the Stars
Remembered and Forgot
12/12/07
Lost in the cracks
Before I go
12/19/07
The new world
Heavenly voices
12/26/07
Sweet sacrifice
Nearly an angel
Tales from Thursday
Write either a poem or short story
using the songs below
12/6/07
Clay Aiken ~ Don’t
save it all for Christmas
Alicia Keys ~ Like you’ll never see me again
12/13/07
Harry Connick
Jr.~ Christmas dreaming
John McDermott ~ The
secret of Christmas
Rihanna ~ Hate that I love you
12/20/07
Monica ~ My grown
up Christmas list
NKOTB ~ I’ll be missing you come Christmas
Carrie Underwood ~ So
small
12/27/07
Sarah Connor ~ Christmas in my heart
Aimee Mann ~ I was thinking I could clean
up for Christmas