Creative Pursuits

You have 2 options for this post. The first is to write a creative response to one of the following prompts listed at the bottom of this blog.

The second option is to visit the blog: >Eleven (the address is in the sidebar) and comment on either "A Soldier's Thoughts" or
"Perception is Everything". Remember that if you visit this blog you should expect to confront ideas and materials that go beyond the regular expectations for this course.

Prompt Options:

1. Write a story that includes the line “behind him/her the noise escalates”
2. List 10 simple pleasures. Describe one of them in detail.
3. Think of the ten worst things to say to a person who has just been dumped. Then write a paragraph describing the scene where you talk to that person.
4. Imagine your life is now a book. Write the blurb that people would read on the back cover.
5. Write about what you would cook for an enemy.
6. Write a fictional scary encounter with your hairdresser or barber.
7. Write about how you felt when you discovered you were lied to.
8. List 10 things you are afraid of. Pick one fear and write about it.
9. If you could invent something to help mankind, what would it be?
10. Expand on the phrase “a galaxy of longing”
11. Write a story about a town that ran out of its sugar supply.
12. List 10 things that you plan to do/accomplish in your life. Describe one of them in detail.
13. If your house was about to burn down describe the 5 things you would grab before you left and explain why.