Prompts | December
For the year's complete list of Prompts, go to youngwritersproject.org/prompts14-15
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Invention. You’ve just invented the next big thing! Pitch it to the head of the most influential company you know. Alternates: 15, 10, 5. Create a short dialogue of three characters. The first can only speak 15 words, the second 10, and the third just five words; or Author. Write in the style of your favorite author or poet. Include the writer’s name and a favorite quote, if you like. Due Dec. 5
100 Miles. You get lost and end up walking 100 miles through thick, bug-infested woods. When it’s finally over, you can’t believe what’s waiting for you in a clearing at the edge of the forest … Alternates: Online. Somehow you’ve fallen into the Web page you’ve been browsing. Where are you? What’s happening?; or General writing in any genre. Due Dec. 12
Sorry. Write a piece that incorporates the sentence, “I’m sorry … I’m so sorry.” Alternate: Cyborg. Write a story about a cyborg (part human, part machine). How did it become that way? How does it use its powers? Can it integrate into the world of humans or the world of machines or is it always an outsider? Due Dec. 19
TIP: Post your piece to youngwritersprojet.org EARLY, get feedback from YWP Mentors and REVISE your work to have a better chance of it being selected for publication.