Below is the challenges for September.


September 2007 Writing Challenges

 

Monthly

 

Write a short story or poem about an

unwelcome guest you can not ask to leave

 

or

 

Write a short story or poem using the following words:

Password, kite, zipper and syrup

 

 

Weekly

9-1-07

Write a short story or poem about a harpy

 

Write a short story with the title, “The lost child”

 

Write a poem with the title, “Freedom fries”

 

W Write a short story or poem including the phrase,

“Sometimes I look in the mirror and I’m not sure

it is me looking back”

 

Write a short story or poem based on the phrase

“Gratitude is the heart’s memory”

 

Write a short story or poem about

mistaking courage for insanity

 

Free write

 

9-8-07

Write a poem or short story based on the phrase,

“When I am dreaming alone… it is only a dream”

 

Write a short story about the flavors of life

 

Write a short story or poem about misfortune cookies

 

Write a poem based on the phrase “when the music fades”

 

Write a short story or poem with the title, “chaos merging”

 

Write a piece with the title, “no more dirty dishes”

 

Free write

 

9-15-07

Write a poem or short story based on the phrase,

“When I am dreaming alone… it is only a dream”

 

Write a short story about the flavors of life

 

Write a short story or poem about misfortune cookies

 

Write a poem based on the phrase “when the music fades”

 

Write a short story or poem with the title, “chaos merging”

 

Write a piece with the title, “no more dirty dishes”

 

Free write

 

9-22-07

Write a poem with the title, “What shadows hold”

 

Write about your dream wedding

 

Write a short story or poem about a rose in winter

 

Write a poem based on the phrase “never in a million years”

 

Write a short story or poem with the title, “Her cornerstone”

 

Write a response to the question, how important is hair?

 

Free write

 

9-29-07

 

Write a poem or short story using the words,

River, brown, twinkle, chilly, slumber

 

Write a short story about when good men do nothing

 

Write a short story or poem about catching fireflies on a breezy summer night

 

Write a poem based on the phrase “down a blind alley”

 

Write a short story or poem with the title, “Stranger at the door”

 

Write a piece about how to have a successful marriage

 

Free write

 

Tuesday Temptations

 9-4-07

Write a poem beginning with, For a moment, we were kids again

Write a story with the quote, “I got a mysterious call at 1:37 this morning”

 

9-11-07

Write a story based on the phrase, “the windmills of my mind”

Write a poem based on the phrase, “Wishing I could hear your voice”

 

9-18-07

Write a poem with the title, “Kool-Aid kisses”

Write a story with the title, “Moving the sun”

 

9-25-07

Write a story with the title, “beholder of light”

Write a poem with the title, “Whispers of hope”

 

Wednesday Sparks

9/5/07

Short story about ever wanting to disappear

Poem based on the phrase, if you chase me, I promise to run slow

 

 

9/12/07

Write a short story with the title, Her tears fall

Write a poem with the title, “Shamrocks and Roses”

 

 

9/19/07

Write a short story about struggling to survive

Write a poem based on the phrase no sisters allowed!

 

9/26/07

Write a story with the title, “The crimson rose

Write a poem about moonlight of echoes

 





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