Chika Unigwe's Blog - Posts Tagged "writingprompts"
Writing Prompts
I've been enjoying thinking up original writing prompts for my 2 classes this semester, and repeating some original ones that were super popular last semester.
To practice writing humor, I give out a list of 20 cheesy pick up lines , and the students have to use one or more in a story. Nothing gets a class of young students laughing and excited as much as a list that includes, "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven because I swear, you're an angel."
To practice speculative fiction
I ask them to write a scene set in thier classroom or on campus xxx years from now
A man walks into his apartment and finds a family he doesn't know in his sitting room, watching TV. They do not acknowledge him, and when he says hi, only one bothers to answer him...
Your character is in a cafe, an older or a younger version of themselves sits down beside them
What are your favorite prompts? Do you like prompts? Do you find them useful?
To practice writing humor, I give out a list of 20 cheesy pick up lines , and the students have to use one or more in a story. Nothing gets a class of young students laughing and excited as much as a list that includes, "Did it hurt when you fell from heaven because I swear, you're an angel."
To practice speculative fiction
I ask them to write a scene set in thier classroom or on campus xxx years from now
A man walks into his apartment and finds a family he doesn't know in his sitting room, watching TV. They do not acknowledge him, and when he says hi, only one bothers to answer him...
Your character is in a cafe, an older or a younger version of themselves sits down beside them
What are your favorite prompts? Do you like prompts? Do you find them useful?
