What Memory Would You Give?
In Lois Lowry’s The Giver, in both the book and 2014 movie version, one of the elders transmits memories to the protagonist Jonas. What memory of yours would you give and to whom would you give it?
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A Real Science-Fiction Town
Sometimes real stories catch our imagination and give us ideas for our fiction writing. Read this strange news report and write a science-fiction story from it.
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The Discoveries of Youth
When you’re really little, you make discoveries all the time, things that seem old or boring to you now. Read this quote and then write about a time when you discovered or learned something when you were younger.
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Young Entrepreneurs
Here’s a writing prompt the whole family can do. You can dream together or separately. Will a new family business be born from it?
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A Book Every Christian Should Read
If you were to recommend one book that every Christian should read, what book would it be? If it’s too general to think of “every Christian,” substitute the words “your friends.”
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Your Brain and the 10-Percent Myth
You’ve heard it before—that we only use ten percent of our brain. How true is this assertion? Or is it myth? Check out these links and write a short story based on a popular myth today.
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Your Job in the Circus
Are you the clown who entertains the crowds? Or the ringmaster who announces the acts and controls the flow of the entertainment? Is your life more like the wild animal tamer because there are people or emotions in your life you’d like to tame? Could you liken your life to the employee who cooks snacks for the crowds, taking care of their physical needs? Write about your life in terms of a circus employee.
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It’s Not Just Your Parents
Parents often limit students’ social media habits, and not the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends limits as well. If you had to cut back on a habit, how would you go about doing it? Explain your plan.
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When a Product Outlives Its Usefulness
Products and services can outlive their usefulness to us, like the door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. What product or service has disappeared in your lifetime? Do you miss it? What do you think will disappear soon?
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Create a Character from a Photo
You want to create a character for your story, but you’re stuck. You can’t think of one. Use this trick to get you thinking about characters.
