Monthly Challenges

Write children’s story based on

A magical Easter egg hunt

Or

 About the biblical meaning of Easter Holiday

Write a poem or story about a disgruntled Easter Bunny

Weekly Challenges

4/7/07

Write a dark horror story with your main character as a pious astronaut. The major event of the story is surrender

Write a poem or story using your reflective voice

Write a scene without using the word the

Write a poem or short story with the title, Barely Breathing

Write a short story with no more than 100 words

“Here, in a stand of trees recently regrown after a great fire

decades ago, a woman decides to embark on a long-dreamed about career”

Free write

4/14/07

Write a free verse poem

Write a story in the genre of Erotica

Write a short story with the theme, Something broken in 300 words or less

Write about your favorite Easter memory

Write a story or poem using heel, summer, wind & production

Free write

4/21/07

Write a short story taking a bad situation that has an unexpected ending

Write a poem with the title Crisis

Create a myth

“She hugged the tree as she looked at the ground below.”

You’re stranded in a bookstore for 24 hours. What would you do?

Imagine your best friend has disappeared

Free Write

4/28/07

You’re meeting your birth parents for the first time as an adult. What are the feelings and emotions?

Build a story using milquetoast at lest once

What’s your favorite daydream? Write a poem or short story based on it

Pick a muse and write a short story or poem

Write a poem with the title, Help is on the way

Free write

Tuesday Temptations

4/3/07

What would it have been like to grow up in your dream city?

If you could have any magical power for only one hour, what would it be?

4/10/07

Write an article for or against the use of medical marijuana

Retell the origins of a DC character (batman, superman, etc)

4/17/07

Write an article about the Holocaust

Write a poem or short story with the title, Where the wild flowers grow

4/24/07

Write a poem with the title, “pieces of you”

Write a short story with the title, “Bed of Illusions”

Wednesday Sparks

4/4/07

Write a poem based on the phrase, “Feels like home”

Write a short story or poem with the title, Crown of Thorns

4/11/07

Write a short story with the title, Yesterday’s Angel

Write a poem with the title mystify me

4/18/07

Write a poem based on the phrase Life in camouflage

Write a short story based on the phrase Venomous Heart

4/25/07

Write an entry that would be in a father’s journal

Write a short story or poem with the title, Reflections of imperfection