Creative Writing Journals (Fall 2015)

Continuing Character Exploration

11/10/2015

Choose two of the following and write a FULL journal entry for each (So, 2 entries)
(be sure to write which you choose at the top of your journal)

DREAM: Write a dream or nightmare that one of your characters had the day before or the day after this story takes place.

MORAL INVENTORY: Modeled after the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, have your character complete Step Four: “make a searching and fearless moral inventory of themselves”. Use the voice of one of your characters. For what and to whom does this character need to make amends?

SETTING PAST: Study the setting of your story, then describe something that happened in that same setting three years ago that has a strong effect on what is happening to your characters right now in this very same place. If it has nothing to do with your characters at all, that’s fine too.

Trick or Treat

11/2/2015

Create a character using the “Storymatic” card you received in class. (see Mr. M. if you were absent)
In honor of this past weekend, write the scene that occurs when your character opens the door and hears...

Trick or treat!

“Don’t Cry..."

10/30/2015

Take one of the main characters from your short story.

Create a situation in which they would indeed cry over spilled milk.

Write the scene.

P.S. - As in real life, it may or may not have anything to do with the milk.

New Character Monologue

10/5/2015

Now that you have a stronger sense of who your Antiques Roadshow Project character is, write them a monologue that has nothing to do with the antique. Pick some other aspect of their life that you have invented.

This is NOT a soliloquy (“to be or not to be…”). Rather, your character should be speaking to someone, although the other person should remain silent.

You must first determine what the character wants—their objective.

The motivation to speak is key—what is the intention or action behind the speech. What is the obstacle that he or she is attempting to overcome? How high are the stakes? What will happen if they fail? What will happen if they succeed?

Your Choice

10/2/2015

Make it a good one!

Your Choice

10/1/2015

Make it a good one!

YOUR CHOICE

9/30/2015

Make it a good one!

“Just Right..."

9/29/2015

We all know the story...

Goldilocks finds the three bears’ house, wanders in, tries their chairs, porridge, and beds, they find her asleep with half of their porridge eaten.

In your journal, explore this tale by experimenting with the following points of view:

- 1st Person, Major Character (Goldilocks)

- 1st Person Peripheral (Mama)

- 1st Person Peripheral (Papa)

- 1st Person Unreliable (Baby Bear)

- 3rd Person, Single Vision (Mama or Papa)

Write an account of the story’s events from your assigned viewpoint.

Magazine Mixup

9/28/2015

Neighbors A and B have each received the other’s magazine by mistake. (See image)

Adopt the persona of either Neighbor A or B and write a scene (from their P.O.V.) in which they meet to correct the postal worker’s error.

Use the magazines as the basis to make choices about each character, but you must avoid relying on stereotypes.

Exact circumstances such as

- familiarity (how well they know each other)

- location (where they live, both large and small scale)

- time (what day/month it is, time of the day they are meeting)

and so on are entirely up to you but those choices must be made.

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Worst-Case Scenario Prompt 1

9/25/2015

Create a character and write a scene in which he/she tells someone about this experience.

Feel free to use the step-by-step instructions as guidelines to help you structure your story OR your character can go in their own direction—either way, they must survive to tell the tale.

(click for a closer look)

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Continuing Character Exploration

Choose two of the following and write a FULL journal entry for each (So, 2 entries)
(be sure to write which you choose at the top of your journal)

Trick or Treat

“Don’t Cry..."

New Character Monologue

Your Choice

Your Choice

YOUR CHOICE

“Just Right..."

Magazine Mixup

Worst-Case Scenario Prompt 1

Creative Writing Journal Prompts

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Archives

Choose two of the following and write a FULL journal entry for each (So, 2 entries)(be sure to write which you choose at the top of your journal)

Creative Writing Journal Prompts

Archives

Choose two of the following and write a FULL journal entry for each (So, 2 entries)
(be sure to write which you choose at the top of your journal)